Post by: CP on May 01, 2022, 03:19:22 PM
Post by: Brushcrawler on May 01, 2022, 04:16:16 PM
Post by: Blacktail135 on May 02, 2022, 07:59:09 PM
I’ll bet there are still a couple wild steelhead lurking around up there.You’re probably right….there might be 2. Skagit is pretty much a dead river IMHO. I’ve fished it for 43 years. Ain’t what it used to be for sure.
Post by: jeffro on May 02, 2022, 11:48:50 PM
I also recall locals floating hay bales
Now the tribes want the dams removed
How the f will they keep the lights on in their casinos
Guess a couple .gov funded wind farms are in order…
Meantime still raping the crab population to feed Asia
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 03, 2022, 05:44:34 AM
Post by: h2ofowlr on May 03, 2022, 08:15:14 AM
Post by: Blacktail135 on May 03, 2022, 02:42:49 PM
"Ain't what it used to be". Well I don't think there's much that is, things were always grand de ous in the good old days is they say.You’re right. Too many people here. Smallest western state with the 2nd highest in population. I think that we (all stakeholders) could do better at managing the resources though. That’s my two pennies anyway.
Post by: spin05 on May 07, 2022, 02:59:22 AM
Post by: Bareback on May 07, 2022, 07:26:33 AM
I struggle with this fishery. It’s throwing the dog a bone so the tribes can net. It is not a productive area or fishery for sport fishers. Sure a few will get caught but the prime area and time is now closed, where as, years past it was open.
I have no problem with tribes harvesting fish. It’s the adverse effects that’s the problem. Spring chinook commercial fisheries are destroying the wild steelhead runs. The by catch, kelts, are vital to population. Many steelhead runs recruitments are less than 1:1 and repeat spawners are what make it sustainable. JMHO
Post by: Meathunter06 on May 07, 2022, 09:33:33 AM
Anchored - herring. Backtrolled - plugs.Well they have to catch their 95%
I struggle with this fishery. It’s throwing the dog a bone so the tribes can net. It is not a productive area or fishery for sport fishers. Sure a few will get caught but the prime area and time is now closed, where as, years past it was open.
I have no problem with tribes harvesting fish. It’s the adverse effects that’s the problem. Spring chinook commercial fisheries are destroying the wild steelhead runs. The by catch, kelts, are vital to population. Many steelhead runs recruitments are less than 1:1 and repeat spawners are what make it sustainable. JMHO
Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 07, 2022, 12:52:56 PM
Anchored - herring. Backtrolled - plugs.:yeah:
I struggle with this fishery. It’s throwing the dog a bone so the tribes can net. It is not a productive area or fishery for sport fishers. Sure a few will get caught but the prime area and time is now closed, where as, years past it was open.
I have no problem with tribes harvesting fish. It’s the adverse effects that’s the problem. Spring chinook commercial fisheries are destroying the wild steelhead runs. The by catch, kelts, are vital to population. Many steelhead runs recruitments are less than 1:1 and repeat spawners are what make it sustainable. JMHO
Post by: spin05 on June 07, 2022, 02:54:57 AM