#930236 - 05/18/15 12:02 PM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: bushbear]
|
Carcass
Registered: 11/30/09
Posts: 2286
|
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing rule changes for recreational salmon fishing. The CR-102 and proposed WAC can be viewed and downloaded at: http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/regulations/development.html.In accordance with RCW 34.05.320, a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., at the Natural Resources Building, Room 682, 1111 Washington St., SE, Olympia, WA, 98504. In case you are unable to or do not wish to attend the public hearing, you may submit written comments to me, Charmane Ashbrook, as shown below. WDFW must receive comments by June 9, 2015. For an electronic or printed copy of the proposed rules, please email me at Charmane.Ashbrook@dfw.wa.gov or call me at 360-586-0734. When writing in my comments, I noticed written comments are due by June 5, 2015. Just thinking out loud, I'm trying to figure out if the recreational industry took the Area 10 chinook closure to court, why the court would not agree that singling out and closing one fishery out of 56 that fishes over the Lake WA stock would be anything but arbitrary and capricious.
_________________________
The world will not be destroyed by those that are evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.- Albert Einstein
No you can’t have my rights---I’m still using them
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#930239 - 05/18/15 01:04 PM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: SaltyDawg27]
|
River Nutrients
Registered: 04/25/00
Posts: 5074
Loc: East of Aberdeen, West of Mont...
|
I called WDFW, Olympia.....this morning, 5/18/2015 and got the following email back.....part of which I'm posting...
Hi Bill,
Following our phone conversation, I spoke with Steve Thiesfeld (Region 6 Fish Program Manager) and learned that the document you request, Coastal Freshwater Exceptions WACs (includes Grays Harbor), is not yet complete. When it is finished, a CR-102 will be filed and you will be sent notice. The goal is to file this Wednesday, May 20th .
So it looks like Wednesday is the earliest we can expect some kind of a answer.
Just hope the Wednesday news is positive for the vast majority of sport fisherpersons.
_________________________
"Worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"
"I thought growing older, would take longer"
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#930274 - 05/19/15 07:27 AM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: SaltyDawg27]
|
Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
|
Only the upper stretches and the mouth, the areas within ONP, are closing I believe.
Fish on...
Todd
_________________________
Team Flying Super Ditch Pickle
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#930286 - 05/19/15 11:04 AM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: SaltyDawg27]
|
River Nutrients
Registered: 10/28/09
Posts: 3314
|
For sure, it was recreational anglers that destroyed the springer run on the Hoh. This is a prime example of fish managers working together to get to the root of a problem and addressing it as effectively as possible... or not.
The worst part is that they open the mouth up in September, when all those summer Chinook are still milling around the tidal reaches. If there is a significant recreational impact on those fish, that's when it happens.
What the Hoh needs is a year-round, no bait, C&R regulation, with the possible exception of October-November, where it should be safe to bonk a couple coho.
It's really frustrating to be one of quite a few sportsmen who have been writing legislators, park managers, and tribal leaders, urging them to implement protective rule changes on those fish, for years now. Do it now, before the only option is closure was the mantra we repeated every spring. Seems closure is the easiest option for the Park, the Tribe, and WDFW, so that's what we ended up with.
They might as well close the Queets now, too. There aren't a ton of people fishing the Hoh in the summer, but those looking for a similar experience will likely default to the Queets, where in recent years, the Chinook runs have been in terrible shape (even in the fall). Better close it before the horde of bloodthirsty sport fishermen descend on it and start killing fish with reckless abandon....
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#930290 - 05/19/15 12:21 PM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: SaltyDawg27]
|
River Nutrients
Registered: 01/17/04
Posts: 3742
Loc: Sheltona Beach
|
Managers get all worked up over paper fish numbers. They do not see beyond production. IMHO all lower river harvest needs to be stopped as well.
_________________________
When we are forgotten, we cease to exist . Share your outdoor skills.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#930294 - 05/19/15 01:23 PM
Re: 2015-2016 fishing regs
[Re: SaltyDawg27]
|
River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7413
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
|
The Hoh is controlled by the ocean. As long as Hoh fish are taken in the recreational fishery in the ocean there will continue to be net fisheries in the river for "balance". Regardless of run size or stock status.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
1 registered (stonefish),
1114
Guests and
1
Spider online. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
11498 Members
16 Forums
63773 Topics
645302 Posts
Max Online: 3001 @ 01/28/20 02:48 PM
|
|
|