02-03-2014, 07:51 PM
They dont get to keep more fish per say. They just once again chose to ignor the facts that the majority of the early run is heading to ID. SO they set the season to allow up to 70% of thier seasons quota to be caught while that portion of the run is moving through the lower river. THEN they get to finnish thier quota on the remainng 1/3 of the run.
As it said in the acticle just the Rapid river run along can produce 30% of the lower river catch in most years. I would love to see the numbers for the clearwater drainage thrown in there also. If ID could get the lower river compact to half that it would significantly increase the number of fish returning to ID.
I wish ID would sue to get a voting seat on the council. Its totaly ridiculous that they dont have a actual vote. They produce close to 1/2 the spring run every year. Most years 1/2 or less of the predicted river mouth return to ID actually makes it TO Lower Granite. On actual big return years its not really an issue, but you never really know what your getting. They way its set up the lower river gets the majority of thier quota befor anyone even really knows what the run is gunna be like. Just stupid
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As it said in the acticle just the Rapid river run along can produce 30% of the lower river catch in most years. I would love to see the numbers for the clearwater drainage thrown in there also. If ID could get the lower river compact to half that it would significantly increase the number of fish returning to ID.
I wish ID would sue to get a voting seat on the council. Its totaly ridiculous that they dont have a actual vote. They produce close to 1/2 the spring run every year. Most years 1/2 or less of the predicted river mouth return to ID actually makes it TO Lower Granite. On actual big return years its not really an issue, but you never really know what your getting. They way its set up the lower river gets the majority of thier quota befor anyone even really knows what the run is gunna be like. Just stupid
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