I was up at Kayak Point this morning and went fishless, unless you want to count a 6" sculpin.
I was checking out the crab catch on the pier and as I was leaving the Snohomish county park ranger was checking the catch and licenses. If only they would do that on the rivers and streams. On Sunday 02 June 2002 02:59 pm, rderedfield wrote: > Who do you call on a Sunday? And, what law enforcement officers, > realistically, will really go up there on a Sunday? ----- Original Message > ----- > From: Jim Speaker > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 2:47 PM > Subject: RE: Selective Fisheries, Poaching, and Rattlesnake Lake > > > Get the enforcement officers up there! The bait-chucking bastards might > think twice after they pay the price... > > -Jim Speaker > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of rderedfield Sent: > Sunday, June 02, 2002 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Selective Fisheries, Poaching, and Rattlesnake Lake > > > I spent a few hours today on Rattlesnake Lake today, only a few as I > had to get back home and get some yard work completed (one of the many joys > of home ownership). Amazingly, this was my first time to Rattlesnake Lake. > What a pretty little lake! > > Something that ruined my fishing day, though, was the quantity of bait > fishermen on the shore. When I started fishing at about 8:30, there was a > group of 3 men and 2 boys that were using bait, and absolutely yarding in > the fish. When I left at 1 pm, they were still bait fishing, still > catching the occasional trout or two. I don't know how many they caught, > but I counted 8 (caught and kept) caught in about 20 minutes first thing in > the morning, before I headed to other end of the lake. > > When I left at 1 pm, there were a couple of other smaller groups of > bait fishin' folks, too. As I was walking out, I deterred two groups of > ariiving bait fisherman by letting them know what the regs were (well, one > group left, the other may have stayed). > > I was absolutely stunned at how many folks were bait fishing from shore > ; it was the rule, not the exception. The boat fishermen seemed to be > trolling, and not using bait. > > What can be done about this blatant disregard for the rules? Is better > and more signage needed at key access points, maybe signage like what Idaho > uses, the word "Bait" with the red circle and diagonal line through it? > There was a little wee sign at the launch, indicating the lake is a > Selective Fishery, but a person had to go out of their way to read it, and > the rules were in small print (albeit bolded), lost in the middle of some > other material. Or maybe have the enforcement folks hit it hard for two or > three sequential weekends (I bet the word would get out!)? > > I know this type of conduct will always be around, but there has to be > some reasonable way to curb or abate it (somewhat). > > Richard -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after.
