----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 6:55
AM
Subject: Re: No Spring Chinook Salmon
Season this year on the Upper Yakima!
I'm really not very happy. I get that
report also. Steve Worley is a competent guy and doing well in the fly
fishing business. But the rub is the hatchery at the very top of the fly
fishing section. There are two of them. One, a massive, Salmon
producing hatchery for kings and then there are 3 ponds that they poor silvers
into and when they are ready to migrate, they can leave the ponds and right
into the river. They will eat the food and dominate the native
trout. No fisherman, but they were not a big deal anyway. Only
certain drifts will the gear guy stack, side-by-side into. Some boats,
but not a big deal either. It's the millions of smolt that will destroy
the fly fishing. And those little bastards grab your fly all the
time. You may catch 10 of those little suckers in 11 casts! All
the rivers in WA that they have where the salmon are descimated and they
choose to put a hatchery at the top end of a fly fishing only, scenic section
of the Yakima! Total BS, but the Indians wanted it and the state goes
along with everything they request. Hope the coach thing didn't bug
you. You can have it when Patty gets here. I could smell my mom in
the background on that one and just told her so. I get so upset with
people, I went out and wrecked my nice truck yesterday! Backed into a
stop sign that was in my blindside of my parking space. I wheeled around
and wiped out the door and front panel. Really needed that before going
back to Seattle. Jere
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:16
AM
Subject: No Spring Chinook Salmon
Season this year on the Upper Yakima!
Got this from Worley Bugger's. Regardless of how it's been
stopped, you have to be happy about it.
Regards,
~Chris
No Spring Chinook Salmon Season this year on the Upper Yakima!
That is the word from Jim Cummins, fisheries biologist for the WDFW South
Central Region of Washington State. This year tribal officials along with
fisheries biologist will be trapping Spring Chinooks at Roza Dam, south of
Ellensburg in the lower Yakima River Canyon. Once the 10 to 15 lb.
Springer's are trapped, they are sedated in a solution called MS222. This
stabilizes the fish and lets biologist gather samples, weight and other
information. This substance stays in the fish for up to 21 days. Due to this
fact, the FDA does not allow the consummation of any meats that are
associated with MS222 compound.
However, a salmon season will be opened in the lower river from Granger
to the Roza Dam. The season opener is scheduled for sometime later this
month (as of now April 21st). Jim Cummins is predicting 60% of the return
above the dam will be wild fish and the remain 40% hatchery fish.
Approximately 640 fish will be captured at the dam for brood stock and will
be transported to the hatchery in Cle Elum. 10% are being allowed for
harvest below Roza Dam. This is great news for the upper Yakima River wild
rainbows!
