06-12-2012, 03:36 PM
I'm not so much concerned over the prediction versus what has actually come up the river because it is just that, a prediction, but anyone with an ounce of business sense will always tell you to under-promise and over-deliver.
The thing that really gets to me is that our Idaho fish come over early (atleast thats what the biologists have told me) so the net draggers in the ocean get out and have a crack at em, as soon as we get any sort of numbers over Bonneville the Columbia guys get another shot at em and then when they actually get to Idaho everyone is in a tail spin because we dont have as many fish! Why is it that we cant let a good chunk of Idaho fish actually make it close to Idaho to ensure our run numbers? Am I being too simple minded here, or is logic out of the question? We wonder why the run is starting later every year but then as soon as we get numbers in the river they open a season and catch their quota and then let the late runners come up after they catch the early ones? Would that not create a later run every life cycle?
My question is who is supposed to be standing up and fighting for our Idaho run salmon and why are they not doing so?
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The thing that really gets to me is that our Idaho fish come over early (atleast thats what the biologists have told me) so the net draggers in the ocean get out and have a crack at em, as soon as we get any sort of numbers over Bonneville the Columbia guys get another shot at em and then when they actually get to Idaho everyone is in a tail spin because we dont have as many fish! Why is it that we cant let a good chunk of Idaho fish actually make it close to Idaho to ensure our run numbers? Am I being too simple minded here, or is logic out of the question? We wonder why the run is starting later every year but then as soon as we get numbers in the river they open a season and catch their quota and then let the late runners come up after they catch the early ones? Would that not create a later run every life cycle?
My question is who is supposed to be standing up and fighting for our Idaho run salmon and why are they not doing so?
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