You know it cracks me up, a bunch of people on here saying this and that, but what most all of you don't realize is I spend 35-50 evenings a summer fishing the mid-lower EF and catch more than my share of HATCHERY fish... You might see 5 native summer runs on a good year and you rarely if never catch an unclipped smolt in that section of river, but let me tell you what you do catch.... About 10-30 SQUAWFISH a day, I REALLY WONDER IF THEY'RE TAKING A TOLL ON OUR SMOLT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God we're down there fishing bait and killing everyone of them Damn SQUAWFISH we catch or that SQUAWFISH rearing pond would be the best place to go and catch them...
So sure let's ban bait, and let the SQUAW's take over, that will solve the problem... Maybe our lazy, lack of knowledge of what's really happening GAME DEPARTMENT would like to come down with me and see the 10's of thousands of SQUAWFISH that inhabit our EF of the Lewis and Washougal. These rivers get so low and warm in the summer that it's just sick.. Perhaps we could work on the watershed, that would help there...
By the way 4Salt, I wasn't trying to be an A$$, it's just when someone jumps out and says something so stupid, I figured I would too..
Keith