Finsider
10/29/2018 4:29:54 AMThanx for the report TM. I was there Tuesday and did very well but only at the extreme ends of the lake - the launch end early & the far end later - with squat eveywhere else! The DFW's goal recently was to "simplify" the regulations. Eliminating the 2 fish limit on 15+ inchers is simpler, but it will certainly curtail the fishing sooner on the lakes fortunate enough to get these larger sized plants. I agree with you it shouldn't have been cancelled. Of course, increasing the amount & the frequency of these plants would help offset this (!!??!?!). For years the Issaquah Hatchery has done a tremendous job with this program of raising & planting these 2-year old fish in the Beav. What I'd really like to see is an expansion of this program to include more hatcheries & more lakes, along with a return of the 2 hog rule.
alfafish
10/29/2018 7:39:34 AMI agree with Bob, they should have kept the limit at 2! I was there the couple days before the plant and the lake was pretty dead, managed 3 fish one day but nothing on the next day. I was there when they planted this time and it was fun, managed to hook the first fish in the madness around the launch on an Olive Willy and lost count of the fish caught and released throughout the day. Went back a couple few times after that and it was much slower, only managed 5-6 fish but they were all fun (and released).
TMBob
10/29/2018 4:37:16 PMMy catch rate dropped like crazy after 10 days from the plant pretty much all 3 plants. Could be my technique as the main reason because I don’t use any weight. But from everyone that I talked to out there their catch rate was even less than mine after the first weekend.
Ben Eggertsen
10/29/2018 10:30:46 AMYou definitely should turn in the poacher. They hurt fishing for everyone else especially for young people getting involved in the sport. Here are the numbers from the WDFW web site: Poaching in progress: 911 Past poaching: 1-877-933-9847
Really good report. Thanks.
Really good report. Thanks.
TMBob
10/29/2018 4:33:03 PMWhen I personally know for sure, I will call the hot line and have in the past. 90% of my fishing comes on the weekend, so calling that line is pretty much a waste...end up with State Patrol.
mikep
10/30/2018 8:21:01 AMThe 2018-2019 Fishing Regulations show: BEAVER LAKE (King Co.) TROUT Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 5. Up to 2 over 15".
Other Game Fish Year-round Statewide min. size/daily limit. Page 74 2018-2019 WDFW Fishing Regulations
Where was the elimination of the 2 trout over 15" limit posted? As you probably know, the trout size limits were removed for lakes in counties near Olympia a couple of years ago. If you look at the WDFW trout planting annual plan, few trout are planted in King County compared to other regions implying that there is politics involved. I suspect that lbs of trout planted do not correlate with the location of fishing license home addresses.
Other Game Fish Year-round Statewide min. size/daily limit. Page 74 2018-2019 WDFW Fishing Regulations
Where was the elimination of the 2 trout over 15" limit posted? As you probably know, the trout size limits were removed for lakes in counties near Olympia a couple of years ago. If you look at the WDFW trout planting annual plan, few trout are planted in King County compared to other regions implying that there is politics involved. I suspect that lbs of trout planted do not correlate with the location of fishing license home addresses.
Finsider
10/31/2018 4:25:30 AMCheck the effective dates on the regs' covers. You're quoting pg 74 from 7/1/17 through 6/30/18. The new regs (7/1/18 through 6/30/19) have no Special Rule listing for the Beav in KingCo on pg 78 - it has switched back to the statewide rules which have no 2 over 15" restriction. The WDFW's stated goal B4 the new regs came out was to "simplify" them.
mikep
10/31/2018 2:43:45 PMFinsider: Thanks a lot. I do not know how I mislabeled the WDFW 2017-2018 Fishing regs as 2017-2019 regs. I was thinking that the limit of 2 trout over 15" limit at Beaver Lake might be eliminated because WDFW had previously done way with the limit for trout over 15" at other lakes. Listening to the WDFW commission meeting where the prior 15" limit was proposed to be eliminated, it sounded like resorts on the lakes want their customers to catch and keep more large trout while the resort customers were staying there. Over the years I have had some memorable fishing days on the planting day and day after (catch and release on small spoons).