Post by: klickman on April 14, 2009, 03:10:54 PM
Klickman
FISHING RULE CHANGE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
April 14, 2009
Drano Lake outlet limited to bank fishing during spring chinook fishery
Action: The immediate area around the outlet of Drano Lake will be limited to bank fishing only.
Species affected: All species.
Effective dates: April 16 through June 30, 2009.
Location: The bank fishing only area will be west of a line projected from the eastern most pillar of the Highway 14 Bridge to a posted marker on the north shore.
Reason for action: Over the last several seasons, the department has received numerous concerns about bank and boat interactions near the outlet of Drano Lake during the spring chinook fisheries. Bank fishing is limited in the lake and the outlet is a popular and productive area for both bank and boat anglers.
In the spring 2008, the department opened the adjacent mainstem Columbia to bank fishing only to provide additional opportunity and reduce conflicts just inside the lake. That effort had only minimal success as the result of limited access and prevalent windy conditions.
During the recent North of Falcon process, the department proposed a test to reduce the bank and boat conflicts by limiting the immediate area near the outlet of Drano Lake to bank fishing only during the spring chinook fishery. A similar bank fishing area at the mouth of the White Salmon River has been successful in reducing bank and boat conflicts.
Based upon public response, the department will move forward with the proposed test. If the test is successful in reducing conflicts, the department will propose making this rule permanent.
Other information: The remainder of Drano Lake will remain open to fishing from boats and the bank. The bank only area will be in place during the spring chinook fishery but not during the summer steelhead and fall salmon fisheries. The adjacent mainstem Columbia from Bonneville Dam to the Tower Island power lines (located about 6 miles below The Dalles Dam) remains open to fishing for hatchery salmon, hatchery steelhead, and shad from the bank through April.
Information contact: (360) 696-6211. For latest information press *1010.
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 15, 2009, 06:56:55 AM
Pull your freaking head out guys!
Some of you guys seem really willing to allow your freedoms to be slowly eroded from little changes like this. You really want them to get the foot in the door... :bash:
Post by: Diehard0123 on April 15, 2009, 07:08:05 AM
Post by: klickman on April 15, 2009, 11:20:23 AM
I can't think of any headlines in the news about these "conflicts" What the word? Has there been fights, assaults, guns being drawn???? Oh I forgot this is the Drano not Reiter ponds :dunno:
There have been some yelling matches between bank guys and boat guys. A few of them have escaladed to where the cops were called in. Here is a pic of one of the reasons the boat guys are getting pissed. There is one guy down there that is causing the majority of the problems. Looks like he got his way.
There are definatly other places to catch fish in Drano but that is the most productive spot to catch springers in the early part of the season.
Post by: klickman on April 15, 2009, 11:30:09 AM
IM also not sure why so many are pissed, you have better fishing ops closer to home, the kalama, lewis or wind up that way to name a few.. the wind is epic infact..best springer river in the state hands down when the fish are in, a 15+ fish day is not uncommon if you wait to keep your last fish, back in 99 when it ws 4 fish/person we had some insane days on eggs/sand shrimp.. I never gave drano any thought, to many people for the # of fish IMO, so this is not a big deal to me personally
THat might be true but not everyone lives on the westside. Its the closest fishery for a lot of people. It really comes down to taking away something from the majority to give it to the minority. Next they will be closing the area off the pt at the wind becuase the bank fisherman need another place to fish. THis is just wrong
Klickman
Post by: skybusterbo on April 15, 2009, 12:32:49 PM
The point is you could argue the same thing for blue creek. Better shut it down to sleds!I agree, just one more thing they are taking away from us. :bdid:
Pull your freaking head out guys!
Some of you guys seem really willing to allow your freedoms to be slowly eroded from little changes like this. You really want them to get the foot in the door... :bash:
Post by: GigPig on April 15, 2009, 01:01:41 PM
Post by: Huntbear on April 15, 2009, 04:27:54 PM
That being said, if someone were to cast a hook like in the picture above, towards me or mine. He would need an ambulance. >:(
Post by: HawkenBob on April 20, 2009, 02:41:16 PM
The point is you could argue the same thing for blue creek. Better shut it down to sleds!I agree, just one more thing they are taking away from us. :bdid:
Pull your freaking head out guys!
Some of you guys seem really willing to allow your freedoms to be slowly eroded from little changes like this. You really want them to get the foot in the door... :bash:
You guys need pull your heads out. No body is taking it away. There was an eticut and some of the boaters wont follow it. Its the boaters faults imo. I fished there for the last 20 years and seen it all. Its still a fishery, just gotta fish from the bank if you want to fish the bowl. When the boats get so tight that you have to wait 20 minutes to get a good cast from the bank then tempers fly. Its either that or your casts are reeling in boats lines, hitting boats or your limited to 10 foot casts.
Imo, the boaters are the problem and I am always in one. Never banked it there but always gave em room. Sometime, because of 24 foot guide boats you get crowded in too close and there isnt anything you can do about it.
The upper Wind river is a great fishery alright. Problem is its limited access and most older, or less abled fisherman cant make that dangerous journey.
The older folks and poorer folks deserve to be able to take some of these prized fish home too. And the Bowl is and Wind points are about there only 2 options. and these are small areas.
Now I wish they would limit the guide boats...