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SF - Thanks for keeping us current on the NOF process! I saw that Chinook modeling tool yesterday; after a few minutes of trying different scenarios, it was clear that it is reaching those goals in the model will be impossible without near elimination of most of the PS Chinook recreational...

I can only comment on the so-called spring fish in the north Puget Sound rivers. In the 1970s through the early 1990s early return hatchery fish were pretty common. I saw them as early as mid-February and April it was not all that unusual to encounter one during the spring CnR fisheries that...

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Pink Nighty - Assuming that you found your South Fork summer steelhead post late 1970s they likely were hatchery fish. Those hatchery fish were planted in both Canyon Creek and the upper South Fork. During the 1980s there were some exceptional summer fish to be found in both the South and...

Another interesting read is Enos Bradner's "Northwest Angling", 1950. Some sights into the steelhead rivers and fishing in the 1940s. The Chapter on the Washington (or Oregon) steelhead rivers was of a particular interest to me. The chapters on Pass like, the cutthroat ponds (Dave) and the...

As also it comes down meeting the allowable Southern United States (Sus) exploitation rates (ERs). If you review the 3rd link provided StonedFish you will find additional recreational opportunities above last year's fisheries (slide 11) to be modeled, slides 12 (chinook) and 13 (coho) show the...

If interested in Bob's fishing stories and some of his poetry may look for a copy of his "Snohomish by Beloved County, an Anglers Anthology" Bob Heirman, 1993 He was born in 1932 and lived most (all/) of his life in the family homestead up the hill from Blackman's lake on the outskirts of...

Thanks to those that have taken the time to comment on all or part of the proposal that I put forth in my initial post. In recent weeks a couple items have come to my attention that likely will raise the urgency to protect the resident rainbow component of the O. mykiss complex in the Skagit...

When and the source of the Twin Lakes introduction of cutthroat; referred to as an "intermontane cutthroat (clarki Lewisi) has been lost in history. However, records show that by 1915 the Department of Fisheries and Game had established an egg taking station on the lakes and that year took 1.4...

HauntedByWater I would expect that any improvement in fish passage on the upper Skagit dams will have for downstream movement of resident rainbows to the lower river will be just like the Baker dams. That is to say minimal. About the only time in the past when there has been downstream...

Those non-indigenous cutthroat are west-slope cutthroat or what often were referred to as Montana black spots (MBS). Those MBS often establish self-reproducing populations in lakes in which they have been planted and typically colonizing downstream streams. Those west-slopes have been planted...

Circling back to this regulation proposal; the window for commenting on or influencing this proposal is fast closing. Commenting (either pro or con) are likely to be most effective as part of the NOF process. This is because this potential change is tangled up with the salmon seasons in the...

Interesting, I think it is good that mother nature can continue to illustrate that more complex than we like to think.

Remember this proposal would be set up with volunteer anglers only (no limit on the number of those volunteers) that have agreed to use the app. As such the results from the app would potentially provide both the number of fish handled as well the of man-days fished. If there is the desire to...

For the co-managers having a census rather than an estimate would be the selling point; would not be much different than how they report some of their catch. I suspect the first year or two having some information from a "creel census" to compare might be required. curt

This coming license year (starting in April) WDFW is launching there MyWDFW mobile app that will allow anglers to report their salmon and crab catches on the water. What I'm proposal is that app be adapted for the CnR season, In theory the result would be a census rather than an estimate...

Yesterday I expressed my concerns that just transferring funds from the warm water game fish fund to WDFW fish, wildlife and conservation would necessarily or even likely would result in funding for the Skagit/Sauk CnR fishery monitoring. When questioning things I like to supply an alternative...

Used to take the kids out for crawdads where we used rings (24" diameter) baited with a fish carcass, usually used a ring apiece and would rotate around pulling each ring very 20 minutes or so - great action for the kids. We fished a lake without bass and did well. If bass are present, then...

I have to wonder what makes people think that if this bill passes that a portion of that "new" money would be used for the Skagit spring fishery? At the first NOF meeting there was talk of budget short fall for enforcement officers (I think it was said they are down 9 positions) and some...

Have done well with small woolly buggers fished on full sinking lines. Favorite color combination was a olive body with brown hackle and tail but have also done well with whites and yellows. Early in the season (and it looks like those fish in the pictures have not yet spawned) typically find...