Drano Closure

[Huntbear]

I am torn on this, since I used to fish from a boat, but most of my life have been a bank fisherman.  Most boat fisherman, do not give even common courtesy to bank anglers.  I have seen guys troll over an area where a bank fisherman was fighting a salmon.  However, I have also seen bank fishermen tie on heavy sinkers and cast at the boats too.

That being said, if someone were to cast a hook like in the picture above, towards me or mine.  He would need an ambulance.   

[HawkenBob]

The point is you could argue the same thing for blue creek. Better shut it down to sleds!

Pull your freaking head out guys! 

Some of you guys seem really willing to allow your freedoms to be slowly eroded from little changes like this. You really want them to get the foot in the door... 

I agree, just one more thing they are taking away from us.

You guys need pull your heads out. No body is taking it away. There was an eticut and some of the boaters wont follow it. Its the boaters faults imo. I fished there for the last 20 years and seen it all. Its still a fishery, just gotta fish from the bank if you want to fish the bowl. When the boats get so tight that you have to wait 20 minutes to get a good cast from the bank then tempers fly. Its either that or your casts are reeling in boats lines, hitting boats or your limited to 10 foot casts.

Imo, the boaters are the problem and I am always in one. Never banked it there but always gave em room. Sometime, because of 24 foot guide boats you get crowded in too close and there isnt anything you can do about it.

The upper Wind river is a great fishery alright. Problem is its limited access and most older, or less abled fisherman cant make that dangerous journey.

The older folks and poorer folks deserve to be able to take some of these prized fish home too. And the Bowl is and Wind points are about there only 2 options. and these are small areas.

Now I wish they would limit the guide boats...