Nisqually Tribal Net Info?

[Becky]

For some reason I can't seem to find any information on the tribal netting schedule for Nisqually River. I know there's hotlines for all of them right? Smossy went to peek at the Nisqually at his normal bank spot and seen this net and it looks out of place, there's never been a net in that area before and it appears snagged on something. Anyways figured you lovely folk would know more than us

[seth30]

Im shocked that is nots bank to bank

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Looks as though the net may have been strung bank to bank then it caught so many fish it just straightened out?

[Becky]

Im shocked that is nots bank to bank

I thought that's how it was done? lol ...

[WSU]

Did he see any fish around?

[SquirrelHunter]

The wife and I went out on a sunday morning and as we were fishing a spot they deicded to put nets out directly in front of me on the natives side, then hooked one onto the JBLM side and came thru with a third net in between the other two.

[WSU]

Looking at the regs, the river is closed to fishing from a floating device Sunday through Tuesday.  Those are also the days I recall them netting. 

[Becky]

Looking at the regs, the river is closed to fishing from a floating device Sunday through Tuesday.  Those are also the days I recall them netting.

Probably a stupid question but what does that mean "a floating device"? A boat?

[WSU]

Looking at the regs, the river is closed to fishing from a floating device Sunday through Tuesday.  Those are also the days I recall them netting.

Probably a stupid question but what does that mean "a floating device"? A boat?

I assume so.  Perhaps WDFW words it broadly so you can't fish from an innertube or something?

[SquirrelHunter]

No bobber fishing Sunday thru Tuesday 

[BigGoonTuna]

i'm certain that rule was because of more people fishing on that river out of boats(possibly due to the campground owner claiming ownership of the gravel bar above the trestle, and losing all the road parking on the thurston county side of the river), the tribe hates competition and will let you know it!  we got buzzed several times last year by a couple punk ass kid netters(anchored 10' off the bank, and around 100' to go on the other side and they cut between us and shore).

i think the puyallup and skok tribes got fishing closed on certain days of the week the nisquallys thought they'd follow suit.  just claim "conflict" and WDFW will gladly kick the sporties out.

[elk247]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

[whacker1]

too many hay bales stuck in the net?

[Becky]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

Yea figured, but I guess mainly wondering if there was a contact # to call "hey your net is drifting down river... "-sorta thing lol. If there are fish in there isn't that a waste?

too many hay bales stuck in the net?

Lol do people actually do that? That's a tree stump that it's stuck to.

[whacker1]

i've only ever heard stories of Tribal confrontations that leave hard feelings and certain individual come back and throw a couple of hay bales or straw bales that soak up the water above the net.  The bale stays in the net and just like the net catching a log.  I have never actually seen it, but the logic makes sense.

[Bullkllr]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

I think its tied off on the snag on the upstream side- pretty common practice. So is running a net vertical to the current- especially in a backwater- supposedly catches more fish and fouls up a lot less than setting horizontally cross-current. Drift netting is pretty much all cross-current- set netting not always.

[elk247]

That is a net that got away. It could have broken free somewhere up river.

I think its tied off on the snag on the upstream side- pretty common practice. So is running a net vertical to the current- especially in a backwater- supposedly catches more fish and fouls up a lot less than setting horizontally cross-current. Drift netting is pretty much all cross-current- set netting not always.

I think you might be right. It would foul up a lot less that way.

[ICEMAN]

Do we have any Nisqually members on here who could shed some light on this?

[Dave B]

I think its the new way of avoiding those straw bales that fall off the truck when taking the corner to fast.  You know the corner in the middle of the bridge.  They all have them.

[Disturbed1]

nisquallies usually hang their nets from the shore to half way out on both sides and anchor the nets out in the middle like this \ /....if my memory serves me correctly you were standing at the handy cap hole when you took this pic....i could see them laying a net straight down the center of the river to f-up one of the few places that whitey can actually fish this river.

[Becky]

nisquallies usually hang their nets from the shore to half way out on both sides and anchor the nets out in the middle like this \ /....if my memory serves me correctly you were standing at the handy cap hole when you took this pic....i could see them laying a net straight down the center of the river to f-up one of the few places that whitey can actually fish this river.

  I didn't take the picture but yes, it cleared out that whole area. Didn't think about that. Also, that's why we were curious about it BECAUSE all the past years it was always anchored from shore to middle etc. as you described so it seriously looked like the net got away and drifted downstream onto the snag. We usually seen river boats drop net/pull up/drop net/pull up, and continue that pattern but RARELY seen them actually leave a net.

[headshot5]

Yep looks like they are blocking the bank fishermen from fishing.  A net washing out upriver wouldn't snag up on one end around a stump in the middle of the river.