Police seek steelhead bandits who released 25,000 fish

[huntnphool]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

[singleshot12]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

[grundy53]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

All the above.....

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[LongTatLaw]

I wonder what charges would be filed if someone were arrested for this?

Any guesses?

Based on my experience with the WDFG...the charges would probably be RAPE, attamepted Murder, and felony kid napping... but Im a little jaded.

I cannot believe the state caved to this weak A :yike:ss crap.

If these criminals really wanted to save wildlife in WA State they woulda left the smolt and released Anderson into a PS River

but i digress

crime = bad thing

shame on you guys

[singleshot12]

LMAO with a head shake...IMO if I wanted to catch hatchery trout I'd rather do that in a stocked lake.

I guess some of you don't know or remember what it is like to catch and eat a wild steelhead. Worlds apart from any hatchery one

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

All the above.....

sent from my typewriter

[snowpack]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

Can you think of any examples of places where hatchery fish have been removed coupled with habitat restoration has yielded any real comeback?  I can only think of a few smaller streams that added a few fish to them but to the overall system any change couldn't be detected.

[wafisherman]

I've caught several nice wild fish on the Snoqualmie over the years.  Some wild tolt river fish, and a few near the falls.

First steelhead I ever landed about 15 yrs ago on the snoqualmie:


Several years later, one of my biggest, a big buck in the high teens up by the falls:


For now on, will be referred to as the good ole days.  Just don't see it ever opening again.  If wild fish rebound, they will want to keep them protected...

[singleshot12]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

Can you think of any examples of places where hatchery fish have been removed coupled with habitat restoration has yielded any real comeback?  I can only think of a few smaller streams that added a few fish to them but to the overall system any change couldn't be detected.

I am only really familiar with the Skagit and Stilly. Resoration efforts may take years before seeing any significant signs. I know the Skagit has a couple of tributaries that has had increased native returns due to restoration. The Stilly was on the right road also,but now with the Oso mud slide any restoration efforts will be unnoticeable for a long time I'm sure.

[singleshot12]

I've caught several nice wild fish on the Snoqualmie over the years.  Some wild tolt river fish, and a few near the falls.

First steelhead I ever landed about 15 yrs ago on the snoqualmie:


Several years later, one of my biggest, a big buck in the high teens up by the falls:


For now on, will be referred to as the good ole days.  Just don't see it ever opening again.  If wild fish rebound, they will want to keep them protected...

Nice fish, but you gotta think more positive wafisherman,IMO a steelhead ain't a steelhead unless it's wild.

[huntnphool]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

You clearly made a joke, wasn't I supposed to laugh?

[singleshot12]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

You clearly made a joke, wasn't I supposed to laugh?

Not a joke! Like I said before trying to be optimistic, it's a done deal now! What good is it to piss and moan now? I think it is highly possible now if the money and time that was once spent on hatcheries is now spent on restoring the wild runs to fishable levels again.

I myself and a lot of others stopped fishing anyways since the generic hatchery trout became the only thing available.

[huntnphool]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

You clearly made a joke, wasn't I supposed to laugh?

Not a joke!

  That's even funnier!

[rosscrazyelk]

I have never caught a steelhead guess I never will now

[singleshot12]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

You clearly made a joke, wasn't I supposed to laugh?

Not a joke!

  That's even funnier!

ok whatever laffy-pants    and I'm sure you will find plenty more folks here to join in with your histaria

You clearly have no hope for the fishing future of Washington State and that's ok

[huntnphool]

Just think folks,,the ability NOT to catch steelhead is what our fishing license are paying for      Dang I wish they would increase the fees some more 

Hunterman(Tony)

I'm trying to think optimistic and long term with this whole hatchery closure thing. We never should of had hatcheries in the first place. It may take a few years but the few remaining wild steelhead if left alone with the habitat restoration they are getting should come back.

LMAO

Laugh your ass off?? you don't think there are any wild fish left or that the habitat will never be restored? or the never should be hatcherys comment?

You clearly made a joke, wasn't I supposed to laugh?

Not a joke!

  That's even funnier!

ok whatever laffy-pants    and I'm sure you will find plenty more folks here to join in with your histaria

You clearly have no hope for the fishing future of Washington State and that's ok

 For you to suggest that the cure all for rivers full of wild fish is the elimination of hatcheries/hatchery stock is simply laughable.

 The complete elimination of green house gasses by the US would result in a reversal of global warming/climate change too right?