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Was it a squaw fish or carp? I know lots of people toss them on the bank when they are caught. supposedly they eat salmon/steelhead eggs or smolts
IMO it's completely pointless to throw a carp or pikeminnow up on the banks if the restoration of a fishery is your goal... The sheer size of the populations are so massive you really are just stinking up the banks for everyone else. If you want to kill them, that's fine, but at least have the consideration to kill them as they are caught and throw them back in the water where they will decompose and possibly do some good.
HOLD ON EVERYONE!
It is ILLEGAL to "dispose of fish carcasses...in Oregon waters"!!!
That is direct quote, from the 2010 ODFW reg book....page 8, #15.
"Wasting fish...", is also illegal (same pg., #10).
HOLD ON EVERYONE!
It is ILLEGAL to "dispose of fish carcasses...in Oregon waters"!!!
That is direct quote, from the 2010 ODFW reg book....page 8, #15.
"Wasting fish...", is also illegal (same pg., #10).
Yup, that's what I meant. Do not throw them in the water. That's illegal.
X3 or 4.
If you toss 'em back into the water, they'll do the ecology a much better justice.
HOLD ON EVERYONE!
It is ILLEGAL to "dispose of fish carcasses...in Oregon waters"!!!
That is direct quote, from the 2010 ODFW reg book....page 8, #15.
"Wasting fish...", is also illegal (same pg., #10).
I remember reading that too. Maybe the best thing to do is get a day permit for squawfish when you happen to be going fishing anyway, and then let ODFW pay you $5-10 a piece for the ones you catch. Ka-ching!