Bent hook pontoon
11/6/2018 4:51:30 PMsounds like you need a new fishing hole! If people who are out of your controle are having issues with following the laws and it is having this big of a negative effect on your day it sounds like it is time to find a new hole. From what i know it's very common in the Chum world. Do you eat the fish or are you just after the roe? i have never had the desire to fish for some thing I don't plan on eating.
TMBob
11/6/2018 5:21:54 PMBHP, did you happen to notice the posters screen name?
Also, I don’t fish to eat em. We are all different in that regard.
Also, I don’t fish to eat em. We are all different in that regard.
Bent hook pontoon
11/7/2018 1:55:14 PMtmbob. I should clarify. I don't keep/kill any animal that i'm not planning on eating. I am 100% on board with catch and release, I do a lot of that. I am a advocate for following the regulations and am doing my part by instilling those moral and ethical standards on my house holds young anglers as well.
Honk
11/6/2018 6:43:12 PMPoached salmon is good start it with olive oil and seasoning then add a cup of water and cover. Lol
nbculver
11/7/2018 7:02:07 PMWhy not call the WDFW and report these violations? They have a poaching hotline if I'm not mistaken. I'd call them.
rougheye79
11/8/2018 5:01:59 PMA few additions...Minter Creek is in Pierce county. The WDFW could care less about what goes on at Minter Creek. They could triple their yearly budget writing citations here, but turn a blind eye. This used to be a decent fishery where you could take a kid and teach them the about the life cycle of salmon and stand a reasonably good chance of them catching a chum. Because WDFW turns a blind eye to what goes on there, it has become a snag fest. When you see "fishermen" using 50 lb braid, 4/0 hooks with 1 ounce weights in 12 inches of water, well you get the picture on what it has become. I took the advice of BHP, and found a new fishing hole a few years ago, when one of these "sportsman" wanted to fight when i commented on his snagging prowess. A real shame on what this has been allowed to occur there.