Originally Posted by
ratherbefishin
835-wasn’t this the second year volunteers put those smolts into Sooke harbour in an attempt to actually DO something about increasing the Chinook numbers? Are these volunteers going to continue to volunteer their time and efforts if they get shut out?I know one guy who won’t be there next year, my fishing guide who I have chartered with for 20 years....sold his boat,sold his house and is moving away...can’t blame him either,and I think there will be a lot more guides following suite. You want a berth at sooke harbour marina ? Take your pick,there’s lots of room now and likely a lot more to come.Charter guides simply can’t afford to pay moorage on boats that will be just growing weed on their bottom 8 to 10 months a year...by the time we were allowed to keep coho last October they had gone through...even the once consistent winter spring fishery was a bust this year..that leaves just two months ( August and September ) to pick up charters.Nobody can run a charter business fishing 6 or 8 weeks a year..we saw the commercial troller guys go through the same thing,reduced to just a short openings, now it’s our turn... oh well, maybe the charter guys can take up whale watching( that was always the bonus,seeing orcas coursing through the sports fleet,no they weren’t the slightest bit scared off by boat motors-the theoretical reason we were shut down west of a Otter Point last year)