The State Takes More Food Away From My Family....

[lokidog]

* From the new regs that included 70 fishing rule changes.   

•   Reducing the daily catch limit of cabezon to one fish in marine areas 4-11 and 13 and prohibiting the retention of cabezon measuring less than 18 inches in length. The rule, designed to provide additional protection for the species, also reduces the fishing season for cabezon in those areas to May 1 through June 15.

BS, BS, BS, BS, add infinitum!  I hate WDFW with a passion!!  And, anyone and everyone associated with them.  Once again, I am sure there is no SCIENCE behind this, if there is, show me you worthless drains on society!

Now, in case anyone isn't clear where I stand....  Between this and the PS rockfish closure, my family will have the protien for somewhere between 20 and 50 meals that will have to be acquired elsewhere, thanks a lot.   

I guess we can still eat this --   

[huntnphool]

Quit whining and just apply for the new cabezon permit.

[Jerome]

I guess it was just a matter of time before they cut the season short.  It wouldnt suprise me if they only gave us two days a week to fish for bottom fish.

[steeleywhopper]

Its the wave of the future here in the great state of Washington. You get to Pay More each year for Less!!!!!!!

[snowpack]

Multi-season permits for fishing?

[singleshot12]

Its the wave of the future here in the great state of Washington. You get to Pay More each year for Less!!!!!!!

maybe some of this non-sense can be reversed if we all call up and write olympia with our disgust. i think we need to face it wdfw doesn't always work for us tho

[BOWHUNTER45]

Its the wave of the future here in the great state of Washington. You get to Pay More each year for Less!!!!!!!

NAILED IT ...BUT LET KEEP SUPPORTING THEM .....Yep we all do it So I guess we are all idiots ....From Recreation in general to fishing & hunting .....when will put a stop to their uncontroled spending ....think about this ....If they put all the money they recieve from licensing -raffles and governor tags just think what they could to to manage things correctly ...The governors tag alone good do some justice alone !!! I have no problem complaining Lodi !! some has too !!!!

[Jerome]

Just take a second and calculate just the revenue from multi season permits and tags.  Its amazing how much the state gets from us and we still get screwed.

[Gobble Doc]

Don't forget to get your Discover Pass! 

[DOUBLELUNG]

They have received $211.75 from me so far this year.  My all time high, right after all the tag proliferation, was $306. 

[lokidog]

It's pretty frustrating. 

When they took rockfish (one per day) away from us, they blamed the endangered varieties... never mind that the three endangered ones mostly live way deeper than the coppers and quills.  They could have simply put a depth restriction on them like lings. They could have even put a 14" size limit as a 16" fish can feed my family of four easily, but no, they shut it down completely.  Copper and Quillback Rockfish will lay eggs at less than 14" in length.

Now, they take away Cabezon, with absolutely no made-up justification.  Drop the limit to one per day, no problem, I've only caught two in one day once in the last six years.

The state has no harvest numbers or population estimates to base this on.  I would dare say that I fish a lot more than the average Area 7 fisherman, for bottomfish anyways.  Yet, I still only caught 5 Cabezon last year, in five or six months of fishing!!  I would guess that few people, including charters were going out and fishing in the off-ling season to try to catch Cabezon, so just what would the harvest numbers be?

I may have to get my speargun sharpened up so that I can go out every single legal day and shoot a ling or cab this year in my month and a half of season.... 

The state does absolutely nothing for marine anglers that are not targeting salmon to justify charging for a Saltwater License.  This continued erosion of our fishing rights, yes I said RIGHTS, is just another step in their ultimate goal to shut down "sport" fishing in this state.  BTW all you State bios out there, prohibition is not REAL management.

[Jerome]

Lokidog get your boat ready.  Lets limit on lings and cabs everyday this season. 

[Rick]

  I would dare say that I fish a lot more than the average Area 7 fisherman, for bottomfish anyways.  Yet, I still only caught 5 Cabezon last year, in five or six months of fishing!! 

If this is the case,do you not think that maybe the population of Cabezon isn't as healthy as you think it is?

[rackattack]

exactly what I was thinking, Rick

[bearpaw]

   If they reduced season on just cabezon there must be a reason. Has anyone asked WDFW why? It would be good to hear their reasoning.