oh well here I go again,,,,,,,,,,IMHO the Gunnison and East river should be Closed to C&R on kokes making the spawning run. Theese fish have traveled miles to get back to spawn and the thought of the elbow to elbow flyfisherman catching and releasing theese already stressed out fish is troubling to say the least. Most of theese released fish will not survive to spawn, It just does not make much sense to me to do this if you want kokonee in your lakes, Blue Mesa is the largest egg supplier in Colorado probably the US. The CDOW when confronted about this state the "loss of fishing opprtuintys" the all mighty dollor again wins in Gunnision. If the CDOW is really concerned about egg recruitment they would close this down like the DOW in Alaska does, when you have the numbers open it back up to fishing, but not until you have gotten your escapement numbers.
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