Kent, The WDFW may not be in a position to change the regs but I've passed the info on to the Washington Fly Fishing Club's Conservation Committee. We've missed a chance to request a regs change this year but you may want to involve the Overlake Club's Conservation Committee. This sounds like a great candidate for a rule change unless the hunting club holds the upper hand. Even then it would probably be good to discuss alternatives with them. -Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:00 AM Subject: RE: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that way?[Scanned] > Ditto. I was at Grimes the last weekend in June. Air temp was in the > mid-90s before noon and water at the surface was in the mid-70s. All > the fish were 30-40 feet down or hugging springs. > > Kent Lufkin > > >The Grimes Lake season is the strangest. I was there in mid june. Damsel > >hatch was incredible. Fishing rocked. But, I could tell that the water > >temperatures were already approaching too high. And, I know that many folks > >fish there all summer, dredging fish up from the depths. > > > >I love that lake and i would love to fish it in april and may! > > > >James > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:05 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that > >way?[Scanned] > > > > > >Paul, > > > >I AM laughing ;-) Not only is the tar (oops, I meant muck) deep and > >sticky, it also stinks to high heaven. Lost one of my best buddies > >there a couple years ago . . . <g> > > > >Kent Lufkin > > > >>probably because the WDFW would not want to pull flyfishers out of > >>the Rocky Ford La Brea tar pits... I bet that mud is deep. > >> > >>(meant to provoke a laugh) > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:49 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that way? > >> > >> > >>I periodically scratch my head over some of the strange fishing > >>regulations in this state. I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason > >>behind them, but I'll be darned if I can figure them out. Perhaps you > >>can help? > >> > >>First, ever wonder why you can only fish Rocky Ford from the shore? > >>No wading or watercraft of any kind are permitted. Is this the result > >>of some Faustian bureaucratic compromise between various governmental > >>agencies and private parties? Or perhaps a perverse desire to have > >>the surrounding reeds and cattails present an additional challenge to > >>executing a clean backcast during gusty winds? I'll bet the truth is > >>better than any fiction. But what is it? > >> > >>Second, as anyone who's ever fished a desert lake before already > >>knows, high water temperatures mean low dissolved oxygen content > >>which makes for a higher incidence of mortality when playing fish too > >>long. Yet Grimes Lake, one of the state's best Lahontan cutt > >>habitats, is only open from June through August, the hottest months > >>of the year. Why not a spring or fall season when lower water temps > >>would be more conducive to post-release survival? > >> > >>I'm sure I'll think of some more regulatory anomalies just after I > > >hit the 'Send' button, but if anyone can shed any light on these two, > > >I'd certainly appreciate your thoughts. > > > > > >Kent Lufkin > >
