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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articletitle><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Slim
pickings as season winds down</span></span></font></b></span><b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articledate><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Article Launched: 04/20/2006 04:16:16 AM PDT</span></span></font></span>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/sports/ci_3730471">http://www.times-standard.com/sports/ci_3730471</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>(The fishing report was cut by the moderator for this posting so that <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place> salmonid issues can be clearly shown)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ed Duggan of
Willow Creek, who represents guides, sportsmen and loggers, reports that the
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) is making Dam Safety Water Releases. “This is
because the water storage behind the dam is so close to the overflow and we are
expected to get more rain plus snow melt. He goes on to say: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>”Well, the
Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) has made the biggest blunder of all
time. Some how either the PFMC or their staff/tech team made the recommendation
that a recreational harvest for KMZ Fall Salmon be made. On the surface this
sounds great but the kicker is that the In-river Sport Harvest would be reduced
to 3 percent instead of the normal 15 percent that we have always been assigned
as our share of the sport Fall Chinook harvest. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>”You may ask
what does that do to us? A reduction from 15 percent to 3 percent of 4,000 Fall
Chinook would allow us to fish for exactly one half of one day before we
reached our quota for the for the recreational in-river sport harvest of Fall
Chinook. If you take the normal split of 600 fish and divide it like the DFG
had traditionally done the lower Klamath would receive 60 Fall Chinook; the
upper Klamath would receive 20 Fall Chinook; the lower Trinity would receive 20
Fall Chinook and the upper Trinity 20 Fall Chinook. It is time we ALL sent
letters or e-mails to the chairman Donald Hansen of the PFMC and the chairman
of the DFG Commission Mike Flores. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The recommended water
flows for the Spring Flows: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>”The Trinity
Management Council (TMC) recommended to the Bureau of Reclamation) and the
Secretary of Interior that the full 815,000 acre-feet for an Extremely Wet Year
classification be released to provide the best benefit to the fishery
restoration of the Trinity River. The TMC also recommends that the releases be
delayed three days before ascending to 2,000 cfs and another five days before
starting the flows.” This would allow for some fishing in the Fly Fishing
Only and upper section of the Trinity up to May 5 before the Spring Flows
start. Until next time... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(The following
below is part of the article & is not a suggestion in any way by the
moderator)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Recommended
E-mails be sent to: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mr. Donald Hansen,
Chairman of PFMC <a href="mailto:pfmc.comments@noaa.gov">pfmc.comments@noaa.gov</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Chairman
Hansen: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The reduction from
our normal 15% to 3% that the PFMC recommended for In-River Chinook Harvest is
a sham and will ruin the economy of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and in-river communities. It will only allow for a half day fishing season for
the fall Chinook salmon. One hundred twenty fish is a total disaster to the
in-river fishery when it has to be divided into four areas of the river basin.
There is no way I would spend my time, money and vacation to fish a half day in
hopes of catching a salmon. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Your name (any affiliation you my belong to) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Your address and e-mail <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mr. Michael Flores, president <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:place></st1:State>
Fish and Game Commission <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1416 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Ninth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Box</span></font></st1:Street>
944244-2090</st1:address> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sacramento</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94244-2090</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="mailto:Mflores@dfg.ca">Mflores@dfg.ca</a>.gov <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Re: <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> Sports Allocation 2006 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear M. Flores: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The reduction from
15% to 3% of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in-river
sports harvest is a travesty of the greatest proportions. How can we afford to
go fishing for one-half of one day? Not only would I not be able to spend my
money and vacation time in the hopes of catching a Chinook for that short of
time, but the communities I would visit or stay or shop in would go bankrupt
because no one would go fishing for salmon. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Over the years the
CFG Commission has consistently looked at a 10-20% in-river harvest rate. A
reduction to 3% from the usual 15% that the PFMC proposes would be devastating
to the sports community and the communities that depend on us. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I urge you to hold
meetings in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Crescent</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and Weaverville to
allow the sportsmen to be heard. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Your name, (affiliation) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Address and e-mail <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Also send copies
to Neil Manji <a href="mailto:nmanji@dfg.ca">nmanji@dfg.ca</a>.gov <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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