fishing on 11-26-12

[kisfish]

 Had to drop the boat off in Astoria and run a few errands over on long beach. With no rain again today got done around 1pm and went fishing. A total of 6 landed.

[lokidog]

Dang, nice... doughnut!  Those fish are awesome as well.  Wish I was closer to try to mooch a ride....   

[singleshot12]

Nice! and look at the size of that doughnut,i woulda been happy with the hole   Looks kinda like the Satsop river too

[Skyvalhunter]

Very nice fish, I hope she didn't eat that whole dougnut herself, severe sugar buzzz

[bankwalker]

Nice! and look at the size of that doughnut,i woulda been happy with the hole   Looks kinda like the Satsop river too

Definitely not the satsop with those water conditions. I sure wish it would hurry up and drop into shape  it's close though

[Encore 280]

Look's like the mudflats at Willapa out in front of Nelson's cannery.

[7mmfan]

Sneaky spot, good job! I love that stretch of water right there. Nice fish   

[kisfish]

yep it's willapa bay, 7mm that strecth has been good.

[BigGoonTuna]

i thought that the salmon deadline on that particular river was about a mile below the hatchery? the regs are kind of vague for that one, but i never fished for salmon there, only steelhead(at least until they stopped planting them)...

[kisfish]

Wouldn't be fishing there if it was closed.  It ain't worth a ticket. All c&r  except for 2 steelhead

[WSU]

Wouldn't be fishing there if it was closed.  It ain't worth a ticket. All c&r  except for 2 steelhead

You released those fish?

[kisfish]

yep.

[WSU]

I'm not intending to be an ass, so don't take my post the wrong way.  Everyone, including me, has to learn proper fish handling technique somehow.  I certainly wasn't born with such knowledge.

You should not be putting your hands inside the gills of fish you are going to release because it can injure and kill them.  Also, from page 13 of the regs, “It is unlawful to totally remove salmon, steelhead, or Dolly Varden/Bull Trout from the water if it is unlawful to retain those fish, or if the angler subsequently releases the salmon, steelhead, Dolly Varden/Bull Trout.”
Even where legal you also should not be holding them out of the water for so long.  Imagine sprinting a mile and then someone holding your head underwater.  Same thing to the fish.  All that said, good job on getting into some nice fish!

[kisfish]

Thanks wsu for the lesson. I will have to work on the release in the water. Whats your best method? Thanks again.

[h20hunter]

Im amazed at how often people post pics like this.....clear violation of regs and the post is still up? What am i missing? If the area is not open for rention you dont pose with the out of the water and your hand shoved up the gills?