Here is an oldie that most people forgot about or didn't know existed. Does the name Herschel sound familiar from the mid 80's and 90's
Lake Sammamish Tribs, etc. I know a guy who years ago as a kid used to catch Steelhead in Kenmore on the Slough. There was a lot of studies, articles written etc on the Sea Lions at the Ballard Locks. One was nicknamed Herschel. When is the last time anyone mentioned Steelhead, Lake WA, Lake Sammamish and their Tribs. Are the Native Steelhead extinct?
There are still a few hanging on. I know the city of Bothell hydrogeologist that does stream surveys in the area for Steelhead and Coho. There are a very few hanging on in Streams like North creek. Probably less than 100 best guesstimation.
The big Losses for me are places I used to twirl herring for Summer Chinook all over the sound as a kid out the back of our old Whaler. Elliot Bay. MA 10 winter blackmouth. Some of the local lakes now surrounded by houses. Skagit System. Many little Eastern Washington lakes that no one ever used to fish in the early summer. Snoqualmie has a lot of nostalgia in it for me.
It's not only places we cant fish anymore, for me its more about the quality being greatly diminished in the places we can still fish. To the point where many places dont seem worth fishing because they arent anywhere near what they used to be, or could be with better management.
I sometimes still go, just for old times sake.
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