Post by: trippledigitss on January 09, 2013, 03:27:25 PM
Post by: huntnphool on January 09, 2013, 03:33:12 PM
Post by: cohoho on January 09, 2013, 04:04:13 PM
Bonneville Pool sturgeon anglers will again see a split season for white sturgeon on the Columbia River in 2013. Fisheries managers from Oregon and Washington this week approved a white sturgeon retention season in Bonneville Pool consisting of winter and summer periods. The winter retention period will take place from Jan. 1 through Feb. 10, or until a harvest guideline of approximately 1,150 fish is achieved. The summer season is expected to begin in mid-June to harvest the balance of the 2,000 fish harvest guideline.
Post by: cohoho on January 09, 2013, 04:09:58 PM
SALEM, Ore. – The statewide annual bag limit for sturgeon will be reduced to one fish beginning in 2013 under new rules adopted last week by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission.
The new rules covers all Oregon waters including inland rivers, bays and estuaries and supersedes a two fish annual bag limit set in September as part of the 2013 Sport Fishing Regulation development process.
At its meeting last Friday, the Commission had considered a proposal from an Oregon/Washington Workgroup that would have closed sturgeon to all retention in most state waters in 2013, but decided on the reduced bag limit as a transition to catch-and-release only fishing in 2014.
The reduced bag limit comes after several years of declining harvest quotas reflecting concerns about shrinking numbers of legal-sized fish.
Post by: cohoho on January 09, 2013, 04:16:22 PM
Post by: Wenatcheejay on January 09, 2013, 04:20:28 PM
Post by: jumpin on January 10, 2013, 08:12:08 AM
Post by: lokidog on January 10, 2013, 08:25:29 AM
Our current Government has destroyed our fisheries. :twocents:
No, we just have to pay more to eat less. But you can catch and release. Maybe we need to go to catch and release hunting as well, but no catching allowed, only digital photo scopes and snap caps allowed in/on your gun. :bash: :bash:
Post by: Wenatcheejay on January 10, 2013, 08:34:26 AM
Post by: trippledigitss on January 10, 2013, 08:39:48 AM
Post by: Kc_Kracker on January 10, 2013, 08:59:18 AM
Post by: turkeyfeather on January 10, 2013, 09:42:02 AM
Post by: h20hunter on January 10, 2013, 09:42:57 AM
Post by: kckrawler on January 10, 2013, 09:48:52 AM
Probably not.....sturgeon take a long time to reach sexual maturity.
:yeah: Maturity is reached between 5 and 11 years.
Post by: sirmissalot on January 10, 2013, 10:21:55 AM
Post by: cohoho on January 10, 2013, 10:38:50 AM
Next you won't even have catch and release. Only the natives will have access to sturgeon. I've said it before and I'll say it again... As soon as they get their foot in the door with shutting down a fishery, it's all over.
I seriously hope it doesn't come to that and doubt it will come to that. I have no problem C&R, in fact - favor it....but they got to make it across the board. If they stop C&R, I would have half a mind to sell boat and never fish Washington waters....... :yike: A condo in the Florida Keys is really starting to sound fantastic....... :tup:
Post by: Wenatcheejay on January 12, 2013, 07:49:42 PM
Next you won't even have catch and release. Only the natives will have access to sturgeon. I've said it before and I'll say it again... As soon as they get their foot in the door with shutting down a fishery, it's all over.
I seriously hope it doesn't come to that and doubt it will come to that. I have no problem C&R, in fact - favor it....but they got to make it across the board. If they stop C&R, I would have half a mind to sell boat and never fish Washington waters....... :yike: A condo in the Florida Keys is really starting to sound fantastic....... :tup:
Ohhh that sounds tasty. I do not see a lifetime in Wa for me. If JayInslee decides to one up Cali in restrictions then that's it. Moving east asap.