Snohomish to close until november.

The good news is the WDFW is finally doing something to protect the fish.
 
some BS right there. I thought no eggs was an appropriate restriction needed to prevent a closure. But this gets under my skin.

I’m willing to bet Chinook encounters on that river are pretty low without bait. Spent a lot of hours on it the past decade and have never harmed a king, nor have seen anyone land one for that matter.
 
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So the whole Snohomish basin is closed now. I see. 🫡

Every time I drive over Lewis Street bridge I see someone fishing the Sky. A lot of times they’re fly fishing and they ain’t practicing casting.
 
johnnyboy said:
I’m willing to bet Chinook encounters on that river are pretty low without bait. Spent a lot of hours on it the past decade and have never harmed a king, nor have seen anyone land one for that matter.
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I think you’re right, and I think that the Snohomish Chinook runs have been so low, that it only takes a really, really small number of encounters to go over the allowable threshold, and I think that the way they crunch the numbers, one confirmed or reported or whatever Chinook encounter counts for more than one in the model, so it doesn’t take much to blow it up. And, if that’s how it goes, they probably won’t want to open it back up until all the Chinook redds are vacant.
 
Here’s an idea let’s try a Brood stock program with these kings. It’s working well with Skykomish chums ? And we all know who’s responsible for letting them get wiped out.
 
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skyrise said:
Here’s an idea let’s try a Brood stock program with these kings. It’s working well with Skykomish chums ? And we all know who’s responsible for letting them get wiped out.
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They already bring Snohomish “wild” Chinook into the hatchery, as it’s an “integrated” program and has been for some time. Unfortunately, hatcheries don’t seem to be able to replace well functioning rivers and oceans.
 
One of the biggest issues with the Snohomish Chinook is the very poor estuary environment, and not to forget the comercial and sport harvest in BC, where most are harvested!

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Would love to see the Tulalip tribe get a full on Brood stock/hatchery program going instead of just putting pressure on to close down the rivers. Heck they have more than enough money to do it.
 
Even though some hatchery fish aren’t clipped, people need to stop harvesting unclipped chinook because it isn’t legal there and their actions end up screwing over everyone else.
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Okay I heard sky would open October 15th. But I have no idea to what ?? Is that not true now? I hate rumors and I hate WDFW emails too…. 🤣
 
Porter2 said:
Okay I heard sky would open October 15th. But I have no idea to what ?? Is that not true now? I hate rumors and I hate WDFW emails too….
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Hve you looked the Regs?
Says opens Oct 13th- Nov 30th
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Considering Chinook spawn until late November in the Snohomish system, I've been expecting closures for well over a decade now.

I don't get how people are suprised this!
 
Im betting sometime mid October we get an emergency opening stating the kings have finished doing their business. If a couple surveys dont find any kings on reds, we should be good to go again.
 
the_chemist said:
Im betting sometime mid October we get an emergency opening stating the kings have finished doing their business. If a couple surveys dont find any kings on reds, we should be good to go again.
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Eggsactly
 
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