Tuesday, June 24, 2008

river enforcement

I heard a story yesterday I had to share;
I young local guy I know, who is a frequent spit hole fisherman, was on the Anchor the last weekend of king season. He had a rough season also, as you all know about the pitiful runs everywhere. Anyway, he's down in the tide zone fishing with the scumbags, in there hole. After stoping fishing four or five time so other fisherman could play and exhaust their snagged kings, he wandered downriver, where he came across another young man who had just successfully landed a spawned out steelhead. The fish layed on the rocks, while the guy yelled for his buddy to "get the camera!" Kyle asked the guy to return the fish to the water and release it. The guy mumbled at him, and proceed to get his pliers out to begin surgery on the poor fish. Kyle got mad--Told the guy in a loud angered voice that he was gonna drown him, then release his fish. The guy being angered and scared turned his fish loose, and left the river. Kyle went back to fishing. Half hour later the guy comes back, with four big buddies, and they wanted to fight!
Fortunately Kyle had buddies to, fishing around him that had witnessed the earlyier ordeal. The fight turned out to be a shouting match, and the five gangsters, were outnumbered by the fifty fisherman in that hole. Thank god they moved on instead of coming back again with machine guns! We thought Cambell creek was a tough place to fish!

Comments on "river enforcement"

 

Blogger Stan Harrington said ... (9:56 AM) : 

After reading your story and seeing the tidal zone with my own eyes and based on past history of this area, I once again emphasize my previous discussions over the years, that we as sport fishermen and the Dept. of Fish and Game have to put the word "sport" back into our fisheries. It seems that the majority of the "sport" fishermen have forgot or never learned the carinal rule, of "fair game, fair chase" rule of sport fishing. I blame this on not only the sport fishermen but also on fisheries such as the "snag and drag" Red Salmon fisheries onteh Kenai and Russian River and the "look the other way" attitude of the Homer Spit Lagoon and the lawful snag fishery permitted at the end ofthe run in this location. I also blame the Fish and Wildlife Enforcement officers, get out of your trucks and boats, walk the rivers and carry a extra book of tickets and write them at free will. Even if the tickets donot hold up in court, at least you are making the illegal fishermen show up before the judge. Now I will get off my "soap box".

 

Blogger john r mclay said ... (6:15 AM) : 

It's not just the bears that are protective of their meals this year. Two-legged critters are scarier.

 

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