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Bill McKee wrote:
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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

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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

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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.