I was just checking my mail. Noticed the new pamphlet is available online.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/

So it says kings are open right now East and west of the Tatoosh Line in area 4. Can we fish?

`and it says the Puyallup opens on the 1st like always...

did they print this 4 years ago and just upload it, or is this a joke?

The emergency rules closing salmon are still in effect so it really doesn't matter what gets put in print. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't have internet access and tries to fish.

Thanks.


Now Prepare for corrections, emergency rules, and miscellaneous tomfoolery.

after all the horse crap we have been fed the last couple months you would have thought they would have got it right the first time....

if there is going to be corrections, emergency closures, ect, the WDFW just bit off a huge chunk to chew, hope they have the money to fund such an overhaul, gonna take a while....

Cool. No more wild steelhead retention.

you have to keep all hatchery steelhead no c&r .. guess they want u to keep boots..

see thats what im talking about, they remembered to put that in there, why did they screw everything else up?

or did they?

Oh good I can fish for perch again.

+1. Yup - my place looks great!

Area 4 is part of the ocean regulations... Tatoosh all the way to north-south line at mouth of Sekiu River. East of that line, follow PS regulations for area 5, etc.

The rules in the new pamphlet take effect July 1. Unless changed by e-regs. They change NOTHING until then.

Area 4 is broke into 2 areas at the Bonilla/Tatoosh line.

Why didn't the regs come out on time? Because of the NOF "process"? Seems that if they're just handing out last years copies with a different cover they could have done so sooner.

Good thing they left us with lings. My lawn looks like dogsh!t.

lol

ON TIME in now July 1, with the regs in force July 1 to June 30. Made that change a couple years ago.

They want to cycle us off the water faster. Lessen the impact on the wild fishes of concern.

Back in the old days, Game Department rules were that the limit (trout, steelhead) was the number you could catch. C&R beyond the set limit was a violation.

This actually meant that if you were fishing steelhead in the spring you had to both punch the fish and count it to the 2 fish limit even if it was a kelt. Had many conversations with wardens about this and how the handled it in the field. The bios tried to get this changed but leadership opposed it; gotta cycle more folks through.

This would not be a thing if the Feds, US/Canada Treaty, allowed more fishes to home waters?