I too feed them to the local wild life when I happen to hook one. Pesky little rascals. :mad:
It is my understanding as well they were introduced into the Rogue and at one time I knew the story but have since forgotten.
H;)
Wow Chad it has been years for me seeing thousands of salmon. These are tough times with all the pressure on our fish.
Its been some 15 years but the last time I fished the upper river for steelhead I found such a condition. Several dozen steelhead holding just below the redds. What a day of...
The final word on this issue!
The final word on this issue!
We have different feelings about what is right and what is wrong. I will not debate mine. They come from a life time of being deeply involved with sport fishing.
Tight lines and a good day to you.
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I'm a bit surprised you would ask. The fish is not eatable what so ever. Even smoked it is not good. It has no earthly good except to give us all the next batch of fish. If it was a decent size fish it had 4000 to 6000 eggs that went into the trash.
You even stated
But for food wise I...
Hope lots of fisherman are not a problem for you. Its a very popular river. Keep and eye on the regs as its closed now until the rains come and ODFW open it.
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Pete
I think sometimes people tend to try and learn to much water instead of sticking to two or three drifts. A friend of ours, "RAGNAR" know his stretch so good he almost always gets into something. If you know all the spots and lanes they use, you are way ahead of most.
H;)