Help the Kettle River and
the Upper Columbia
Please
send the below info to the following emails; This needs to be done now
as the oportunity for input closes soon! Thanks in advance for doing
so,
jack
Lori.Preuss@dfw.wa.gov
invasivespecies@rco.wa.gov
teamspokane@dfw.wa.gov
commission@dfw.wa.gov
wendy.brown@invasivespecies.wa.gov
To whom this may concern,
***** Re: Proposal #12
I would like to go on record
as supporting the proposal for an increased (16 fish limit) on Roosevelt
Lake walleye. This is sound management that will contribute greatly
to the survival of native salmonids in the upper Columbia, above Grand
Coulee, and particularly the free-flowing American Reach segment from
RL to the border.
Also: I propose that WDFW consider the Upper Columbia Native Fish Alliance
(UCNFA) plan, that a native fish stewardship segment be established
on the valuable American Reach segment flowing between China Bend, at
the head of RL, up to the border with Canada, a segment containing the
greatest portion of self sustaining wild trout, and a growing economic
principle in the Northport area because of that. Yes, an increased walleye
take would benefit the entire lake, but failing, for whatever reason,
to achieve that, I see the UCNFA plan as the best compromise, calling
for a walleye limit increase at least within the 15 mile American Reach
segment. (Modern cartographers have confused the issue somewhat, by
drawing RL all the way to the border, obscuring the marked difference
between the sterile, lacustrine, reservoir structure of RL and the flowing
segment above China Bend to the border, a fertile riverine segment much
resembling the original river and hosting self sustaining native fish
and insect populations. A little known gem in our state that is gaining
recognition as a “world class native trout fishery.”
Let's realize what we have before we lose it!
____________________________________
***** Re: Proposal # 14
I would like to go on record that I am against the proposal to lift
gear restrictions on the Kettle River.
Resources are limited in this world. Why deplete them to extinction
and then look back and wonder? Teach the kids to catch fish with single
barbless hooks and no bait. Honestly, the Kettle river fishes quite
well with a single barbless hook on a Castmaster, Blue fox spinner or
a fly. If taking a fish home is needed, then have a slot limit as it
does now. The Kettle river is a little gem in the corner of Washington;
It would be a shame to see it's trout population decreased because a
few people think that bait should be allowed again and that selective
rules are elitist?
The Kettle river already has enough problems as it is; Low water in
the late summer and warm water temps to name a few. The indigenous Rainbows
are Columbia Native Redbands, 'pretty cool fish', that have withstood
the test of time, in a great corner of the state. Let's keep it that
way. Say no to the deregulation of selective rules on the Kettle River.
Best Regards,
