03-26-2012, 10:39 PM
I am really with you on #4 here. This is something I have been screaming about for years now, and usually when I get talking and thinking about it, I get so upset I could spit. . . flames.
I run the numbers every single year, and every single year anywhere from 22-32% of [#ff0000]IDAHO'S PIT tagged spring and summer chinook[/#ff0000] (I have the figures for each of the major ESU's) disappear between Bonneville and Lower Granite (mostly before McNary). So to me that is anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of the run.
Now here is the kicker: that is only for the fish [#ff0000]that made it to and crossed Bonneville![/#ff0000][#000000] We all know how badly they slaughter them below Bonneville, so I don't even want to know how many Idaho loses down there. Wonder what our LG #'s would look like if there wasn't a springer fishery on the Lower Columbia until all of Idaho's PIT tagged fish had moved out of that part of the system. . .[/#000000]
I stopped complaining about sea lions years ago. They aren't taking a drop in the bucket compared to Oregon and Washington anglers fishing on IDAHO chinook with OR and WA rules and regs.
Here is a nickels worth of advice: if you have a chance to watch the YouTube videos of Lower Columbia springer fishing. . . DON'T DO IT!!! Only a trip to the nuthouse will cure ya.
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I run the numbers every single year, and every single year anywhere from 22-32% of [#ff0000]IDAHO'S PIT tagged spring and summer chinook[/#ff0000] (I have the figures for each of the major ESU's) disappear between Bonneville and Lower Granite (mostly before McNary). So to me that is anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of the run.
Now here is the kicker: that is only for the fish [#ff0000]that made it to and crossed Bonneville![/#ff0000][#000000] We all know how badly they slaughter them below Bonneville, so I don't even want to know how many Idaho loses down there. Wonder what our LG #'s would look like if there wasn't a springer fishery on the Lower Columbia until all of Idaho's PIT tagged fish had moved out of that part of the system. . .[/#000000]
I stopped complaining about sea lions years ago. They aren't taking a drop in the bucket compared to Oregon and Washington anglers fishing on IDAHO chinook with OR and WA rules and regs.
Here is a nickels worth of advice: if you have a chance to watch the YouTube videos of Lower Columbia springer fishing. . . DON'T DO IT!!! Only a trip to the nuthouse will cure ya.
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