Jim, Would you mind sending me (or the list) that number.
Thanks, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Speaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:49 AM Subject: RE: The Cedar > Good info. Thanks David. > > I live verrrry close to the Cedar and have been looking forward to this. > It's a perfect size of river to take my 12 y.o. wading on. It's also the > first place I caught a fish on a fly at - I think I was 7 years old. > > The thing that you said in your message that I'm most concerned with is the > fact that this season is experimental. I hope very much that the river gets > respect from the fishers that are sure to pound it real soon. I know all of > us on this list respect the places we fish and carry our trash out - in this > case I think it's going to be really important for us to compensate for > those who don't act so responsibly. In fact, before I fish on Tuesday and > beyond on the Cedar, I will have the poaching hotline as well as local > sheriff's office numbers pre-programmed in my cell. It goes without saying, > but I'll say it anyway... we need to respect and protect this opportunity. > :) > > -tight lines- > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Holmes > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The Cedar > > > My boy and I stopped by the Cedar River tonight at the > Maple Valley (at the bridges by the Testy Chef) to > quietly scope out the place. The place is crawling > with .... other guys who have the same idea! In the > one hour we were there we saw four other guys clearly > scoping out the river. I have a feeling that Tuesday > is going to be a ZOO. > > At this month's meeting of the newly resurrected South > Lake Washington Chapter of Trout Unlimited, we had as > the speaker, the distinguished activist and president > of the South King County chapter, Frank Urabeck. > Urabeck has been instrumental in many high-profile > trout-related events such as: > * The Lake Washington Sockeye season a couple of > years ago > * The removal of the three sealions at the locks > * The marking of all hatchery salmon in the state > * And now the 2004 trout season on the Cedar > > According to Urabeck, the Cedar was originally closed > to protect the dwindling steelhead returns. The > closure, plus the removal of sealions at the Ballard > locks, allowed the steelhead returns to become quite > strong in recent years (up to 600 a couple of years > ago). However, this year only 20 have returned. One > operating theory for the dwindling is that the trout > in the Cedar have gotten so big that they are eating > or displacing the steelhead. So the river is being > opened to thin out some of these fish. > > Also, the Muckleshoot have been fishing in the river > for a couple of years now so TU prodded the WDFW to > open the river to the rest of us. TU wanted a > catch-and-keep policy, but WDFW wouldn't go that far; > WFDW assumes that 1 in 10 of the C&R fish will die > from handling anyway. > > The 2004 trout season is definitely still an > experiment. The WFDW has only agreed to seasons > through 2005. > > Steve Foley, the WFDW biologist, thinks the 20" fish > in the river ARE the steelhead who have simply become > non-andromonus. He will be our next guest speaker. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > > >
