a proud fisherman
1 native retained then cnr?
and for the rest of the season enjoy cnr and a great year of photo's and measurments for fiberglass reproduction mounts while feeling positive about his efforts to save wild fish not understanding that his 8% mortality rate because he was very skilled at reviving released fish vs 20-50% of the average joe still tallied 76 dead native fish
but none of this seemed to matter as the cnr fisherman was so enamored with his great deeds towards the future enhancement of wild stocks that his naivety about the true damage done?
true or false?
i don't really know because i believe easily half or better of whatr i'm told is bulls**t
if the river is in trouble ?
shut it down for all
cnr is a great concept but it has very obviouse consequences similar to the native coho release in sekiu where 10 native are hooked to one hatchery fish resulting in 3 dead natives so a angler may retain a hatchery fish
where's the sense in all this?
while i'm one a rant?
why isnt the fact that the moratorium was more of a political ploy to put pressure on tribal netting then got shot down because some involved didnt have the proverbial gonads to stand up to what they started?
who knows
bottom line is that it's a one way road to s**tsville for fishing here if somebody (us) doesn't do something real soon
fwiw i hate releasing a bleeding fish because some moron (ok a bit harsh) in olympia deems it necessary to not keep the mortaly wounded first regardless of hatchery or native origin for the politically favourable hatchery only fishery
just my opinion nothing more