Thanks Curt for the research and your right it does confirm what I knew to be the case. The bottom line here is we have to be wise and be willing to keep within the daily limits set by the state. This topic may be running its course but if nothing else hopefully it has gotten people thinking. It has spurred me on to look into how I can get more involved with the managment/ stocking of Kokanee and see what we can do to keep up with the rising demand and popularity of Kokanee fishing. I would encourage people to continue to share any thoughts or even counter points you might have here as it is always good to look at an issue from all sides and view points.
As far as my stance on fishing forums, radio shows and all of the other media goes, I am grateful to have all of the information available and so many people who are willing to share their knowledge with others to help them/me learn a fishery or catch more fish. I think overall multi media is a good thing and is here to stay, but with it will come more interest and pressure on our local waters, and a lot of times our bodies of water will be more crowded as a result, which seems to go with the territory and you have to take the good with the bad.
Do I get annoyed when I am weaving through 100 other boats on American for Kokanee, of course I do but who really likes crowds? Would I rather everyone were tight lipped though and unwilling to share information, absolutely not! Of course I think there still needs to be some sort of balance to all of this, but not quite sure where the folcrum is. In any case as anglers we all need to be mindful of our limited resources and willing to show restraint when need be, to protect and preserve what we do have.
JDL
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