WDFW Phone Call

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:06 pm

Just thought this was interesting so I thought I'd post something about it...

So last week I received a phone call from WDFW stating abnormal activity on my catch card. Some lady stated they weren't enforcing anything, just that me fishing coho on a certain river was either illegal or abnormal fishing. I confirmed to them that I did fish and did catch Coho. She asked me if I was certain that I knew what I was fishing for. I told her yes I knew.

She was kinda a B****. I didn't appreciate how she was with me and apparently they don't check rule updates prior to calling.

Just to cover my tail I had to double check if I read the rule correctly... I did.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efis ... jsp?id=819

Has anyone else expierenced such activity from WDFW?

Post by **Amx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:15 pm

That link goes to a steehead info page. I don't see how coho is related to it.

I don't fish for salmon or steelhead so I don't understand the problem.

Maybe an explination for this uneducated non-trout specie fishing person.

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:19 pm

This is in the rule update.

3) Icicle River, from the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. September 29, 2009 - November 15, 2009. Three coho, minimum size 12 inches, may be retained daily. Release all floy-tagged coho.

Post by **Amx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:28 pm

Ok, thanks. Now I have no idea what a 'floy' is.

Post by **G-Man** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:32 pm

When did they start releasing coho into the Icicle? That's a pretty serious journey for a coho to be making. Were they in good shape when you caught them?

AMX - A floy is an easily spotted, external tag that is used mark fish. They mark all kinds of fish with them including bass.

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:33 pm

Floy, is a tagging process they do when they are tracking fish. Its how they track where the fish go, where they spawn, ect. They look like the ink cartridge in a ball point pen, just more flexible. They have a number on it and they insert them near the fish's dorsal fin.

Post by **Amx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:34 pm

Thanks.

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:39 pm

G-Man wrote:When did they start releasing coho into the Icicle?

A floy is an easily spotted, external tag that is used mark fish.

They have been in there a while. The native americans started that, so I've heard.

Post by **Gringo Pescador** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:54 pm

Sounds a little familiar.. http://www.washingtonlakes.com/forum/ya ... today.aspx

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:59 pm

Copy that Gringo! She wasn't friendly with me! LOL.

sellis_414 · Post by **sellis_414** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:05 pm

G-Man wrote:When did they start releasing coho into the Icicle? That's a pretty serious journey for a coho to be making. Were they in good shape when you caught them?

AMX - A floy is an easily spotted, external tag that is used mark fish. They mark all kinds of fish with them including bass.

They were dark so I smoked them and they turned out to be pretty tasty... This year fishing for steelhead I caught a couple that were nice and bright.

I did some research for you.

The yakima nation initiated the mid-columbia restoration project in 96, which reintroduced the species into the wenatchee and methow sub-basins. And they haven't released any into the entiat river, coho have been seen there since 01.

Post by **G-Man** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:45 pm

Thanks for the info. Looks like the Wenatchee system is staging a good comeback.

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