The internet, I wonder what fishing will be like in 10 years

[fly addict]

I saw this post and few others on this site today. It can only mean bad news for the long term fishing!
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showth ... ast-Walker
Mark

[lucfish]

That rivers best days are behind it.

[WanderingBlues]

Even though our dirty word filter will catch it, $!@% those guys and the rest who illegally fish the water and claim ignorance. It's pathetic.

[Pete]

Makes me sick to my stomach.

[Flatsix]

It's too bad funding is down for everything. I'd love to see DFG become a regular sight on all regulated waters. I fished the lower O last weekend and saw 4 guys fishing lures and PB off the bridge. They packed it up and drove off when they saw a couple of us heading in the direction of the bridge.

[Artin]

I saw that post, I go on there often. Pretty sad...

Artin

[planettrout]

That rivers best days are behind it.

Unfortunately, that is probably correct. I am glad I had an opportunity to FF there in the late 70's and early 80's before it was killed in 1987...it has come back, to a certain degree, but a lot of folks who NOW go to that spot have ZERO respect for the regs. and environment. It might not be a bad idea to go back to the winter closures...and F$$k the guides who put their clients over those pooled up Trout...

PT/TB

[Sasha]

Even though our dirty word filter will catch it, $!@% those guys and the rest who illegally fish the water and claim ignorance. It's pathetic.

But if you change that one setting in the user cp. You can see such words

Although we used to have a place here to post in such a manner

[garypullings]

It's too bad funding is down for everything. I'd love to see DFG become a regular sight on all regulated waters. I fished the lower O last weekend and saw 4 guys fishing lures and PB off the bridge. They packed it up and drove off when they saw a couple of us heading in the direction of the bridge.

Thing is if DFG is allowed to do their job, they can ticket the crap out of people and take all their stuff. Then can then use the Revenue to fund them. See full circle. There will always be idiots, just need to know how to exploit it.

[khuzhong]

$!@% that * me off. That's one area I have never fished and probably will never get to fish thanks to douches.

[lucfish]

That rivers best days are behind it.

Unfortunately, that is probably correct. I am glad I had an opportunity to FF there in the late 70's and early 80's before it was killed in 1987...it has come back, to a certain degree, but a lot of folks who NOW go to that spot have ZERO respect for the regs. and environment. It might not be a bad idea to go back to the winter closures...and F$$k the guides who put their clients over those pooled up Trout.
PT/TB

The computer at home is down and I don't want to type all this on the phone keyboard, but when I get back to my office tomorrow I will do paragraph or two about this. I will say planettrout, you are spot on in your assessment of this former world class water.

[BobK]

PlanetTrout: You would be surprised at the amount of guides that did NOT want the winter fishing season on the East Walker or on Hot Cr. There are still a few that will not guide those waters and stick to the LO when they guide in the winter. It's hard to believe that the year around season doesn't have an adverse affect on those waters, as small of an area that they cover. Bobk

[Wildman]

Someone in the Owens Valley told me that the fellow who started the post with his hero shots is a part time guide. He used to have the name of his guide company and his website right on each post. I guess the forum made him change his posting name because he wouldn't pay to be a sponsor. He still posts "fish *" to drum up business.

[planettrout]

PlanetTrout: You would be surprised at the amount of guides that did NOT want the winter fishing season on the East Walker or on Hot Cr. There are still a few that will not guide those waters and stick to the LO when they guide in the winter. It's hard to believe that the year around season doesn't have an adverse affect on those waters, as small of an area that they cover. Bobk

I know a number of the guides up there and agree with you...Jim and his people from Ken's did a wonderful job with the clean-up on the EW this year. There are, however,a few who frequent waters on the East Side, who qualify as complete douche nozzles...IMHO

PT/TB

[fly addict]

Maybe a letter writing campaign to the DFG expressing our dissatisfaction about the year round fishery on the E W might get something changed. It is not hard to catch a lot of fish on that stream when the flows are at the current minimum during winter. The DFG used places like Montana as an example of year round fisheries. Well this is not Montana, it is California and it is full of people who don’t care about the resource. And as far as guides go on the E W, most of the ones I have meet are professional and courteous. I have actually had one tell us we had to move because we were in a spot too long in his opinion, and they wanted to fish it. You know * well they would not leave a spot if their clients were catching fish. The E W has changed for the worse in the few years with the new regulations in place.

Mark