mystery weight competition where the winning fish is entered into a mystery weight drawing. If there’s a match, the lucky angler wins $25,000. Check out
www.BlazeOutdoorAdventures.com! Only hatchery spring Chinook are eligible and they must be gutted with the gills removed prior to weighing at one of our official weigh stations. Locations are available on the back of the entry form. We look forward to expanding this derby in years to come.
Advocating for fishing on the Columbia
Thanks to passionate CCAmembers
and others who testified at Compact hearings and participated in the fish- eries management process, you will have a lot more freedom to fish the Columbia this spring. In a landmark change from last year, boat anglers will enjoy fishing the Columbia all the way to Rooster Rock and bank anglers will fish all the way to Bonneville. We faced a “combat” fishing atmos-
phere in 2010 involving dangerous over- crowding and jammed boat ramps so the goal was to develop options to allow recreational access to a broader area of the river and more large boat ramps. This year, CCAPNW advocates worked proactively with staff to improve the options to be presented at the start of the advisory group process. Staff responded positively and presented 13 options to the initial gathering of the Columbia River Recreational Advisory Group (CRRAG). One of these, Option #12, struck members of CRRAG as head and shoulders above the rest. The option would allow fishing seven days a week and address the boat crowding problem by opening the Columbia above I-5 all the way to Rooster Rock.
Popular and accessible bank angling
could also be enjoyed all the way to Bonneville under this option. With the support of strong CCAPNW testimony and a huge turnout at the key Compact meeting, the CRRAG decided by rare unanimous vote to adopt Option 12, leading to its ultimate approval. Setting the Columbia River spring Chinook season is no easy task and CCA PNW has been fully engaged over the last three years opposing com- mercial gillnetting at night and advo- cating for a 30 percent conservation buffer
to prevent overfishing and
increase the odds of a full season for mid- and upper-Columbia sport anglers. Unfortunately, 40 percent of wild fish impacts still go to the gillnet fleet despite the fact that they are catching
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more fish now in the SAFE areas than in the main stem.
This favoritism is no accident. Since the ODFW Commission has directed a greater share of our hatchery produc- tion to the SAFE areas, there is a de facto shift in allocation of our public resource to the tiny gillnet fleet. How this effects the sport angler is easy to see; pressure to shorten our seasons and restrict public fishing areas will continue until gillnetting can be ended. But at least for this year we see
improvement in the size and quality of our spring sportfishing season on the Columbia even in the face of a smaller predicted run size. In other words, CCA PNW is actively bringing about positive change by participating in the process.
OREGON
Guide and sponsor’s meeting During the NW Sportsman’s Show,
CCA Oregon hosted a “Guide’s and Sponsor’s Meeting.” The purpose was to improve communications by answer- ing questions from folks who have sup- ported CCAbut don’t necessarily come to chapter meetings or read our publi- cations. We had more than 30 folks from Brookings to Seattle to Idaho that came and asked questions. It was a great discussion. The feedback was very positive and many commented that we should make this a regular event at the NW Sportsman’s Show. We agree. In the previous week CCA Oregon
had: • Members of the Newport Chapter
at the halibut sport fishing meeting with ODFW
• Testified in front of the ODFW Com- mission regarding sturgeon in the Columbia as well as spring and summer Chinook
• Had members from Oregon and Washington at the Columbia River
• Compact hearing testifying on spring Chinook seasons
• Met with the Safe for Salmon folks • Had a booth at the NW Sports -
man’s show and signed up lots of new members
• Had meetings in Salem with ODFW about Marine Reserves Legislation
• Held a conference call with ODFW and Sen. Atkinson regarding incu- bator boxes
That was one week in the life of
CCA Oregon. All over the state, all over the fishery issues.
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Marine reserves update The original plans for the groups
promoting marine reserves was to lock up permanently about 30 percent of Oregon’s nearshore waters. CCA Oregon committed to getting involved in the process and encouraging local communities to participate. Afew sites have been determined and approved by OPAC and ODFW amounting to about 5 percent of Oregon’s nearshore waters. Many sites were moved and adjusted to reduce impact on local sport and commercial fishers. CCA Oregon, worked with ODFW and legislators to form the legislation that will put into law these sites, deter- mine rules for funding, and work plans. Each one of these is a critical step where ground can be gained or lost. There have been some battles where
legislators had wanted to eliminate public oversight. CCA Oregon has suc- cessfully changed opinions and earned a seat at the table due to our consistent and reasonable voice advocating for our members and for sustainable fisheries. The results of these efforts will not be known until the end of the current legislative session, but it is a great example of local sport fishers standing up for their local fisheries.
Gill nets
Recently, CCA Oregon has com- pleted and approved small changes to a ballot initiative recommended during our internal legal review process. CCAOregon has joined a number of other fishing and conservation groups in supporting SB736, which eliminates gill nets from the main stem Columbia River. This bill is currently in the Oregon Senate and CCA Oregon has testified at the committee hearing in Salem. Our lobbyist is working closely with legisla- tors to encourage this and other efforts to reform harvest on the Columbia River.
SOUTH CAROLINA
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