04/21/2022

Enough of "picking on the tribs"..... Where do the non-boat fishers have a chance to fish????


Harvest takes place before the fish even get a chance to get to the tributaries.....think of this, Johns River, Hoquiam, 28th Street, Cosie, Friends Landing, Fuller Bridge, even Westport are all sport boat launches that are attacking the fish before the fish get a chance to get to the tributaries.

This year will be the worse.....2 fish bag in the Chehalis River all the way to the head waters....Here they come, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Renton, Kent, etc. Tow rigs, boats....why go to Fish the ocean, just stop at one of the many Chehalis launches, fish, fish, fish.......get'em BEFORE they get to the tributaries.

Then add to the above, 2 gillnet fisheries....QIN knows when to net, NT while not the best timings, have the better knowledge of the rivers but bottom line....chinook allowed, Coho, and of course the chum..... ALL BEFORE ANY FISH GET TO THE TRIBUTARIES.

The "new way" to monitor sport caught fish........ya we all know the "old" punch card is one way, takes about a year and the returned cards are under 50%.

New way, have WDFW hired persons at the boat launches to record responses to questions, How'd the boat do???? Did you release any fish??? Did you lose any fish??? Did you see others catch any fish?????

Is this a new way in Grays Harbor, I don't think so....maybe to the new WDFW management people but that was done lots, same river system. in the 70's, 80's. They can't get in your boat to check.....would people just choose to not answer???? It happens.....LOTS!!!! Just like the punch cards that don't get sent in.....

You want to "limit" tributaries.........close........nope not going there......