kingfish said:Caught it in Tobe Creek or Bummer Creek just outside alsea on my girlfriends land very pretty fish almost 16in long biggest trout I've ever caught
rogerdodger said:just trying to help keep your cash in your pocket, so be aware that streams and creeks in the NW zone do not open for fishing until May 23 except for those listed as open for certain types of fishing under Special Regulations. Bummer Creek is not listed, so it is closed to all fishing until May 23...cheers, roger
TTFishon said:Looks like a SRC to me. Did you keep it? Might not want to answer that question. lol What's funny to me is. If you woulda started your thread with "while steelhead fishing I caught this, what is it?" No one would question your regulation knowledge. lol Just sayin. lol
rogerdodger said:I make note of your 'lol', but just to be safe, he was fishing on a creek that is closed to fishing until May 23, so your suggestion would have resulted in posting something that was untrue and that violates OFF forum rules...
now his other thread about fishing at Alsea boat launches is different, but to avoid a citation (which is my goal in helping people with the regs) would require him to be fishing for steelhead. for example, say a Trooper is watching for a while from the greenery and then approaches for a chat:
1- you would need to be able to defend that your gear, tackle, and tactics are consistent with fishing for steelhead. Obviously some subjectivity here.
2- your handling of 'incidentally' hooked trout, salmon, and steelhead smolt, would need to be consistent with an understanding that they need to be released unharmed and should not be removed from the water.
3- you must have your combined angling tag, without it you cannot fish for steelhead. :thumb:
kingfish said:Rogerdodger I appreciate the help by the way everyone makes mistakes where I grew up things were different so I need to adjust to my new environment