What does our Representative Cam Cavitt have against us anglers?

I cannot help but like Mr. Cavitt personally, but he has deeply disappointed me in his support of two bills that target our natural resources. He has just signed off on a budget plan that would cut an already overworked Fisheries Division to the bone. And he cosponsored last year’s House Bill 5108 that would have expanded commercial fishing and allowed the commercial harvest of species that have been classed as recreational – that is, classed for harvesting by anglers and not for commercial sale. Species such as lake trout and walleye that were restored using recreational fishing license dollars and Federal Aid to Sport Fish Restoration funds. Overfishing by the commercial fishery combined with invasive sea lampreys caused t

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