Hey , going down nears fall city , let yall know what goes on.



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C.D

Obsessed, the marine mammals weren't actually to blame. For decades the Ballard locks were a prime spot for tribal netting along both shores. The nets were so thick that you could see a boat with it's prop entangled in a net any time of the day. Once the runs became severely dimished the nets had ceased and the blame was placed on natural predators.

How many of you fish the Snohomish below the highway bridge? And has any one seen any Kings down there? Just wondering if the fish hang there for a day or two or do they shoot right through. Yes I know its closed for Kings, just wondering on about future for thier survival. thanks

It's funny how Aestrolab's post disapeared for catching a native steelhead and bonking it. Regs. on the Green River in "Additional Rules" say--Wild steelhead may be retained when open July 1-Feb. 28

Stlhd

I disagree, Indians and commercials throughout the Pacific northwest overfish waters. When fisheries managers finally have the sense to stop or reduce harvest, stocks can be rebuilt. In the Cedar, stocks cannot rebuild past a remnant population because of marine mammal predation. Puget Sound populations of marine mammals have been well studied for at least 20 years, and the populations of, in particular, the California sea lion have exploded.

The Greenies place the blame on us, because of the funnel like environment that the steelhead must go through to get into the locks. This is also true, but bottom line: tribal fishing ended years ago, steelhead did just fine passing through the locks for decades, and marine mammals are completely unregulated fishers that have grown orders of magnitude over the past decade.

Hey , I know there is a medium run of steelhead up the snow , but what about summer chinook or silvers?. I know Chinook go up in the winter and am not sure about any other, anyone know?.



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Yes they are coming!!! Was down on the lower snohomish plunking and just got slammed twice all within about 1 hr. I got the hits about 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Unfortunately no fish landed but you know it's just as exciting seeing you rod bounce like hell when you are not paying any attention. Both strikes I must have been about 30 yards away! Oh, well it could have been worst. We also saw about 10 roll on the river, but that was on Tuesday when the water was way up. Anyway keep them coming, fish on!!!

Those fish rolling might be Kings. The Wallace hatchery already has some in there pen as of yesterday. Maybe if we get a bunch we might be able to fish for them. But I doubt it. It is nice to see them in the river so early anyway.