04-20-2010, 04:36 AM
So far there has been 1 confirmed walleye from Strike, and it was a 21+ inch 3 pounder caught last year. The Fish and Game officer I spoke with stated that if they ever find out who planted them, they would never fish in any of the 30 states comprising the wildlife violators compact again.
If there was an illegal dump of walleye, then it will eventually impact the entire Snake River system, and once they get into the Hell's Canyon reach (through Lower Granite - and below)they will hammer the steelhead and chinook smolts (like they do in the Columbia). That could well end up closing that section to salmon and steelhead fishing if the wild component population drops too far. Talk about a train wreck, say doubling the numbers of anglers on the Clearwater and Salmon, with less returning adults.
But hey, I could walleye fish 15 minutes from my house... Maybe it is time to focus on them for a while and see if they really are in there?
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If there was an illegal dump of walleye, then it will eventually impact the entire Snake River system, and once they get into the Hell's Canyon reach (through Lower Granite - and below)they will hammer the steelhead and chinook smolts (like they do in the Columbia). That could well end up closing that section to salmon and steelhead fishing if the wild component population drops too far. Talk about a train wreck, say doubling the numbers of anglers on the Clearwater and Salmon, with less returning adults.
But hey, I could walleye fish 15 minutes from my house... Maybe it is time to focus on them for a while and see if they really are in there?
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