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#896441 - 06/02/14 11:10 AM Puget Sound Hatchery Fish & Economic Impact
Backtrollin Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 10/18/07
Posts: 174
Loc: Duvall, WA
I fished the Skykomish opener yesterday and made a few obvious observations:

-100+ jet boats on the river
-100's (or thousands) of bank fishermen on the river
-25+ drift boats on the river

The turn out to catch hatchery Steelhead was incredible. With the conversations surrounding the devaluation of a Puget Sound Steelhead in the last six months one might think nobody fished for them in the Puget Sound rivers. Yesterday told a completely different story. The river was alive with anglers young and old looking for that first bite of the summer.

I know this may have been the hottest topic on this forum over the last couple months but yesterday really put in to perspective what these fisheries mean.

I am still shaking my head at the thought of no winter hatchery Steelhead.



On a side note....fishing was pretty good!

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#896455 - 06/02/14 01:12 PM Re: Puget Sound Hatchery Fish & Economic Impact [Re: Backtrollin]
cncfish Offline
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Registered: 02/24/11
Posts: 258
Loc: whale pass
you mean somebody actually stopped to fish?? I heard the sleds buzzing by starting at around 8 pm Saturday night as I was painting my house. may be done in time to fish on Tuesday or Wednesday..

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