January 16th WDFW meetings scheduled on proposed STEELHEAD FISHING for the SKAGIT RIVER

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BE AWARE OF THIS FOLKS, PASS IT ON.... WE THE SPORTSMEN ARE ABOUT TO BE DUPED


The proposed skagit sauk/cascade/baker river steelhead fishery is being proposed, however the recent information we have been given is far from the TRUTH.... Fine print in black and white said the proposal was to allow a CATCH AND RELEASE STEELHEAD FISHERY in the next season to come... Now the real fine print being proposed is far from that, the proposal guarantees the tribes to be able to net the SAUK, CASCADE and the BAKER RIVER ...........

Below is the NEWS feed that states CATCH AND RELEASE FISHERY, but the proposal states otherwise.......


WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Print Version
NEWS RELEASE
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091

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January 04, 2018
Contact: Edward Eleazer, (425) 775-1311, ext. 109


WDFW to host public workshops on
proposed Skagit Basin steelhead fishery


OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has scheduled meetings to discuss with the public a proposed recreational steelhead fishery in the Skagit Basin, where rivers have been closed to steelhead fishing for several years.

The public meetings are scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. and include the following dates and locations:

Mill Creek: Jan. 12, WDFW Regional Office, 16018 Mill Creek Blvd., Mill Creek
Sedro-Woolley: Jan. 16, Sedro-Woolley Community Center, 702 Pacific St., Sedro-Woolley
At the meetings, state fish managers will discuss a proposal to allow fisheries for wild steelhead in the Skagit, Sauk and Suiattle rivers. These rivers have been closed to steelhead fishing since 2010 due to low numbers of returning fish. WDFW is proposing catch-and-release recreational fishing for wild steelhead.

"In recent years, we've seen more steelhead returning to the Skagit Basin than before we closed the rivers to fishing," said Edward Eleazer, WDFW regional fish program manager. "Given the low number of steelhead mortalities associated with this sport fishery, we don't expect it will harm efforts to recover steelhead populations."

The Skagit Basin steelhead proposal, developed by state and tribal co-managers, is pending approval from NOAA Fisheries. The federal agency is seeking comments through Jan. 8 on the proposal, which can be found on NOAA's website at http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov ... evalu.html.

If the proposal is approved, the state could allow a sport fishery within the next few months. During public meetings, WDFW will gather feedback on timing for the proposed fishery as well as discuss gear regulations.


Now here is the actual information listed in the proposal.....



Co-managers anticipate fisheries directed at adult steelhead may occur in the following areas
(McClure 2017) (Figure 2):
Treaty Fisheries:
● Commercial marine Area 8 (Skagit Bay and Saratoga Passage)
● Freshwater Areas 78C, 78D-1, 78D-2, 78D-3, and 78D-4 to the mouth of the Baker
River; 78O Baker River from the Skagit River to Hwy 20 bridge; 78B Sauk River from
the Skagit River to the Sauk Prairie Road bridge; 78P Cascade River from the Skagit
River to the Rockport/Cascade bridge
● Freshwater Area 78P in the lower reach of the Cascade River



Non-Treaty Fisheries:
● Recreational fisheries in the Skagit River mainstem from the Dalles Bridge
(approximately river mile (RM) 54) in Concrete upstream to Gorge Powerhouse
(approximately RM 94.3)
● Recreational fisheries in the Sauk River from the mouth (enters Skagit River mainstem at
RM 66) to Sauk Prairie Road Bridge
● Recreational fisheries in the Suiattle River from the mouth (enters Sauk River at RM 13)
upstream to Boundary Bridge (intersection of Forest Road 26 and 25, RM 12)8


WHY IN THE HELL ARE THEY GOING TO ALLOW THESE SMALL TRIBUTARIES TO BE NETTED??????


RAISE HELL AT THIS MEETING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BE THERE IN SEDRO WOOLLEY TO SAVE THESE RIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!