collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: same rule in Id. as WA. to not take wild steelhead out of water?????  (Read 7602 times)

Offline snocohunter

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2008
  • Posts: 640
  • Location: Lake Stevens, WA
Re: same rule in Id. as WA. to not take wild steelhead out of water?????
« Reply #45 on: February 27, 2010, 09:44:23 PM »
just a heads up, im pretty sure hogquest fished the cowlitz before that rule was around

True. Guess it's wrong to assume it was recently taped. Maybe guys just shouldn't say where the fish was caught if they wanna be *censored* enough to post the picture on the internet. Hard to prove a cropped pictures is from a washington river

Offline whacker1

  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 5816
  • Location: Spokane
Re: same rule in Id. as WA. to not take wild steelhead out of water?????
« Reply #46 on: March 03, 2010, 04:11:11 PM »
Wow, what a fun and exciting topic.  The best way to make aany fisherman angry is to have a dry fly with rod in one hand and eggs with a baitcaster in the other floating through the same whole.  of course illegal, but would get an interesting look from anyone.  our fishing crew has a bit of a drinking problem, so we typically get dirty looks for the obsessive laughing and voluminous consumption of beer.

Offline KimberRich

  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2008
  • Posts: 1279
Re: same rule in Id. as WA. to not take wild steelhead out of water?????
« Reply #47 on: March 04, 2010, 12:15:27 PM »
Kimber....You say you do not keep steelhead, hatchery or native. On some rivers, you are breaking the law by releasing hatchery fish. They give us a season on the methow and okanogan strictly for removing the hatchery fish due to the limited spawning grounds. Thus causing more spawning water for the native run of steelhead. WDFW can easily kill all hatchery fish at the Wells Dam adult trap to guarentee spawning ground availability. By releasign hatchery fish, you are breakign the law on these rivers which may take our fishing privelidges away from us. I know they discussed not allowing fly fishign on the methow due to their large catch numbers and low harvest. A majority of fly fisherman release all catch.

I know the rules and don't break them but thanks for the info.  I don't fish either of the rivers you spoke of.  All my steelheading is done on the westside and in rivers that I'm allowed to release all fish. 

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

AUCTION: Custom knife by Alden Cole by b0bbyg
[Yesterday at 11:26:07 PM]


2025 Canning by Skillet
[Yesterday at 10:34:52 PM]


newbie bear field dressing and hide by MADMAX
[Yesterday at 10:19:30 PM]


2 Dozen CRD's for sale by Badhabit
[Yesterday at 09:52:44 PM]


Are you using a Diesel Fuel Additive and if so which one? by 92xj
[Yesterday at 09:50:09 PM]


Grouse in Vail? by poor_choices
[Yesterday at 07:28:31 PM]


FirstLite at Big J's by highside74
[Yesterday at 07:07:29 PM]


Mt. St. Helens Goat by High Climber
[Yesterday at 06:40:30 PM]


Taxidermy Issues....HELP! by Bob33
[Yesterday at 04:39:16 PM]


Seeking packer OnCall for early archery unit 328 Naneum/Colockum by passman65
[Yesterday at 03:52:25 PM]


More Kings! by 3nails
[Yesterday at 10:16:32 AM]


Good Fishing Guides in Puget Sound by Gentrys
[Yesterday at 08:41:04 AM]


I'm Going To Need Karl To Come up With That 290 Muley Sunscreen Bug Spray Combo by blindluck
[Yesterday at 05:58:14 AM]


Palouse buck deer by high_hunter
[July 23, 2025, 10:58:24 PM]


Palouse/Mica (GMU 127) Access for Trades Work by high_hunter
[July 23, 2025, 10:54:30 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal