03-26-2012, 09:39 PM
my feelings
1. Usually by the time we run out of fishing time the fish arnt worth keeping anymore i.e getting dark and poorer table fare
still fun to catch BUT as the season progresses water temps increase
2. and mortality increases with water temps so fishing later actually hurts us.
3.The ESA mortality quotas havent changed.
4. I wish OR/WA would regulate thier fishing to better match thier actual fishery. ID supports most of the springer fishery in the lower river in March and April. 1/2 the predicted run this year is upriver fish. Most of the ID fish enter the river before fish bound for lower river streams. So most of the spring chinook caught in the early season are headed to ID. Most years a large % of the fish caught are ID fish.
Some will say so what
Well our fishing season is based on xx number of fish coming over lower Granite. If 80,000 are predicted and a large number get caught before reaching us and say only 60,000 come over guess who gets screwed?
The lower river fishery is managed under a 30% numbers buffer, but I think it needs to be much higher.
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1. Usually by the time we run out of fishing time the fish arnt worth keeping anymore i.e getting dark and poorer table fare
still fun to catch BUT as the season progresses water temps increase
2. and mortality increases with water temps so fishing later actually hurts us.
3.The ESA mortality quotas havent changed.
4. I wish OR/WA would regulate thier fishing to better match thier actual fishery. ID supports most of the springer fishery in the lower river in March and April. 1/2 the predicted run this year is upriver fish. Most of the ID fish enter the river before fish bound for lower river streams. So most of the spring chinook caught in the early season are headed to ID. Most years a large % of the fish caught are ID fish.
Some will say so what
Well our fishing season is based on xx number of fish coming over lower Granite. If 80,000 are predicted and a large number get caught before reaching us and say only 60,000 come over guess who gets screwed?
The lower river fishery is managed under a 30% numbers buffer, but I think it needs to be much higher.
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