Why did the Dean have a good run this season? Seems pretty convenient to point the finger at Alaska. Also, the recreational fishery mortality seems too low. There’s so few fish, it’s likely the same fish are being caught over and over. When you float down the Bulkley, you can easily see every steelhead in the water you’re floating over. There’s so many guides; every single beat has one or more hammering all of the productive stations every day. Fish were trapped on the Kispoix with 5m3/s flows and guides still fished the waters day after day. Steelhead were trapped in pools and swimming in circles. How can this management plan be sustainable? It doesn’t make any long term sense. It’s sad.
Alaska does have a huge impact but that being said, why are there even guides i'm a local and i have to work my but off to find steelhead,but i dont use a guide, so why do people from all over the world need a guide to catch fish, yes there is way too many guides and guides that are very disrespectful of our dying off steelhead. i watched a dead steelhead float by me this year because the guide and his client took too many pictures and kept it out the water for too long (fish molestation) disgusting and the amount of guides that come here from all over (alberta) to guide, doesnt make sense. i also caught a steelhead with 4 flies with barbs in its mouth not including my barbless fly. so really you all f*^&'n disgust me. soon there will be zero, hope your all happy as can be. Does nobody understand these amazing creatures????
Why did the Dean have a good run this season? Seems pretty convenient to point the finger at Alaska. Also, the recreational fishery mortality seems too low. There’s so few fish, it’s likely the same fish are being caught over and over. When you float down the Bulkley, you can easily see every steelhead in the water you’re floating over. There’s so many guides; every single beat has one or more hammering all of the productive stations every day. Fish were trapped on the Kispoix with 5m3/s flows and guides still fished the waters day after day. Steelhead were trapped in pools and swimming in circles. How can this management plan be sustainable? It doesn’t make any long term sense. It’s sad.
Alaska does have a huge impact but that being said, why are there even guides i'm a local and i have to work my but off to find steelhead,but i dont use a guide, so why do people from all over the world need a guide to catch fish, yes there is way too many guides and guides that are very disrespectful of our dying off steelhead. i watched a dead steelhead float by me this year because the guide and his client took too many pictures and kept it out the water for too long (fish molestation) disgusting and the amount of guides that come here from all over (alberta) to guide, doesnt make sense. i also caught a steelhead with 4 flies with barbs in its mouth not including my barbless fly. so really you all f*^&'n disgust me. soon there will be zero, hope your all happy as can be. Does nobody understand these amazing creatures????
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately I wont return to BC until the steelhead runs improve... if they ever do.