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Title: kings in roosevelt
Post by: plugger on July 01, 2019, 10:35:09 AM: Anyone hear if they planted some kings in lake Roosevelt? I caught one and know another guy that got one last week up at kettle. I'm pretty sure we lost another one also but it could have been a big rainbow. I know there have been a few caught over the years down by the Spokane arm but to see a couple in a few days and that far up river seems odd.
Title: Re: kings in roosevelt
Post by: C-Money on July 01, 2019, 11:39:16 AM: All I have ever heard is they wash down from CDA...
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Post by: hughjorgan on July 01, 2019, 11:43:16 AM: Caught one in there last year while trolling for Kokanee. No idea how they get in there...
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Post by: bearpaw on July 01, 2019, 11:54:45 AM: The tribe might have planted some? Anyone know?
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on July 01, 2019, 09:59:17 PM: They come down the Spokane river from Lake Cour d elene as fry and grow up in Lake Roosevelt. We've caught one in 15 years of fishing--about 6 pounds--. I did an article on two guides out of the Seven bays area and they told me they had caught them up to 17 pounds and hooked some that spooled them. One of the guides was Big Reds Guide Service and I don't remember the other guys name. Back about 2004 or 2005.
Title: Re: kings in roosevelt
Post by: huntnnw on July 03, 2019, 09:53:47 PM: I caught one 25 years ago in the spokane river about 15 mi downstream of Post falls. I am pretty sure last year I read a article how they were trucking some salmon and steelhead around grand coulee to study travel patterns in connection with the study they are doing to get fish around grand coulee and to figure out potential hatchery locations above the dam
Title: Re: kings in roosevelt
Post by: dscubame on July 03, 2019, 10:09:55 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on July 03, 2019, 09:53:47 PM
I caught one 25 years ago in the spokane river about 15 mi downstream of Post falls. I am pretty sure last year I read a article how they were trucking some salmon and steelhead around grand coulee to study travel patterns in connection with the study they are doing to get fish around grand coulee and to figure out potential hatchery locations above the dam

Thats very interesting.
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Post by: huntnnw on July 03, 2019, 10:37:20 PM: https://www.opb.org/news/article/a-look-at-moving-salmon-above-grand-coulee-dam/

in phase 2 of this article it talks about moving salmon to study. I read a article that was shared on facebook about how they moved salmon around last year I cannot find a link to it
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/may/02/getting-salmon-above-grand-coulee-dam-could-lead-t/
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Post by: huntnnw on July 03, 2019, 10:40:16 PM: https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/after-70-years-salmon-could-return-columbia-river-above-grand-coulee
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on July 04, 2019, 06:12:11 AM: And I think per rules unfortunately you have to release them
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Post by: bearpaw on July 04, 2019, 08:10:54 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on July 03, 2019, 10:40:16 PM
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/after-70-years-salmon-could-return-columbia-river-above-grand-coulee

:yeah: This is what I had heard about with the tribe. I don't know if it happened or not.
Title: Re: kings in roosevelt
Post by: ne kid on July 04, 2019, 08:18:24 AM: I heard the tribe dumped 30,000 in numerous creeks a few years ago I know someone who see them dumped in Sherman Creek.