I know you were referring to parr. I just brought up the king season they
are having and the return of "wild" kings that they indicated were
returning. They went on to say that it was unusual to have a sport fishery
for "wild" fish and thus the special regulations, but because of the
unusually large numbers they were opening it up to sport fishermen. I read
the state's PR page they put on the internet indicating how happy they were
to be participating in the restoration of silvers in the upper Yakima and
returning it to as it was in the 1800's. If I had to bet, I would say that
they were sockeye that returned to Lake Easton, or Lake Cle-Elem. I have no
doubt that the native rainbow's will be destroyed in the Upper Yakima above
Rosa. They(WDFW) have no credibility with me. I talked to several game
agents recently, and they pointed out how poorly the merger between
fisheries and state game has worked out...bigger beuracracy, bigger
nitemire. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: Preston Singletary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Washington Fly fishers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 3:21 PM
Subject: Yakima
> I was referring to chinook parr and smolts. I must admit to some confusion
> regarding the WDFW's press release (which I have read), not having read
the
> newspaper article that you refer to. This is the first year that spring
> chinook returns from the initial plantings by the Yakama tribe were
> expected, but the WDFW press release implies, without actually saying as
> much, that these are wild fish. So far as coho are concerned, I read just
a
> couple of weeks ago that the tribe is taking over two of the ponds along
I-5
> near Cle Elum to rear coho which, according to the article, have been
> extinct in the Yakima system for seventy years. Can anyone clarify any of
> this?
>
