brownheron
corvus ossifragus
...Chinook?
WTF?
Not sure if WDFW are idiots or liars or both. My layman's take:
Quilleute:
1) Spring chinook in the Quill system are a man-made hatchery run with some cross-over with native summer-chinook (in the summer).
2) There are not even many of the ^^ hatchery chinook in the system in April and they only eat bait.
3) Steelhead regs were already selective gear so bycatch is minimal and they are released
4) THE TRIBES WILL STILL BE NETTING CHINOOK IN APRIL, not to mention the steelhead bycatch associated with that netting
Hoh:
1) There aren't any spring chinook in the Hoh and the summer-chinook come later
2) Same as 3) above
Someone please tell me I'm not crazy and there is actually a very sound conservation logic to what happened in the article above as it feels like a pile of shite to me.
WTF?
WDFW 23-24 Regs Would Close Hoh, Quillayute In April -
Buried deep in the minutiae of the pending 2023-24 Washington fishing regs are rule changes that Forks-area steelheaders and salmon anglers may want to make their thoughts known about in the coming two weeks.
nwsportsmanmag.com
WDFW Will 'Reconsider' April Hoh, Quillayute Steelhead Closures -
WDFW's use of the North of Falcon salmon-season-setting process to quietly and permanently close a pair of Forks-area wild steelhead systems to fishing in April is generating a lot of pushback as public comment on the matter wraps up later today.
nwsportsmanmag.com
Not sure if WDFW are idiots or liars or both. My layman's take:
Quilleute:
1) Spring chinook in the Quill system are a man-made hatchery run with some cross-over with native summer-chinook (in the summer).
2) There are not even many of the ^^ hatchery chinook in the system in April and they only eat bait.
3) Steelhead regs were already selective gear so bycatch is minimal and they are released
4) THE TRIBES WILL STILL BE NETTING CHINOOK IN APRIL, not to mention the steelhead bycatch associated with that netting
Hoh:
1) There aren't any spring chinook in the Hoh and the summer-chinook come later
2) Same as 3) above
Someone please tell me I'm not crazy and there is actually a very sound conservation logic to what happened in the article above as it feels like a pile of shite to me.