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Thurston County, WA

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06/14/2009
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Rainbow Trout
Worms
Hook & Bait
Morning
06/14/2009
2
938

Not much today, water temp was about 68 degrees. Seen several bass fisherman doing some boat dock fishing and another smaller boat trolling. We only fished for a couple hours, I caught 1 nice bow using inflated worm about 18 inch leader. The people fishing off the shore were doing very well and we had a debate about whether using powerbait/eggs is considered "bait." I mentioned that it is considered "bait." They said as long as the fish doesn't swallow it or it isn't injured, then it is ok to release and is not considered part of their daily catch and because powerbait/eggs is not bait, that they can catch as many as they wanted...Sigh, I tried.


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SPARKY101
6/14/2009 2:27:00 PM
If you seen a red G3..that was BMD out there...
bassmasterderek
6/14/2009 6:53:00 PM
That was not BMD out there! There are NO bass in that lake so don't even try!
jens
6/14/2009 7:40:00 PM
Looked like a G3 and was red.
fishermick
6/15/2009 10:19:00 AM
Good try with the debate,but it does no good. I`ve seen as many as 20 dead trout within 10` from shore because " powerbait/eggs is not considered as bait". I`m not really sure what thay are thinking when the evidence is right in front of them...... One last thing, the trout bite is pretty good to the right of the launch towards the back side trolling top 10` w/ wedding ring or dick nite tiped w/ worm. Good luck.
jens
6/15/2009 11:24:00 AM
I seen a smaller trout being landed and it clearly swallowed his powerbait. I highly doubt that trout survived.
jens
6/17/2009 11:08:00 AM
Per WDFW:
As per the Definitions of Terms used throughout the pamphlet, page 22 defines bait as follows: “Bait - Anything that attracts fish or shellfish by scent and/or flavor. This includes any device made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal, glass, cork, leather, rubber, or plastic, which uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or wildlife.”



Power bait and/or eggs use scent and/or flavor to attract fish. This makes these substances bait and not an artificial lure.

I knew it....
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