here's some basin reports- Bill H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Schaad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WFFC2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Walt Walkinshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Victor Kalata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tim Bohlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Terry Wiseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ted Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Steve Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Scott Hagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ronald Hofmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ron Dion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Rocco Maccarrone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert W. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert LaBouy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert A. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Richard Embry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Richard Brening" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "R. Scott Hagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Preston Singletary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Peter M Sparling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Pete Baird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul Lingbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Nubs Fratt Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael Maruyama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael D. Wearne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Maury Skeith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mark DeWitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lester Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Leland Miyawaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kyle Looney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kris Kristofferson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ken Jarvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Schuitemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Sager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John K. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Farrar Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John C. Narver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Arechvala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joe Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jim Sokol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jim Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jim McRoberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jerry W. Sammons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jay Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James G Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James Creim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jack Berryman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Hugh Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Hugh Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Howard Rossbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Greg Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Greg Crumbaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Grant Hendrickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gordy Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gil Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Fred Casserd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Frank Vulliet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Fran B Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ed Pettigrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dyche Kinder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Don Simonson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Don Schroder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dick Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Daniel C. Vaughn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Curt Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Chuck Ballard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Charles Judy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Cam Sigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bob Birkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Redman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Kuper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Boardman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "JonR Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Fw: North Central Washington Fishing
> All -- An update on the situation in the basin (from WDFW). For those of > you that fish the Methow during the Whitefish season, note the change in > regulations. -- Doug > > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas C. Schaad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: North Central Washington: > > > > North Central Washington: > > > Fishing: Washington's freshwater lake fishing mecca, the Columbia Basin, > opened March 1 with lots of limits of 12- to 18-inch rainbow trout at > several popular waters. WDFW Fish Biologist Jeff Korth reports the best > fishing will continue through the spring at lakes that were either recently > rehabilitated or stocked well with catchable-size fish. Opener checks showed > Lenice Lake with the highest fish-per-angler average at 5.6 and one of the > lowest fish-per-hour rates at 1.6; Lenice is a selective gear water with a > one-fish daily keep limit, so that average is mostly catch-and-release > fishing. Lenice's fish were mostly 14- to 15-inch yearling trout, with about > 20 percent of the catch in 18- to 20-inch rainbow carryovers and brown > trout. No tiger trout were checked in opening day catches, but Korth reports > they should be about 13 inches now in both Lenice and Nunnally lakes. Too > few checks were made at Nunnally Lake on March 1 for a report, Korth notes, > but it should have a great season, too. Martha Lake opening day anglers > averaged 4.7 rainbows per angler, a catch rate of 3.8 hours per fish, and > all 14.4-inch yearlings. At Burke Lake, anglers averaged 4.4 trout each, a > 2.6-hours-per-fish catch rate, and mostly 12.3-inch yearlings with a few > carryovers up to 16 inches. Upper Caliche Lake's fish per angler average was > 4.2, with a catch rate of 1.7 hours per fish, mostly in 13-inch yearlings > and some 16- to 18-inch carryovers. Lower Hampton Lake anglers averaged 3.5 > fish each on the opener, at a 1.3 hours-per-fish catch rate; most were just > over 13 inches, with some 17- to 18-inch carryovers. Both Upper Hampton and > Lower Caliche lakes saw very slow fishing March 1, but both are producing > all large fish, from 15 to 17 inches. Quincy Lake was also slower fishing, > but those who stayed three hours or more caught limits of 13.2-inch > yearlings and a few 18-inch carryovers. Other Quincy area small walk-in > lakes had an average of less than two fish per angler March 1, but about 10 > percent of the catch was in 16-18-inch carryovers; Crystal and Spring are > the best among them, with surprisingly big 15-inch yearling rainbows at > Crystal. No checks were made March 1 at Lake Lenore, where fishing usually > doesn't pick up until late March or early April. Also opening March 1 was > Spectacle Lake near Tonasket in Okanogan County that was well-stocked with > rainbows and usually warms up late to provide good fishing through the > spring. WDFW District Fish biologist Heather Bartlett suggests that anglers > check with resorts on Spectacle for best current information. The region's > four winter-only trout waters - Green, Lower Green, Little Twin and Rat > lakes in Okanogan County - are still producing trout through the end of the > month. Year-round Potholes Reservoir is also providing good rainbow fishing > now and Moses Lake should be producing yellow perch soon. Hatchery-marked > steelhead fishing continues through the end of the month on the Okanogan and > Similkameen rivers. Anglers illegally targeting endangered steelhead on the > Lower Methow River are forcing WDFW to close the stream to all fishing March > 6 through 31. WDFW regional fish biologist Joe Foster warns that additional > closures may be enacted if anglers target steelhead in other areas. > > > >
