This is why Lake Lenore is POOR Fishing

[Buckmark]

Not much aquatic life or no aquatic life? I am sure they have had some impact on what was there, I say open the limit and eliminate this non native fish.

Everyday i get a good laugh from members on here... So lets kill all the walleyes to...
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The walleye is not a native Washington fish, and just how walleyes originally entered the state is unknown. The first verification of a walleye in Washington was in 1962, from Banks Lake in eastern Washington. Soon afterwards, populations began to show up in Franklin Roosevelt Lake (connected to Banks Lake through a huge pipe and pump). Since then they have spread from these original sites to the remainder of the mainstem Columbia river, from near the mouth to the Canadian border.

[huntnphool]

Not much aquatic life or no aquatic life? I am sure they have had some impact on what was there, I say open the limit and eliminate this non native fish.

The lake has scud in it and it has been the one of the Lahontans food sources, lots of bugs too.

[jackelope]

Not much aquatic life or no aquatic life? I am sure they have had some impact on what was there, I say open the limit and eliminate this non native fish.

Everyday i get a good laugh from members on here... So lets kill all the walleyes to...
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The walleye is not a native Washington fish, and just how walleyes originally entered the state is unknown. The first verification of a walleye in Washington was in 1962, from Banks Lake in eastern Washington. Soon afterwards, populations began to show up in Franklin Roosevelt Lake (connected to Banks Lake through a huge pipe and pump). Since then they have spread from these original sites to the remainder of the mainstem Columbia river, from near the mouth to the Canadian border.

I think some of you guys missed the thread that prompted "Roosevelt Walleye"'s sarcastic posts. There was a thread a while back regarding salmon vs. bass and walleye on the Columbie and WDFW's new rules or proposed rules or something. Roos. Walleye is against those rules. You'll have to read the thread to get all the details.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,120553.0.html

[Curly]

I posted this a while back but some may not have seen it.

That would have been even more fun than rolling big boulders down a cliff. 

[Wacenturion]

At the very beginning of the Lake Lenore introductions, small live holding cages were placed in various locations in Lake Lenore with Rainbows, Lahotan Cutthroat and Brown trout together in each cage.  When the traps were checked the next day, the only thing living were the cutthroat.

After several tests the cutthroat were released, later to be picked up in test nests and showed incredible growth in less than a year.  Then arrangements were made with Nevada to get broodstock.  Those were flown to the Omak hatchery and thus the Lahotan Cutthroat release program began. 

As a side note, even back in the late 70's early 80's there was fairly strong opposition to those releases in Lenore from the then new fledgling non game program in the Region 2 Ephrata office.  However they lost the debate, which was weak, to say the least.  They did however manage to make the argument to restrict motors from the lake, which was questionable.  Little history......    

[JLS]

I posted this a while back but some may not have seen it. disposal of sodium

Can you imagine the ESA that would be required for this?

Man, what I would have given to do that as a teenager

[Bullkllr]

I posted this a while back but some may not have seen it. disposal of sodium

Pretty wild. Thanks for posting.

[huntnphool]

I posted this a while back but some may not have seen it. disposal of sodium

Can you imagine the ESA that would be required for this?

Man, what I would have given to do that as a teenager

No kidding!

[huntnphool]

At the very beginning of the Lake Lenore introductions, small live holding cages were placed in various locations in Lake Lenore with Rainbows, Lahotan Cutthroat and Brown trout together in each cage.  When the traps were checked the next day, the only thing living were the cutthroat.

After several tests the cutthroat were released, later to be picked up in test nests and showed incredible growth in less than a year.  Then arrangements were made with Nevada to get broodstock.  Those were flown to the Omak hatchery and thus the Lahotan Cutthroat release program began. 

As a side note, even back in the late 70's early 80's there was fairly strong opposition to those releases in Lenore from the then new fledgling non game program in the Region 2 Ephrata office.  However they lost the debate, which was weak, to say the least.  They did however manage to make the argument to restrict motors from the lake, which was questionable.  Little history......    

I remember years ago watching a fishing show with a guy named Larry Shoenborn called Fishing the West and they were fishing Lenore. That had to be 25 years ago by now, we hardly had anyone around us when wading in the two ends back then.

[ribka]

Not much aquatic life or no aquatic life? I am sure they have had some impact on what was there, I say open the limit and eliminate this non native fish.

The lake has scud in it and it has been the one of the Lahontans food sources, lots of bugs too.

A few years ago fishing at Lenore used to be very good. huge callebaetis hatches. catch a lot on dries. They are not much for fighting but fun to catch a 30 inch fish on a dry fly.
last 3 to 4 years fishing has really slowed down at Lenore.

but there is another good lahonatn  cut lake in Douglas County.

[Hawgdawg]

No I do get that but I would bet that there is some form of aquatic life in the lake that is native or these fish would not survive.

snails. fished it for years. Like pulling a five pound rubber boot in. And wind from hell!

[Pathfinder101]

At the very beginning of the Lake Lenore introductions, small live holding cages were placed in various locations in Lake Lenore with Rainbows, Lahotan Cutthroat and Brown trout together in each cage.  When the traps were checked the next day, the only thing living were the cutthroat.

After several tests the cutthroat were released, later to be picked up in test nests and showed incredible growth in less than a year.  Then arrangements were made with Nevada to get broodstock.  Those were flown to the Omak hatchery and thus the Lahotan Cutthroat release program began. 

As a side note, even back in the late 70's early 80's there was fairly strong opposition to those releases in Lenore from the then new fledgling non game program in the Region 2 Ephrata office.  However they lost the debate, which was weak, to say the least.  They did however manage to make the argument to restrict motors from the lake, which was questionable.  Little history......    

I remember years ago watching a fishing show with a guy named Larry Shoenborn called Fishing the West and they were fishing Lenore. That had to be 25 years ago by now, we hardly had anyone around us when wading in the two ends back then.

I remember that.  I learned to throw a flyline on Lenore when I was in high school.  It was my favorite lake when I was growing up.  Wind, cold water and leaky waders be damned. Fishing wasn't too technical and I really had to learn to throw a good, tight loop in the wind.
 I hope they string these guys up.  I'd like the see the lake good again.  Tried taking PathfinderJR there last year and we got skunked.  Makes sense now.

[Gringo31]

Cool video phool!

[Mike450r]

They need to place a monetary value on fish and wildlife and other natural resources so the theft can result in a felony charge.

[Skyvalhunter]

Now that theres an abundance of Russians in that area they have no reguard for regulations or seasons. They do the same thing on the end of Banks lake. They caught a mess of them gill netting there.