07-27-2010, 11:23 AM
I know they have plenty of fight left. Last year we caught some that were double reruns which means it was their third trip up the river. They fight just as hard the third time as the first.
As far as survive ability, not sure on the percentage, but we seen very few floaters. I think out of the 15 days I spent fishing up there, I seen maybe 4 floaters.
I think F&G could do a better job with managing these fish. I know last year they spent quite a bit trucking them back down river. They had 3 Idaho Power trucks running non stop most the time. This year they had 1 F&G truck that ran 1 or 2 trips here and there. I understand they need to do things the most cost effective way, but just killing the fish and giving them away to any one really gets to me. We get one chance a year to fish for these fish and are very lucky to have that chance after all the political BS and the money that is put into raising these fish. It just seems a waste to kill them and give them away just because it is the easiest thing to do. You could tell F&G cut way back on funding things up there this year. I was checked one time by a fish cop. The biologists checked me around 5 times in the 15 days I was there and only checked 1 fish of mine. Last year I was checked daily by the biologists, many times twice a day and at least every other day by a fish cop. I seen quite a few people using barbed hooks and pulled many more hooks out of the river that were barbed.
It also makes more sense if the hatchery is becoming over run by fish, that they could kill some of the extra fish and give them away right there to people with licenses. All they would have to do is tag them with a special tag to separate the free fish from the ones you tagged and caught. I would not mind if we had to notch our tags for the free fish we picked up. My friend who went with me landed 2 fish in 11 days. One wild, one keeper. I am sure he would have liked the chance to go pick up a few excess fish to take home.
I just do not agree with killing the excess fish and giving them away in the middle of the season to just any body off the street.
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As far as survive ability, not sure on the percentage, but we seen very few floaters. I think out of the 15 days I spent fishing up there, I seen maybe 4 floaters.
I think F&G could do a better job with managing these fish. I know last year they spent quite a bit trucking them back down river. They had 3 Idaho Power trucks running non stop most the time. This year they had 1 F&G truck that ran 1 or 2 trips here and there. I understand they need to do things the most cost effective way, but just killing the fish and giving them away to any one really gets to me. We get one chance a year to fish for these fish and are very lucky to have that chance after all the political BS and the money that is put into raising these fish. It just seems a waste to kill them and give them away just because it is the easiest thing to do. You could tell F&G cut way back on funding things up there this year. I was checked one time by a fish cop. The biologists checked me around 5 times in the 15 days I was there and only checked 1 fish of mine. Last year I was checked daily by the biologists, many times twice a day and at least every other day by a fish cop. I seen quite a few people using barbed hooks and pulled many more hooks out of the river that were barbed.
It also makes more sense if the hatchery is becoming over run by fish, that they could kill some of the extra fish and give them away right there to people with licenses. All they would have to do is tag them with a special tag to separate the free fish from the ones you tagged and caught. I would not mind if we had to notch our tags for the free fish we picked up. My friend who went with me landed 2 fish in 11 days. One wild, one keeper. I am sure he would have liked the chance to go pick up a few excess fish to take home.
I just do not agree with killing the excess fish and giving them away in the middle of the season to just any body off the street.
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