Originally Posted By: SBD
Guess my point with the salmonberry clip is would it make more sense to close and protect small area's like the Nehalem to any type of fishing.Than trying to fix the whole PNW at one time, of course Manzanita has some of the most expensive property on the Coast and I'm sure the deep pocketed home owners would say Flock that and its the tribal gillnets up there that are the real problem not us.


For the sake of discussion, I personally think smaller tribs like that should be closed off to fishing. More than not, those areas are spawning grounds. It's similar to Rock Creek and Copper Creek on the EF of the Lewis. It's where a fair % of the big winter nates go to spawn. They'll hang in the EF until they're ready or until there's a good rain storm to allow easy passage in the creeks. Although the Salmonberry is a tid-bit bigger, it's known for great spawning grounds for the big natives too....

On another note, I personally think some of the deadlines on the tribs in SW WA should be moved down river from Jan 1st through April 31st. Even though most SW WA tribs have lower river spawners in will decrease the handling of these fish.

Keith
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