Gee, I don't know - that Gary Loche conspiracy doesn't sound like such a bad idea. Any way to keep more fish in the system seems to be a good thing to me...
Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I decided to hit the salt on Sunday in area 9. I landed a wild coho that was around >four lbs. Area 9 allows for the harvest of both wild and hatchery coho. Since I had >out of town guests and a barbecue planned for that night, I made the decision to >harvest the fish. As a rule I don't harvest wild fish. Since it is legal and coho >fishing has been somewhat slow, I wasn't sure I'd get a shot at hooking up on a >hatchery fish, which I did not. > > The WDFG fish checker came down to check the fish. Using his electronic wand, he >informed me the fish had a tag inplanted in it's head and was a hatchery fish, not a >wild fish. He asked if he could remove the nose for research purposes, which he did. > I quizzed him as to why the fish still had it's adipose fin intact if it was a >hatchery fish. He didn't have any good explaination for it, although he said he had >seen quite a few tagged fish lately that still had their adipose fin. > > I'm not sure what to think of this is it wild or hatchery situation. One of my >friends thinks it is the great Gary Locke salmon conspiracy. Release a lot of >un-clipped hatchery coho to make the wild runs look stronger then they really are. >This sounds crazy, but people are reporting a six to seven wild fish per one hatchery >fish being caught out of Neah Bay and Sekiu. > Another friend thinks these are tribal fish. > Does anyone have any input on where these fish came from? > Brian
