Originally Posted By: steely slammer
ive asked that the hump be a bobber and jigs fisherie only and they said yes that would work but it never happened..still summer runs there in sept..

biolo.. if the springers are below escapment are you still going to net them like last year???? How many did the chehalis tribe get??? did you turn your numbers in???


Steely Slammer The Chehalis Tribe will have a ceremonial fishery for Spring Chinook again this year and will plan on taking no more than 20 fish as they did last year. They had no commercial or subsistence fishery for Spring Chinook in 2008 and this number was reported and discussed with Phil Anderson and Region 6.

The Chehalis Tribe was also very vocal in their concerns about Spring Chinook by-catch in the Sturgeon Gillnet fishery done by the QIN from April 16th until July 31st 5 days a week. The WDFW said that there was nothing they could do since the model the QIN used showed a limited impact on Spring Chinook taking less than 20 fish which is B.S. When is WDFW going to stand up the QIN and begin to protect and conserve the States resources? I think Cronic underescapement of Spring Chinook is a critical conservation issue on a completely wild stock. If you have anymore question feel free to PM me and I'll try to answer them.