#994066 - 09/27/18 12:52 PM
Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
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WDFW Fishing Rule Change: Salmon fishing rules to change on Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish and Wallace rivers WA WDFW Public Affairs Thu 9/27/2018 10:54 AM WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://wdfw.wa.govSeptember 27, 2018 Salmon fishing rules to change on Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish and Wallace rivers Action: Closes all salmon fishing in the following areas: Snohomish River, Snoqualmie River, and the Skykomish River upstream of the Wallace River. In addition, all salmon must be released except for marked hatchery coho on the Wallace River and the Skykomish River from the mouth to the Wallace River. Effective date: Sept. 29 through Nov. 15, 2018. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, and Wallace rivers. Reason for action: In-season run size updates indicate that the Snohomish wild coho run is lower than the pre-season forecast. These measures are needed to protect future runs of coho by increasing chances wild spawner escapement goals are met. Additional information: Areas that remain open for salmon have a daily limit of two fish, release all salmon other than hatchery coho. Gamefish remain open in these rivers as described in the 2018-19 Fishing Rules Pamphlet. For the Wallace River, the area between the hatchery weir and 400 feet downstream of the weir remains closed until the weir is removed. If coho salmon abundance improves, fisheries may be reopened. Information contact: WDFW, Mill Creek, Region 4 Office, (425) 775-1311.
Edited by cobble cruiser (09/27/18 12:52 PM)
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#994071 - 09/27/18 01:27 PM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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King of the Beach
Registered: 12/11/02
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Loc: Carkeek Park
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And MA 8-2 was open for wild coho retention this year, which made absolutely no sense..... SF
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#994079 - 09/27/18 02:31 PM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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Bead
Registered: 02/13/03
Posts: 1206
Loc: Duvall
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This is strange. Fished last week and my buddy and I got our limit. Went Tuesday this week and hit 3. Seemed to be a lot of fish in the river.
Columbia closed, Cowlitz closed, Snohomish system closed....Skagit next?
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#994082 - 09/27/18 02:58 PM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 03/16/00
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Loc: snohomish, wa
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checked the web site, Skagit to close on certain days below the baker to allow the tribes to net in October.
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#994086 - 09/27/18 03:41 PM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 11/26/03
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WDFW was concerned about the Wild Coho return and making Escapement at the Mill Creek NOF meeting. Various options were discussed. I was actually a little surprised to see the whole Snohomish System open on Sept 16th.
I also know that on a lot of systems, the Wild Coho seem to come in later than the hatchery fish.
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#994437 - 10/07/18 10:00 AM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 11/26/03
Posts: 213
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I've learned over the years that just because they aren't Clipped, doesn't mean they are Wild. Various hatcheries have studies where they don't clip all the tagged fish. Not sure how much they do it in general. I know it happened on the Sol Duc & Samish for sure. They want Tagged fish to return.
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#994439 - 10/07/18 11:13 AM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7431
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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Area 5 is a mixture of all PS stocks, plus some Canadian. Just because there are a lot of wild fish does not mean there are a lot of wild Snohomish fish.
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#994732 - 10/15/18 07:50 PM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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Registered: 03/27/08
Posts: 1045
Loc: Snoqualmie WA/Cordova AK
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Also heard about few days ago that a WDFW official admitted the Tulalips pressured WDFW to shut the Snoho down. Evidently, as the story goes, the guide that brought this all to light was criticized by this WDFW guy that said (and this was supposedly recorded which I haven't heard) that this information was not supposed to get out and was not public knowledge. The fishing guide also claims he has been receiving death threats.
Has anyone else heard anything about this? If this nonsense is true, this is big time curruption! Rumors are flying around the possible recorded conversation. But my guess is that if said guide recorded the conversation, he did so without consent. And since Washington is a two-party consent state for recording conversations, if the recording was released it could be trouble for the guide. And it wouldn't be useful for any legal purpose, since not legal to record a conversation without consent.
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#994741 - 10/16/18 06:42 AM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
[Re: cobble cruiser]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7431
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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In situations like this, there is legal and there is ethical. Does it really matter that there is no legal recourse or that a recording could not be used in evidence in a trial?
I think not. IF they said this, and it is recorded, then simply being able to hear it said, identify the speakers, etc., would be useful in future dealings with WDFW.
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#994743 - 10/16/18 07:09 AM
Re: Snohomish River Gets the Axe too!!!
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 06/30/14
Posts: 137
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And since Washington is a two-party consent state for recording conversations, if the recording was released it could be trouble for the guide. And it wouldn't be useful for any legal purpose, since not legal to record a conversation without consent. Not legal? Or just not admissable in court?
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