penninsula closures

[Flaming Antler Outdoors]

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2611

[Flaming Antler Outdoors]

WDFW striking when it's hot...or maybe tribal influence.  No way for opposition on this with covid restrictions.  The guides in Forks are in trouble.  The word is a push for closures from fishing floating devices AKA boats during december thru april.  During wild runs basically.....and 99 percent of the guides release to ensure the run.  We are losing folks.   

[fishngamereaper]

Wtf....

[Flaming Antler Outdoors]

now there is 50 million the state is getting for help.....commercial fisherman and others like charters....wonder what percentage will go to guys like small guides on rivers, natives, commercial crabbers and fishers etc.  I would just like to see the break down where that bundle of money will go.  If you go to WDFW news releases you can see these postings.

[X-Force]

Am I missing something? They are closing them a couple weeks early?

I don’t see them closing right now unless I’m reading this wrong.

[fishngamereaper]

Am I missing something? They are closing them a couple weeks early?

I don’t see them closing right now unless I’m reading this wrong.

Closing for fishing from a floatation device..drift boat, pontoon etc..

[Houndhunter]

  and selective gears rules so no bait.

[highside74]

Selective gear rules except single point barbless hook. Why does that mean no bait?

Drift, get out, fish. Get back in repeat.

[Stein]

Maybe a small submarine?

[2MANY]

Defund WDFW!!!!
Inslee's Clown Puppets.

And outlaw keyboard auto spell check.

[bigtex]

Defend WDFW!!!!

Inslee's Clown Puppets.

I think you mean defUnd.. 

[duckmen1]

Selective gear rules accept single point barbless hook. Why does that mean no bait?

I like this concept. Just going for a boat ride folks. Like all the joy ride boats on lake washington during the fishing closure earlier this year. Then get out of your boat when your in a good area. Leave your boat down the bank and bank fish. 

Drift, get out, fish. Get back in repeat.

[Commando]

Please forgive this question but does this mean that we’ve gotta release hatchery steelhead to?

[BigGoonTuna]

no, just means selective gear and no fishing from boats.  can still keep anything that was open before.

this is really going to put a crimp in my fishing...i mostly fish the chehalis any more, and not a lot of good bank real estate there.

[Chinook73]

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2611

The complete list of affected river and rule change.  It says "Release All Rainbow Trout".  Since Steelhead are Rainbow Trout, does this mean zero retention?