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you guys are just dramatizing it. if you catch less fish then you did last year suddenly its a bad year. if you can't catch fish its a bad year. no the fish move they dont hold in the same spots every year the river changes every day, every time the river rises or falls it changes. the seals eat more than their share and are not managed to any extent. shoot them with painballs they go and hid throw bombs they go and hide. you guys talk about the siuslaw being bad this year? i have caught more winter steelhead in less trips than last year. we blindly fishied fall chinook in the bay first time ever and got 6 on 5 trips. like 5 or 6 years ago i believe was the most springers on the willimette and 3 years ago was the second highest, how is that bad? you guys can't catch them so its bad? thats not how it works. i was fishing winters last weekend didn't do any good and the last 45 minutes of light i started slammin the hole i was in make a couple casts change make a couple change make a couple change then hooked a salmon smolt then next cast set the hook on another faint bite and the head starts shaking and it comes out of the water 10 times before landing him. if you fish the same thing over and over you aint going to do very well. last year up the willimette we had almost or more than 40,000 summer steelhead, that doesn't sound bad compared to 13 thousand some years, does it? its not about how many you hook or land its about fish numbers and pressure. if a fish doesn't bite its still counted in the run you could have had 1000 fish see what you were fishing with but only 5 that you actually felt bite.
Yeah, I'm gonna side with joem on this one.
you guys are just dramatizing it. if you catch less fish then you did last year suddenly its a bad year. if you can't catch fish its a bad year. no the fish move they dont hold in the same spots every year the river changes every day, every time the river rises or falls it changes. the seals eat more than their share and are not managed to any extent. shoot them with painballs they go and hid throw bombs they go and hide. you guys talk about the siuslaw being bad this year? i have caught more winter steelhead in less trips than last year. we blindly fishied fall chinook in the bay first time ever and got 6 on 5 trips. like 5 or 6 years ago i believe was the most springers on the willimette and 3 years ago was the second highest, how is that bad? you guys can't catch them so its bad? thats not how it works. i was fishing winters last weekend didn't do any good and the last 45 minutes of light i started slammin the hole i was in make a couple casts change make a couple change make a couple change then hooked a salmon smolt then next cast set the hook on another faint bite and the head starts shaking and it comes out of the water 10 times before landing him. if you fish the same thing over and over you aint going to do very well. last year up the willimette we had almost or more than 40,000 summer steelhead, that doesn't sound bad compared to 13 thousand some years, does it? its not about how many you hook or land its about fish numbers and pressure. if a fish doesn't bite its still counted in the run you could have had 1000 fish see what you were fishing with but only 5 that you actually felt bite.
The Spring Salmon season was poor? I guess that you must mean last Spring. Cuz, it ain't even hardly started yet this year. Unless...you're thinkin' of the late-runs of Fall Nook nates, that run in March and April.
So you think they are down because you're not catching fish just like I said. Last year I fished for a month didn't even have a bite from a springer but my dad was catching them, I didn't start saying the runs were down even though they were I just kept at it because if there's fish I will be fishing and won't be complaining. If you think the runs are dying stop fishing then there will be no reason to complain and it won't be your fault.No, I am just concerned. I have had a fair season going 5 & 2 from the bank, but for the amount of time put in I should have had much higher numbers. I have talked to many people in boats, on the bank and guides who seem to agree. Anyway, I just hope things bounce back.
So you think they are down because you're not catching fish just like I said. Last year I fished for a month didn't even have a bite from a springer but my dad was catching them, I didn't start saying the runs were down even though they were I just kept at it because if there's fish I will be fishing and won't be complaining. If you think the runs are dying stop fishing then there will be no reason to complain and it won't be your fault.