Recent content by Chris DeLeone

I would read into that person's layoff............. is that freshwater Steelhead anglers and the PS rivers that they fish are not a top priority for the Department

The by basin RMPs is our biggest hurdle right now on all of our Puget Sound systems - The WDFW has not completed the measurement portion of their plan to assist or commit to a managed fishery. You can't manage what you don't measure, and if you never measure it, then you don't have to invest...

I don't think the June, July, August Steelhead fishery has been closed for 25 years - I think this has all happened in the last five to six years. God, we used to get summer runs in later May up there and for the June opener, there we a number of fish around all the way up to Forston Mill - that...

What is the season for North Fork of the Stilly this year - I have seen some finalizations of impacts, but nothing from the NOF on if the Stilly will be open for Steelhead fishing this summer. I read the Snohomish (sky - Snoqualmie) may open in 2030, maybe 2035 - but the department did not want...

Nope - thought about it a few times, but didn't have Dec's Skagit mist on me, I went big flashy Marabou

I fished last week for a day and a half and then went up this week for a couple of days - couldn't fish the lower river, too colored up for my liking, and still a bit high for where I wanted to fish. I had to move up and fished a few runs mid river and, on the Sauk, it just never felt fishy and...

They close a popular fishery, we complain about it, they don't have too and then get money for the popular fishery they closed - while still funding their pet projects - that's the hostage taking They should have put this monitoring for both the Puget Sound and the Columbia system in their...

In my opinion, Kelly Cunningham and the department are holding this fishery hostage - They know how popular it is, they want us to feel their budget pain. Loss of our funding, loss of your fishing opportunities.

Here is a sample letter I will sending to my representatives tomorrow morning Dear [Insert Name of State House or State Senate member], I am writing to urge you to allocate funding for two Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) critical initiatives proposed in their 2025-7...

Another one that is very distressing is on Page 242 "Columbia River ESA Permitting". This project was funded last biennium for WDFW to re-write the federal fishery permits for Columbia tribs. They are submitting the lower Columbia permit this June (public meeting in a few days to go over...

Curt From my understanding - it takes budget away from some Samish monitoring, a sampling/new monitoring programs of the Snohomish system and the Skagit - it could include other programs, I'm not certain of all the programs that Quick Steelhead Portfolio encompasses. But I've heard from two...

Good evening, I have some urgent news to share. The funding for the Skagit Wild Steelhead Fishery Monitoring is under threat of budget cuts, the timing is still being determined. As many of you know, this monitoring is required to have a fishery. As of today, it is not in the current proposed...

I went up there today - it could be a couple of days before we have good conditions

I caught my first fish on a two hander on the Sky in March, Ben Howard boat launch - fished that system a lot in the early/mid 90's - great river, with the Nooksack open, and the Skagit and Sauk - it made for an enjoyable day on any of those systems. I think it closed down for fishing in '97 or...

what was the first year the Skagit was open in the Spring for a CnR fishery - I remember it being 1984, could someone confirm that for me thanks