Is the Nisqually closing

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Shane
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Is the Nisqually closing

Post by Shane » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:47 pm

I heard that the NISQUALLY was going to be completly closed as soon as the hathery fish are out. I heard this from a couple of anglers and i wanted to know if any one else has heard this and if its true.

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RE:Is the Nisqually closing

Post by Toni » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:09 pm

Searching the news at WDFW I found this:


Nisqually River closes to fishing

OLYMPIA – The Nisqually River, which forms the boundary between Pierce and Thurston counties, will be closed to all fishing, effective New Years Day.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today announced the emergency closure, citing lower-than-expected returns of chum salmon to the river.

Because the river is already closed to fishing for steelhead and other game fish, the chum salmon closure effectively ends all fishing in the Nisqually until June 1, 2001.

"The Nisqually River fishery is through for this season," said Tim Flint, regional WDFW fisheries manager.

The closure for chum salmon begins at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, the end of the regularly scheduled season.


But it is from 2000.
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RE:Is the Nisqually closing

Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:30 pm

Shane wrote:I heard that the NISQUALLY was going to be completly closed as soon as the hathery fish are out. I heard this from a couple of anglers and i wanted to know if any one else has heard this and if its true.
The amount of BS that fishermen on the river spew out is amazing.

"I heard from a friend of mine who has an uncle with a buddy that has a wife that heard from a file clerk at the WDFW that XYZ river is going to open/close due to reason ABC"

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