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Originally posted by fishcounter:
Some of this can be explained by high-grading but most anglers reported keeping all fish caught. Based on what we observed here, and in other Thurston Co. lakes, this program is working well. These fish appear to return to the creel at a much higher rate than smaller RB. Comments?

Also, eleven kokanee up to 12" were harvested (incidently????) at Summit on the opener
Ive caught a phat 13"-14 Koke out there, trolling pop gear/wedding ring deep with a 3/4 oz rudder weight, it was odd, smack in th middle aas we were cutting cross to try the other shore. Opening day fishers dont seem to me to be the C&R type, more like the type that quits for the season when powerbait quits working. Ive seen Asians get busted at the launch for having 1/2 dozen grocery bags and 2-3 more buckets full of trout all under 8". annd of course, not a single licence among the family. Prolly had 30 lbs total fish. And people ***** about wanting to shoot the Bald Eagles
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