Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:12 amThis is not good 
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Proposed 20"minimum??
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:12 amRe: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:46 amI don't know, I would prefer a 26" min. Crazy, that is not even a nice trout.
Re: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:36 pmPretty sure it's the charters pushing this. They want customers to take home more fish.
Terrible idea. Should go up not down.
Terrible idea. Should go up not down.
Re: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:44 pmPlus it will accelerate the closing of seasons as those twirpy fish will be counted against our quotas.
Re: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:00 pmIt's 17 inches in BC and they seem to have plenty of big fish. Didn't it used to be 18 inches in Puget Sount way back when 
Re: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:57 pmI'm definitely not a fan of the size limit reduction to 20".
It sure seems that we are seeing smaller chinook and harvesting the little ones does not seem a step in the right direction.
Does Canada have large chinook? You bet but remember that the vast majority of our returning adult salmon encounter the BC coast before they reach our waters.
It sure seems that we are seeing smaller chinook and harvesting the little ones does not seem a step in the right direction.
Does Canada have large chinook? You bet but remember that the vast majority of our returning adult salmon encounter the BC coast before they reach our waters.
Re: Proposed 20"minimum??
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:26 pmI think it will get people their fish faster, off the water and handle less fish. I think it's more damage to bring a fish on board and throw it back and continue to keep fishing (as seen on local TV shows), or hook a 21" fish that is pumping blood and have to release it.