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Eric several folks brought the Nooche issue forward as a piece of the puzzle on the Nooch. As I do not fish it I have little first hand knowledge but feed back was folks were doing the Summerrun thing but actually chasing salmon. Hard to argue for something like a Salmon season if you deny abuses. Best I can do ya.




Riverguy,

Well, I do fish it. Alot. and my first-hand knowledge doesn't quite agree with what you've been fed by your contacts. Are there abuses? Yes. There are in almost every fishery. Are those abuses that you elude to enough to warrant shutting down the upper river? Not even close!

I contend that guys targeting salmon under the guise of steelhead fishing isn't a problem to the magnitude of completely closing the upper river in that time frame. I can make the rebuttal argument, from personal observations on the river, that there are more guys fishing honest for late summer steel....quite a few more, than there are sore-mouthing salmon up there.

I respect your message and actually agree with almost everything you are trying to accomplish......just not this item. I think it's too extreme and overkill. My 2cents