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you think im the only one that thinks harvesting wild steelhead is wrong???? think again
keep the insults coming!!!!!
i didn't reject any studies,don't recall saying that in any of my posts at all...
the thing that really gets on my nerves is you all think this is just about my personal beliefs.. not even close.
It took me about 30 minutes or so to read every post on this thread and have to say I was thoroughly entertained by both sides. Pretty intense stuff going on in this one! Not getting into this one. Good luck out there everybody!
I think the biggest issue is the guides. They will take way more than 5,000 out of the system in a year. Probably about 75% of the coquille guides will hit up the Umpqua since its closer to home and kill their 2 nates a day. I have nothing against guides but I would much rather see them getting their meat eating clients steelhead on hatchery rivers. The guides for the most part will not encourage releasing native fish and they will not say no to clients. The Umpqua is a trophy steelhead fishery and I don't see a problem designating it as that. Some guide boats may be hooking 20 steelhead a day but most of them know how to handle fish for the most part. And those guides are about 5% what they will be once they open the river to harvest.
I would think that those who are poaching steelhead are keeping way more than 5 a year unfortunately.
i don't care how ignorant standing up for wild fish makes me look and i will tell you all that right now. i will do it until the day i die and i will educate our future generations as well so our wild fish and all of our fisheries in general have any chance at making it in the future.
The Silver Fish
While fishing in the blue lagoon
I caught a lovely silver fish,
And he spoke to me,
"My boy," quoth he,
"Please set me free and I'll grant your wish...
A kingdom of wisdom? A palace of gold?
Or all the goodies your fancies can hold?"
So I said, "OK," and I threw him free,
And he swam away and he laughed at me
Whispering my foolish wish
Into a silent sea.
Today I caught that fish again,
That lovely silver prince of fishes,
And once again he offered me—
If I would only set him free—
Any one of a number of wonderful wishes...
He was delicious!
It is a pretty damn sad commentary on the state of our fish runs when 40k is considered a good, healthy population.
Looks like it would have been a good run back in 1945....I guess the more things change, the more the stay the same!
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/fish_counts/winchester/STW_1945-2011.pdf
I guess you missed Modest man's commentary on carrying capacity!
The Silver Fish
While fishing in the blue lagoon
I caught a lovely silver fish,
And he spoke to me,
"My boy," quoth he,
"Please set me free and I'll grant your wish...
A kingdom of wisdom? A palace of gold?
Or all the goodies your fancies can hold?"
So I said, "OK," and I threw him free,
And he swam away and he laughed at me
Whispering my foolish wish
Into a silent sea.
Today I caught that fish again,
That lovely silver prince of fishes,
And once again he offered me—
If I would only set him free—
Any one of a number of wonderful wishes...
He was delicious!
Looks like it would have been a good run back in 1945....I guess the more things change, the more the stay the same!
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/fish_counts/winchester/STW_1945-2011.pdf
I guess you missed Modest man's commentary on carrying capacity!
this thread is like listening to my sister talk about her allergy's....