O. mykiss
I actually do. I've thought they should rotate fisheries and sell tags on a lottery like hunting. I could go a year without salmon fishing every now and then if it would help the runs.Does nobody think it would be a good thing to shut down the fishery for some period?
I personally have stopped salmon and steelhead fishing, and instead simply enjoy chasing hatchery salmonids in the usual stocked lakes.Does nobody think it would be a good thing to shut down the fishery for some period?
There is a tiny part of me that feels bad taking a fish that is so close to fulfilling its lifelong objective. But then I think, at least he didn't get eaten alive by a seal. Except for the one that broke me off and was immediately eaten by a seal. I still feel bad for that.I’m not one for crowds. I’m short tempered and I don’t deal well with rudeness or ignorance. I still fly fish for trout now and then, but I haven’t tried for steelhead beyond my handful of unpleasant experiences on community holes. I might take a salmon if I caught one in the salt, but once they hit rivers I say god bless them and best of luck.
It warms my heart to know that there are caring people out there. It’s human nature to remember unpleasantness more readily than positive experiences, and I’m working on that too.
ROTFLMBO!But then again, so is chicken. Evil nasty creatures that deserve to be BBQ'd. I grew up on a farm; but that is another story ...
I have to disagree. You could say they are "usually tastier". Late fall chinook can mature in the salt and can be fully sexually mature before they enter the river. A Spring chinook and many Fall chinook enter the rivers before any physiological change has occurred. Either of these conditions can happen at any time of the Fall run. If I catch 10 fish in a coastal stream in November, 5 will cut ocean perfect and have sea lice on them and 5 will show signs of deterioration. If I catch 10 fish on the Umpqua in September, 1 of 5 will be ocean perfect. There are so many variables there is no way you can say "always" or "never" to how a fish is going to cut.Ocean caught salmonids are always tastier anyways!
“Alaska-based US Coast Guard raids a Chinese fishing vessel for poaching 80 tons our salmon. And yet, Bill Walker says nothing. Why? Bill Walker wants China to own Alaska’s gas line. They’ve already bought his silence,” Dunleavy for Alaska posted on Facebook.