Welcome to Washington, please leave California at the California/Oregon border.
It's not that they do not have the strength, the problem is two dams, Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee which do not have fish ladders and they cannot get past them. The fish that get up that far are going up the Okanogan River, a few miles before Chief Joe, where they spawn. Certainly hope this is true as it will give another reason to fish Lake Roosevelt.
They would be taking them from below Chief Joseph Dam which is down river from Grand Coulee and it does not have a fish ladder. Any fish they transport and which spawn in Roosevelt would have to have fry taken back down below Chief Joe and released to get to the Pacific. I guess the salmon might be able to stay in Roosevelt and go on up the Columbia into Canada. Interesting and food for thought.
So if a mask is to protect people from getting the virus from you, or you from getting the virus from someone else and you are wearing a mask, why do I have to wear one since you are already protecting both of us? thank you.
To often those who are on TV asking for money are more in it for themselves than for the Vets. This Vietnam Vet used to send money to Wounded Warriors each month until I found out what the head of it was doing with our money. I will personally hand out a fifty dollar bill to a needy Vet when I see one and can confirm they actually served.
If I am putting food on the table, which is often, the only fish I will release is Wild Salmon or other fish that Washington DFW says I cannot keep. Too often, as someone else said, the fish will die anyway so why take the chance and waste a perfectly good meal, fried or smoked. Wasting fish or game is the worst thing you can do.
Anywhere BUT Washington State. The Coast is too wet, Eastern Washington too hot in summer, cold in winter. Fishing is lousy with only just about anything you want to catch available. Nope, definitely anywhere but Washington.
In some areas around here Fish and Game take them for an airplane ride and drop them into lakes or other bodies of water.
Don't know much about that area as we came to the Okanogan MANY years ago but I do remember Dad taking us to Martha Lake to fish back in the 40's I remember it cause I fell out of the boat near the dock. Learned to swim that day. Any way, seems we did ok there.
coos bay tom wrote:
I have eaten Snow crab- spider crab-king crab-box crab-Japanese crab which are really local crab and Dungenese. I have never eaten blue crab or stone crab. Of all the crab I have tasted Dungenese is by far the best. My nieghbor from Maryland insists blues are the best.. I was was wondering what every body else thinks.
The best tasting Crab definitely has to be the one on my plate at meal time.
Find someone with a permit and see if he will give you a Dupont lure.
J_DeV wrote:
Does the rate at which you lose them slow down the more you learn or are the fish always laughing at you?
There is only one way to stop losing lures, stop fishing.
Born in 1942, listened to the radio for entertainment after coming in from playing with friends all day. Inner Sanctum, The Shadow, Johnny Dollar, Lone Ranger, Red Ryder, Cisco Kid, Lash Larue, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Saw Song of the South when it first came out, Howdy Doody and Clarabelle. At night at bed time tuned in the Lucky Lager Dance Time and listened to music to go to sleep, LSMFT-Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco or as my father told me Loose Sweaters mean floppy t---, even marched around the breakfast table with Don McNeil. Nope, don't remember those days at all.
You are way overthinking the situation. Relax and have some fun.