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I only had the opportunity to fish for a few hrs this afternoon so I headed down to the Stave to look around. I grew up fishing this water and like many of you in this community I have witnessed the increased number of anglers on this system. Unfortunately today I witnessed the most disrespectful/inappropriately behavior. Upon walking down the “stairs” from the Ruskin rec site there was a man “fishing” in the spawning channel. He was dropping his line upstream and ripping his gear through the fish. I got to him within two casts and informed him that this is not appropriate fishing methods, there’s lots of water to fish, and that the channel is a spawning channel. He acted as though he did not know and thanked me for informing him and he then moved to the main flow to continue ripping. After this I proceed to make a few castes into the bowl. I looked over my shoulder to see another guy wading into the spawning channel with a bungee spear and his daughter on the shore with a big old net! Well, I packed up and walked over to the guy and asked him what he was doing. “looking for salmon” he said. After a short conversation in broken English with me politely informing him that his behavior was illegal and that the 200 other anglers watching him would agree with me he came out of the water and walked back towards the main channel. He still had his “spear” and net out so I made a call to the RAPP line. I walked around a bit more to see if other anglers could use some advice. Lots of questionable methods being used. It was nice to see two Officers arriving as I was driving out. I’m sure half to anglers would pack up and leave once they noticed that fisheries had arrived.
I informed a few anglers that it is illegal to fish in the spawning channels. I can’t recall reading anywhere, are they legally off limits?
I only talked to a few people but I figure every bit of knowledge helps. I hope these questionable anglers don’t find some of the smaller tribs I enjoy fishing.
I informed a few anglers that it is illegal to fish in the spawning channels. I can’t recall reading anywhere, are they legally off limits?
I only talked to a few people but I figure every bit of knowledge helps. I hope these questionable anglers don’t find some of the smaller tribs I enjoy fishing.