07-10-2010, 01:29 AM
If you haven't fished the SF in the last few years you may not know what's been going on up there. Someone will be shot one of these days. Having a drunk in your face war hooping as he snags a fish you've been working makes a person a little mad. There was a reason the NP chief put out a warning last year to the warriors to behave or risk losing the fishing privileges. He even went on to ask the local business owners in Riggins not to sell alcohol to his people. They know there is a problem but the SF is along way from the res..
Back to the original post - there are no native fish in the LSR or SF. There are just fish that didn't get clipped. I'm sure there are a few real natives still swimming in the Salmon River, spawning in the smaller creeks in the Frank Church. When F&G gave up on real fish counts and started guessing buy doing creel surveys it just hasn't worked. They need to go back to mandatory fish checks at the end of each day. It was a pain to go check your fish but at least we got our fair share. You could also watch the numbers daily and you knew what was left. It seems it's just another money maker for F&G now.
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Back to the original post - there are no native fish in the LSR or SF. There are just fish that didn't get clipped. I'm sure there are a few real natives still swimming in the Salmon River, spawning in the smaller creeks in the Frank Church. When F&G gave up on real fish counts and started guessing buy doing creel surveys it just hasn't worked. They need to go back to mandatory fish checks at the end of each day. It was a pain to go check your fish but at least we got our fair share. You could also watch the numbers daily and you knew what was left. It seems it's just another money maker for F&G now.
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