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kingpin

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Re: Bait ban?
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2011, 10:20:46 PM »
Quote from: marmot on August 04, 2011, 11:28:43 AM
How so?  Please elaborate.  Are bait fishermen more likely to break the law than other fishermen? 

Don't fear monger...  Banning bait is just that, banning bait.  Nothing more, nothing less.  It's been done on many rivers already and it hasn't encouraged "more illegal" activities, whatever that means.

it means harder to get fish to bite = more intentiional snagging. bait ban on the cap is a joke

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Re: Bait ban?
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2011, 10:56:29 PM »
As kingpin said, because bait is banned, it is harder - on average - to get fish to bite period. Yes I know - many of you can argue you outfish bait fishermen with flies or wool in the rapids, but when all these bait guys can't do their thing anymore, SOME will just snag fish instead
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Re: Bait ban?
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2011, 09:55:22 AM »
   It definitely is true !!

   I was fishing the Cap on July 28th and every person that was fishing was short floating roe and it was so nice to see everyone ethically catching coho ...... I went down this morning just to have a look and every single fisherman was long lining !! 10 feet between float and weight and at least 3-4 feet of leader !! all you could here was Rip after Rip after Rip !!!

   I totally agree that the bait ban on the Cap encourages A$$hole fishing techniques

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Re: Bait ban?
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2011, 01:17:25 PM »
Sad but true.
Catching a fresh run cap coho without using bait is tough
and salmon fishing itself is a massive hatchery supported run so it does not make sense.
However, there is a very small endangered run of summer run steelhead still in the river and needs to be protected.
I don't know if the bait ban helps them, but I guess the folks at DFO would have done their homework.


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