Hopefully not a sign of more closures to come on other estuaries. Haven't fished the Gold since the earl 2000's, but was definitely a favorite.
I was at the Gold river meeting and Mike had swam the Megin rive to find no steelhead there either. Megin used to hold many steelhead but doesn't now. It is unlogged!! How does this untouched stream not produce steelhead? You like to blame logging but un logged streams can have the same depressed populations. What science do you apply to justify your opinion? This question goes to all of you who think logging is the cause of the Gold winter run demise.Too little too late.....once the watershed was butchered and clear cut from town all the way up Upana, muchulat and the gold headwaters this system was doomed.
Spent 3/4 weeks at least over a season for a lot of years. Seeing the numbers dropped as soon as the headwaters were logged. Pretty ******...
Bunch of other island flows should be closed as well!
Megan is not untouched. Tofino based outfitters have been fishing it out for years.I was at the Gold river meeting and Mike had swam the Megin rive to find no steelhead there either. Megin used to hold many steelhead but doesn't now. It is unlogged!! How does this untouched stream not produce steelhead? You like to blame logging but un logged streams can have the same depressed populations. What science do you apply to justify your opinion? This question goes to all of you who think logging is the cause of the Gold winter run demise.
Oh I am sure it is something much more than nets. Logging obviously has some impact but nothing compared to acid rain. This island has been logged for a long time. If logging was so detrimental we never would have seen such good fishing in the 1980's in all the streams of logged valleys like the Gold.Kenny
Stamp winters/summers....sort of the same situation? Yes a hatchery river....but why has the summer runs been killer last few years and winters ****. Yes we all say the sockeye net interception plays a factor, what if it is something more?
Couple other north island flows where the same thing is happening as well.
To say that logging has no impact is silly, I hope that your thesis is true. Would be an awesome solution to a lot of problems if that was an answer. I’m on the island in a few weeks, will shoot you a text.
What were your results for the Thompson? Didn’t you also find that there was low insect life there?