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Subject: Re: new 4ft leader law????


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Undertaker
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Date Posted: 14:14:06 01/18/02 Fri
In reply to: ken 's message, "Re: new 4ft leader law????" on 12:14:36 01/18/02 Fri
 >>>Undertaker has hit the nail right on th head.....
>>>it's always about $ first and what's best for the
>>>river second... i say let's follow the lead of the
>>>Lake Erie folks... they've produced a quality
>>>fishery!!!
>>I agree Ive said all along that the pacific salmon
>>program is NYS answer to revenue only-its absurd that
>>all the guides say they bite and mouth hook them all
>>the time-B.S--I have fished Lake Ontario tribs for 20=
>>yrs and fished for salmon with spinning tackle-fly
>>rods-spey rods-purple egg sucking leeches egg sacks
>>(never sponge)-they dont hit and never will-they arent
>>in Alaska with miles of streams and no fishermen to
>>keep the perpetually spooked-its all a money game-of
>>course Ive politically bastardized myself with my
>>views but its the honest truth and they(DEC) knows
>this.
>I hate to say this but for the last ten years i would
>have agreed with you, but i had a very enlightning
>experience this year on an oswego county trib. We
>were fishing for trout behind spawning salmon with egg
>sacks and we absolutely hammered the salmon. They
>were wacking the sacks like there was no tomorow.
>especially the jacks. we caught over a dozen salmon,
>(two over thirty pounds on sacks.) It totally changed
>my opinion on salmon fishing. They do hit. trust me,
>it pains me to say that.ken
ken, what you had is a situation that doesn't happen that often with these salmon, so should we keep the salmon because somebody actually caught one that bit a fly or bait.

I heard that Fran shot a video this year of a king striking a fly behind the hatchery. That's great, but when asked if he had more than one do this out of the scores of fish in this "off limits to the public area", the answer was no. So, you see, even when there is no pressure on these fish they don't take all that great. I would have thought his odds would have been better since Fran knows what he's doing. I just wish more guides like Chuck Rogers would come forward and agree that the pacific salmon need to go. We have other great gamefish to replace them with. We've tried the salmon program for many years and now I think it's time we tried something else. It may turn out better, but by no means can it get any worse.

Let the first shots for a new fishery be fired here and lets get this rolling, we can't wait any longer. All in favor, say I.
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