04-19-2010, 07:57 PM
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Well your information is very well researched, and I am not going to argue with you on it.
I worked in alaska for 5 years as a fishing guide. The regulations there are such that you may either keep all fish under 16 inches, hence a "jack" and it does not count toward you bag limit. Or with the case of King salmon, which you southerners call "Chinook", fish under 20 inches you can keep 10 of them. I volunteered at a hatchery a few times each summer and when I asked the manager why the "jacks" don't count towards your bag limit he gave the explanation I did earlier.
Sorry for no scientific reference. But I will say this, if Idaho opened it up so you could keep more jacks; say 2 jacks equals one regular salmon; I would target the little suckers. Hands down they are twice as tasty as their big brothers and sisters!!
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Well your information is very well researched, and I am not going to argue with you on it.
I worked in alaska for 5 years as a fishing guide. The regulations there are such that you may either keep all fish under 16 inches, hence a "jack" and it does not count toward you bag limit. Or with the case of King salmon, which you southerners call "Chinook", fish under 20 inches you can keep 10 of them. I volunteered at a hatchery a few times each summer and when I asked the manager why the "jacks" don't count towards your bag limit he gave the explanation I did earlier.
Sorry for no scientific reference. But I will say this, if Idaho opened it up so you could keep more jacks; say 2 jacks equals one regular salmon; I would target the little suckers. Hands down they are twice as tasty as their big brothers and sisters!!
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