Which salmon fisheries will we lose this year?

[WAcoueshunter]

Pinks don't count and neither do the ones that are brought home not bled with the guts still in them.

I haven't NOT bled a fish in probably 25 years.  Heck, I even bleed perch and planted trout.  I don't gut my fish on the water because I don't want their cavities water logged with ice water.  If your pinks are soft, maybe you should try not gutting them when you can't keep it dry (and still cold)?

Most of those 86 fish in 2015 were not pinks, although plenty were.  Same day pinks are great.  I punched 43 in 2014 (non-pink year) if that makes you feel better. 

[Bullkllr]

Well, of course if you're willing and able to travel you will be able to take more advantage of what is open.

The driving idea behind this thread is the unprecedented limitations sports-fishers in Washington faced last year and perhaps this year too. While we've lost a lot over the years, last year was a whole new level.

Looking at ocean conditions for this cycle and the current state of politics involved, it's hard to imagine much better in the near future. Coho will probably be on a par with last year. CR chinook may be down somewhat. That ain't good for state-wide fishing prospects. As mentioned, even pink numbers will probably be a fraction of the past few cycles.

[snake]

Lets not turn against each other on here. we all love to salmon fish.  The fisheries I was referring to are ones taken from us by the tribe and politics or both.  obviously we can't control ocean conditions.  Some of us Die hards will travel to the end of the earth to catch a  salmon, but the majority of people will not, they will just sit on the sidelines. We need every voice we can get and all the support we can find.  Call WDFW and tell them we want more opportunity. Even if it means lowering the limit rather than closing a river.  I have had numerous conversations with biologists about the subject.  We need to re- open the river mouths in puget sound and hood canal that were taken from us for one.  More opportunity=less crowding on the rivers. The more rivers that close the more crowded the others get.  CALL WDFW!! it only takes a few minutes!!

[Mr Mykiss]

WDFW sent me my catch card with no form to fill out my catch...foreshadowing??

[ctwiggs1]

Pinks don't count and neither do the ones that are brought home not bled with the guts still in them.

I haven't NOT bled a fish in probably 25 years.  Heck, I even bleed perch and planted trout.  I don't gut my fish on the water because I don't want their cavities water logged with ice water.  If your pinks are soft, maybe you should try not gutting them when you can't keep it dry (and still cold)?

Most of those 86 fish in 2015 were not pinks, although plenty were.  Same day pinks are great.  I punched 43 in 2014 (non-pink year) if that makes you feel better.

I was thinking about changing it up this year. 

Dry ice on bottom, sturdy layer between, then fish on top.  What do you think?

[Tinmaniac]

I think you'll have frozen fish.I need to learn how to bleed fish without cutting them.My fish are cut ear to ear as soon as the come on board to allow the heart to pump all the blood out and put on ice.Fillet at the dock so I dont have a rotten garbage can for a week.All pinks are released unharmed.

[WAcoueshunter]

Yeah, I think dry ice may be too cold as well. Frozen pinks are not good.