Miller said the forum will work with Quinaults to prevent a similar situation next year. Meanwhile, business owners are breaking the news to disappointed fishermen. The Amanda Park Mercantile told a handful of fishermen Friday morning and they were upset, said employee Cathy Swanson of Neilton. The people who come up are so upset they're not coming back. They've ruined the business for the summer and maybe for longer.
Some people are pretty disgusted.
The Amanda Park Mercantile has lost about a fourth of its business this week, she added. This area depends on summer traffic. Shepard added that she doesn't recall there ever being a lake closure before now. Ed Backholm, owner of the Lake Quinault Resort and a fisherman, sympathizes with the upset fishermen, but also respects the Quinaults' right to close the lake. I also can't fish and I love to fish this lake.