Be ashamed Moron catch and release.

Black-n-Gold wrote:

Real nice 22 pound king salmon this morning on the first venture of the
year. The King run is so strong this year that Fish and Game is allowing
anglers to fish two rod's per man and keep two a day. The leader of our
spring derby turned in a 38 pounder this morning, that's gilled and gutted
so easily over 40 in the round.

Just closed the loan on the SeaSport this morning. Will be in Bellingham
next week to take possession and should have in Juneau in a few weeks.
Can't hardly wait.

Calling "moron" is a little extreme.

I do agree that a 38-pound salmon, (or even a 22-pound salmon), will do
everybody more good when left in the run to spawn additional big fish
than gaffed and gutted to win a derby prize.....

but man is part of the natural world and one of the top predators on
the food chain. Black-n-Gold may have different values than you, but
keeping a fish now and then doesn't make somebody a moron.

Personally, I enjoy a bit of tasty salmon now and then and I have *no*
illusions about how that filet gets from the ocean to my plate. :-)

"Dry" wrote in message
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Be ashamed Moron catch and release.


So what is wrong with eating what you catch and staying within legal
limits?

When is your PETA membership due for renewal?

"Dry" wrote in message
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Be ashamed Moron catch and release.


Great idea. Next time I bring one of these magnificent beasts on board,
I'll sit down with him and we'll get in touch with his feelings - and mine
to. We'll do this right before I introduce him to the business end of my
custom made fish bonker (which in fact is a hand carved bonker made from the
magnificant antler of an even more magnificant Caribou whom I had the
pleasure of meeting last fall) and further introduce him to my scalding hot
skillet coated in Cajun spice and simmered in butter.

Thanks for the tip!

On Wed, 4 May 2005 15:39:13 -0800, "Black-n-Gold" wrote:


"Dry" wrote in message
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Be ashamed Moron catch and release.


Great idea. Next time I bring one of these magnificent beasts on board,
I'll sit down with him and we'll get in touch with his feelings - and mine
to. We'll do this right before I introduce him to the business end of my
custom made fish bonker (which in fact is a hand carved bonker made from the
magnificant antler of an even more magnificant Caribou whom I had the
pleasure of meeting last fall) and further introduce him to my scalding hot
skillet coated in Cajun spice and simmered in butter.

Thanks for the tip!


Tell us more. How did you catch it? What bait (herring?)? How deep? Trolling?
How fast? Come on, fill us in with the nitty-gritty details. Just where were
you, so when I go visit Chuck and he takes me for a ride, we can go there and
maybe drag a line or two.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Tell us more. How did you catch it? What bait (herring?)? How deep?
Trolling?
How fast? Come on, fill us in with the nitty-gritty details. Just where
were
you, so when I go visit Chuck and he takes me for a ride, we can go
there and
maybe drag a line or two.
--
John H

*********

To see what's open when you plan to come out, Google up Washington
State Sportfishing rules. I can take you fishing in Area 10. My boat
will be in Canada from the first of August through the middle of
September, (but I'll only be there about two weeks of that time and
will fly home to tend to business for a few week interval).

wrote in message
ups.com...
Tell us more. How did you catch it? What bait (herring?)? How deep?
Trolling?
How fast? Come on, fill us in with the nitty-gritty details. Just where
were
you, so when I go visit Chuck and he takes me for a ride, we can go
there and
maybe drag a line or two.
--
John H

*********

To see what's open when you plan to come out, Google up Washington
State Sportfishing rules. I can take you fishing in Area 10. My boat
will be in Canada from the first of August through the middle of
September, (but I'll only be there about two weeks of that time and
will fly home to tend to business for a few week interval).


I think they closed all of the Columbia to salmon fishing. So area 10 is
out. Too many fur bags. They are now eating the sturgeon

Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
Tell us more. How did you catch it? What bait (herring?)? How deep?
Trolling?
How fast? Come on, fill us in with the nitty-gritty details. Just
where
were
you, so when I go visit Chuck and he takes me for a ride, we can go
there and
maybe drag a line or two.
--
John H

*********

To see what's open when you plan to come out, Google up Washington
State Sportfishing rules. I can take you fishing in Area 10. My
boat
will be in Canada from the first of August through the middle of
September, (but I'll only be there about two weeks of that time and
will fly home to tend to business for a few week interval).


I think they closed all of the Columbia to salmon fishing. So area
10 is
out. Too many fur bags. They are now eating the sturgeon

************

Did I screw up? I thought central Puget Sound was Area 10.

The "endangered" sea lions have become a regional joke. There may be
more sea lions around now than there were when people of European
ancestry began immigrating here (in any real numbers) in the 1850s- I
wouldn't be surprised. They're everywhere, they weigh hundreds and
hundreds of pounds and all that blubber has to be
fueled with fish. :-( Lesson learned, once we screw up the balance of
nature it becomes almost impossible to restore it.

wrote in message
ups.com...

Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
Tell us more. How did you catch it? What bait (herring?)? How deep?
Trolling?
How fast? Come on, fill us in with the nitty-gritty details. Just
where
were
you, so when I go visit Chuck and he takes me for a ride, we can go
there and
maybe drag a line or two.
--
John H

*********

To see what's open when you plan to come out, Google up Washington
State Sportfishing rules. I can take you fishing in Area 10. My
boat
will be in Canada from the first of August through the middle of
September, (but I'll only be there about two weeks of that time and
will fly home to tend to business for a few week interval).


I think they closed all of the Columbia to salmon fishing. So area
10 is
out. Too many fur bags. They are now eating the sturgeon

************

Did I screw up? I thought central Puget Sound was Area 10.

The "endangered" sea lions have become a regional joke. There may be
more sea lions around now than there were when people of European
ancestry began immigrating here (in any real numbers) in the 1850s- I
wouldn't be surprised. They're everywhere, they weigh hundreds and
hundreds of pounds and all that blubber has to be
fueled with fish. :-( Lesson learned, once we screw up the balance of
nature it becomes almost impossible to restore it.


I thought area 10 was the mouth of the Columbia. As to the sea lions, yes
there are more than ever. Since we have kept there major predator away from
the rookeries, they have exploded in number. Major predator was the
coyote. Preyed on the pups.

Bill McKee wrote:

I think they closed all of the Columbia to salmon fishing. So area 10 is
out. Too many fur bags. They are now eating the sturgeon


A sea lion took a spring chinook away from my wife a few weeks ago on
Multnomah channel. I broke it off without giving chase but then
wondered if I could have harassed it into letting go. That notion was
dispelled the next week after watching a boat chase one around for about
20 minutes. The damn thing still got away with his fish.

The Columbia spring chinook run is coming in under 30% of expected but
the Willamette run is about as predicted. One major difference is the
series of dams on the Columbia. When these fish migrated out in '02 we
had low flows and they held back water for power generation. Fish need
rivers to flow.

-rick-

ps. I think you mean bouy 10 (at the Columbia mouth).