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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: metlhead on September 04, 2019, 09:09:00 PM

Title: Cowlitz Tuna
Post by: metlhead on September 04, 2019, 09:09:00 PM: I figured they would spawn further out in the main channel, and drift on downriver. Right on the launch must be preferred for these lazy things. Not the only creatures stinking up our access.
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Post by: Dan-o on September 04, 2019, 11:28:31 PM: What are they?
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on September 05, 2019, 04:21:07 AM: tuna carcasses.
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Post by: The Marquis on September 05, 2019, 08:31:17 AM: Why would those be at this location? Seems crazy.
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Post by: 7mmfan on September 05, 2019, 08:40:05 AM: Someone went Tuna fishing, cleaned their fish and needed somewhere to dump the carcasses. The boat launch was the easy choice.
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Post by: msg on September 05, 2019, 09:46:02 AM: Probably wanted to flush motor also, two birds with one stone.
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Post by: 2MANY on September 05, 2019, 10:43:33 AM: I've heard the Toledo Tuna are a breed of their own.
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Post by: plugger on September 05, 2019, 03:31:39 PM: Hech, there are thousands of salmon carcasses at white bluffs that the guides toss in every year. other than them stinking up the place when the water is down, don't see any harm. There will be some happy crawdads and i would think the smolts would even pick off the pieces floating down the river.
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Post by: fowl smacker on September 05, 2019, 03:43:59 PM: Yep, nutrients back into the river.
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Post by: Igottanewknee on September 05, 2019, 08:57:08 PM: Quote from: fowl smacker on September 05, 2019, 03:43:59 PM
Yep, nutrients back into the river.
As mother nature intended...
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 05, 2019, 09:29:09 PM: Yeah, it's a great smell. As that smell disappeared over the years, seems so did the fish.
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Post by: metlhead on September 05, 2019, 09:30:58 PM: Yes, the bio is helpful for the river. Point was, throw the things out into river and let em wash down. Piled on the ramp is just lazy and disrespectful to everyone. Would you want a neighbor piling his deer carcasses on your fence line? Prolly not. Do us all a favor and help maintain our access sites.
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Post by: plugger on September 06, 2019, 04:29:11 AM: Agree with the part about tossing them out farther. Wish the guides would do the same. Whats worse is all the bowcarp hunters tossing them in the lakes. Nothing like dead floaters in 80 degree water on a hot summer day.
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Post by: 7mmfan on September 06, 2019, 08:12:10 AM: You’re right, they should toss them further out. The Cowlitz is notorious for carcasses on the ramp.
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Post by: WSU on September 06, 2019, 01:06:04 PM: I tend to not be concerned about this. Toss them farther, toss them on the bank, whatever. The river is supposed to have dead fish in it and on the bank. The fact that it doesn't is a bigger problem.
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Post by: 2MANY on September 06, 2019, 01:33:47 PM: Better yet call WDFW to dig that back eddie of a ramp out some.
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Post by: deerlick on September 06, 2019, 09:08:48 PM: Are these what i see you bactrolling below toledo bridge for brett, might need to up your leader size a bit. Going to be a handful.
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Post by: huntnphool on September 06, 2019, 09:36:21 PM: Quote from: WSU on September 06, 2019, 01:06:04 PM
I tend to not be concerned about this. Toss them farther, toss them on the bank, whatever. The river is supposed to have dead fish in it and on the bank. The fact that it doesn't is a bigger problem.

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