a interesting read for 2019 fishing

[leonpeon2]

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/details-begin-to-emerge-on-washingtons-2019-20-salmon-seasons/

[Stein]

Interesting, but a bunch of gaps there.  Sounded to me like 2019 was able to miss the wrath of the Orca crowd, but they will be gunning for 2020 for sure.

Overall, sounded pretty similar to last year for both chinook and coho although a few last minute closures would certainly mess it up.  I don't fish blackmouth so I haven't paid any attention to that.

I do thing we need a gofundme account for an orca trainer to come up and teach them how tasty seals are.

[Mfowl]

The article referenced boat noise from fishing several times but did not mention whale watching boats once. I hope there is equal restrictions across the board.

[blackpowderhunter]

some ugly stuff.
that house i have rented in the san juans for a fishing trip my cousins are traveling up for this august just turned into crabbing and drinking beer.
i fear how this is going to be going forward, but im hoping we can get a turn around in a few years.
some very obvious measures need to be taken...but will they take them.

[blackpowderhunter]

I don't fish blackmouth so I haven't paid any attention to that.

no blackmouth? mannnn missin out! haha
Dec/Jan usually aren't the best blackmouth times, and weather is usually a lot more volatile for smaller boat fisherman.  Maybe it will extend the March/April seasons through the end instead of magical closures like this year.

[Stein]

some ugly stuff.
that house i have rented in the san juans for a fishing trip my cousins are traveling up for this august just turned into crabbing and drinking beer.
i fear how this is going to be going forward, but im hoping we can get a turn around in a few years.
some very obvious measures need to be taken...but will they take them.

I'm in the same boat but fortunately ended up in July so I may be ok depending on in-season updates.

Never got into blackmouth, way too lazy to dig the boat out, outfit it back up and go out and freeze my stones.  There sure have been some good looking fish caught this year though.

[Parasite]

I wonder if we can spray the seals in salmon flavored Pro-cure to make them more appealing to orcas.