Post by: plunker01 on April 18, 2013, 12:36:40 PM
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 18, 2013, 12:45:50 PM
That's a whole lot of lakes, creeks and rivers that are tribs into the Columbia system.
Post by: plunker01 on April 18, 2013, 12:54:24 PM
Post by: plunker01 on April 18, 2013, 01:18:20 PM
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 18, 2013, 01:21:54 PM
Barbless hooks, and no more than 2 hooks per line, will be the rule when specifically fishing for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia mainstem and tributaries.
The way the checker relayed the phone conversation to you, that would make impoundments such as Banks and Potholes barbless only since they are bodies of water that feed tributaries of the Columbia.
Post by: GEARHEAD on April 18, 2013, 05:08:19 PM
Post by: uplandhunter870 on April 18, 2013, 05:22:44 PM
Post by: Bootfish on April 19, 2013, 08:16:00 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on April 19, 2013, 10:26:15 PM
saltwater trolling for coho on the other hand, i'd do almost anything to be able to use barbs again(at least in grays harbor).
Post by: bankwalker on April 19, 2013, 11:33:11 PM
Going barbless doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Though its a pretty pointless reg change for the Columbia tribs, especially if it effects lakes aswell.
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 23, 2013, 03:49:46 PM
WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/ (http://wdfw.wa.gov/)
April 23, 2013
WDFW Region 5 Office, (360) 696-6211
Ban on barbed hooks expands on Columbia River, tributaries May 1
OLYMPIA - Starting May 1, anglers fishing for salmon or steelhead on the Columbia River and most of its tributaries downstream from Chief Joseph Dam will be required to use barbless hooks.
The new regulations, adopted today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), expand on a similar rule currently in effect on the stretch of the Columbia River that constitutes the border between Washington and Oregon.
The new rules extend the ban on barbed hooks another 250 miles upriver on the Columbia River and to dozens of its tributaries, including the Cowlitz, White Salmon, Klickitat, Snake, Yakima and Okanogan rivers.
Anglers fishing those waters will still be allowed to use single, double-point or treble hooks, so long as the barbs have been filed off or pinched down.
Jim Scott, assistant director of the WDFW Fish Program, said the new rule will contribute to ongoing efforts to minimize impacts on wild stocks while maintaining opportunities for anglers to harvest abundant hatchery fish.
"Anyone who's ever fished with barbless hooks knows they are easier to remove from a fish's mouth than a barbed hook," Scott said. "That's important in fisheries where anglers are required to release wild fish unharmed."
Fishing regulations requiring the release of wild salmon and steelhead are common in the Columbia River Basin and other Washington waters, especially in areas wild salmon and steelhead are protected by state and federal laws. In those cases, only hatchery fish marked with a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar may be retained.
"Anglers fishing for salmon and steelhead in Puget Sound and ocean waters have been required to use barbless hooks for years," Scott said. "The new rule on the Columbia River is consistent with our state's longstanding commitment to sustainable fisheries."
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, a nine-member citizen panel that sets policy for WDFW, endorsed the barbless-hook requirement as part of a broad-based policy designed to support the recovery of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin.
That policy, adopted in collaboration with the Oregon commission in January, also set the stage for gradually shifting non-tribal commercial gillnets to off-channel areas of the river and developing new, more selective types of commercial fishing gear.
Before taking action, Washington's commission held a series of public hearings on barbless hooks and other provisions of the policy in the winter of 2012. WDFW also conducted public meetings on barbless hooks during the 2013 North of Falcon process, where statewide salmon-fishing seasons were set earlier this month.
With only a few exceptions, the rule requiring the use of barbless hooks will be in effect on rivers and streams where a Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement is required in addition to a current fishing license.
Those waters are clearly marked in WDFW's 2013-14 Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet, now available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/ (http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/) . The paper version of the pamphlet will be distributed to recreational license dealers around the state by early May.
Post by: huntnphool on April 23, 2013, 03:51:12 PM
Post by: Antlershed on April 23, 2013, 05:38:07 PM
Post by: Jingles on April 23, 2013, 05:49:11 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 23, 2013, 06:21:40 PM
Post by: Wa hunter on April 23, 2013, 06:29:03 PM
Post by: uplandhunter870 on April 23, 2013, 06:55:22 PM
long standing commitment to sustainable fisheries?! hows about doing something that requires some actual though and a little work and getting a grip on the proliferate netting.
"everyone knows that removing a barbless hook is easier than a barbed hook"
yep just another management decision based on emotion and feeling and half thoughts, wheres the science that supports barb hook caught native fish that are returned to the water die.
with statements like those, someone please explain to me why it is again i need a degree to be a resource manager
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 23, 2013, 07:05:11 PM
Post by: snowpack on April 23, 2013, 07:27:13 PM
Post by: Kola16 on April 23, 2013, 08:31:58 PM
Post by: huntnphool on April 23, 2013, 11:14:25 PM
I can see local business being upset if the season is cut short but at the same time it means less fuel being consumed (staying green) and less fish being injured. :dunno:
Canada sets a quota, allows barbed treble hooks and runs the season until the quota is met or the season date ends.............period. :dunno:
Post by: plunker01 on April 24, 2013, 02:58:01 PM
Post by: snocohunter on April 24, 2013, 03:47:27 PM
All joking aside, it just sucks that they are forcing this crap on us. Of the wild fish i've caught there, who knows if they are just un-clipped hatch fish anyways, none have been difficult to release, and all swam off as vigorously as they fought.
Post by: splitshot on April 29, 2013, 09:57:40 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on April 29, 2013, 10:31:41 PM
Post by: Wa hunter on April 30, 2013, 08:46:40 PM
If you bend the tip of the barbless hook in slightly towards the shank, it will make the fish stay on a lot bettter. Think circle hook, doesn't help the flossers or snaggers, but if they strike it, they will stay on if you have any tension at all with less chance of them spitting the hook.Good tip ( pun not intended)