Idaho to consider closing steelhead fishing on Clearwater/Snake rivers.

[planettrout]

This is NOT good:

lmtribune.com | The Lewiston Tribune online


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[boisefly]

If their statistics are correct, I am in full support that they close fishing. I appreciate conservation efforts like this.

 

[dharkin]

Wonder why the numbers are so bad. I applaud their efforts and hope they act quickly.

 

[Bigfly]

Potato farmers and Dams......
And the idea that any water that makes it to the ocean is wasted.

Jim

 

[planettrout]

This is as of today, September 20, 2019...with further details:

Idaho F&G stops all steelhead fishing in Clearwater River basin | KBOI


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[dillon]

Wonder why the numbers are so bad.

Dams, loss of habitat and Hatcheries!

Idaho | Wild Steelhead Coalition

 

[coug]

But they are still allowing catch and kill for chinook and have a new catch and keep season for coho, on top of the same runs with endangered steelhead.

 

[dharkin]

I guess I should have phrased that differently.

I wonder why their numbers were so far off. Their preseason estimate of 8000 was way off. I'd like to know how they arrived at that number and now estimate only 2500 B-run will return. Are there any stats from the previous 3 to 5 years with preseason estimates and actual numbers that did return?

 

[falcon53]

Dams, loss of habitat and Hatcheries!

Idaho | Wild Steelhead Coalition

You "nailed it" Dillon!

 

[dillon]

U of I Study: Limited Angling Overlap with Wild Steelhead on Clearwater River - Dailyfly.com Lewis-Clark Valley Community - DailyflyNewsGuy

Here is an interesting study