Yellowbear - that was my fault - I didn't ask for specific numbers, just species! I will make another contact and see if I can get that posted Tuesday. It did sound like it would take time for that fishery to get going again. My understanding is they stocked various sizes.
Anglin - let me find out about the smallmouth bass question.
Reindawgs - no problem! I am glad to be a resource for you guys!!
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Inland Fish Program - WDFW
Region 5 - Vancouver, WA
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Region 5 - Vancouver, WA
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Okay - no smallmouth bass into Sprague! I think I was rattling off the species from the email I got and accidentally added the SMB, sorry about that!
As far as the actual numbers, I'll get those as soon as they are passed on to me, however, there were mixed year classes into to promote spawning every year.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
stace
As far as the actual numbers, I'll get those as soon as they are passed on to me, however, there were mixed year classes into to promote spawning every year.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
stace
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Region 5 - Vancouver, WA
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks for the info Anglingarcher.
I kind of thought about a trip or two myself.
I have several buds that have been fishing Sprague but are only seeing Trout.
I kind of thought about a trip or two myself.
I have several buds that have been fishing Sprague but are only seeing Trout.
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Good luck and be safe
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Good luck and be safe
RE:WDFW Q & A Thread - Questions for Stacie Kelsey, WDFW
Sprague Lake search: Rehab project finally kicks in
By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review (October 30, 2010)
SPRAGUE -- Three years after Washington's largest fisheries rehabilitation project, Sprague Lake is just barely kicking into gear.
As predicted. The annual fall fisheries survey was conducted at the end of September in the lake's notoriously fertile waters spanning the Adams-Lincoln county line.
Results left Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologists confident that bluegills, crappie, channel catfish and largemouth bass are still young but prospering.
"It just takes time with warmwater fisheries," said Chris Donley, district fish biologist in Spokane.
Meanwhile, surveyors using gillnets and electro-shocking boats also proved the lake holds good numbers of beefy rainbow trout, some of which are bigger than the steelhead anglers are traveling to catch in the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Unfortunately, an unusually persistent algae bloom infesting Sprague Lake has made fishing difficult for weeks.
"We closed for the year in mid-August because the water was so murky and low this summer and nobody was coming out," said Scott Haugen of Four Seasons Campground on the lake's northwest shore.
"This lake is so productive, you have to expect algae blooms," Donley said, noting that the first good frost of autumn would start clearing the lake and fall fishing should be good.
In the meantime, the Sprague Lake fishery is slowly maturing into what state biologists expect to be a standout attraction beyond the chance to catch huge rainbows.
The lake's restart button was pushed in the fall of 2007.
In a massive project, Fish and Wildlife Department workers treated the 1,800-surface-acre lake with rotenone to kill the existing fishery, which was terribly out of balance with carp, stunted panfish and uncooperative walleyes that few anglers could hook.
To lure anglers back, large triploid trout were stocked the next spring along with the first of the fry plants to provide trout fishing for several years.
In 2009, more than 500,000 trout of various sizes had been released into the lake to grow like feeder pigs on Sprague's annual bumper crop of aquatic insects, particularly chironomids.
But the plan from the beginning has been to establish a standout warmwater fishery for panfish and bass.
State biologists collected about 4,000 black crappie and at least 60 channel catfish from Sprague Lake before the 2007 fall treatment so the fish could be returned to the lake. These fish plus adult largemouth bass and bluegills captured from other lakes were released into Sprague in the spring of 2008 so they'd have a chance to pull off the first post-rehab spawn.
Juvenile warmwater fish species from the Columbia Basin's Meseberg Hatchery -- about 40,000 bluegill fry and 10,000 adults, 14,000 largemouth bass and 2,000 crappie -- also were stocked.
"I'm not sure we had a spawn that first year, but we did in 2009," Donley said.
Donley, Bruce Bolding, the state's warmwater fisheries program manager from Olympia; and warmwater fisheries specialist Marc Divens went out on the lake recently to collect fish data.
Divens would record all the data, fish by fish, including those that were barely 2 inches long.
The men handled the fish with the skill of professionals and the kid-like curiosity that lured them into the profession.
But it was a few small bluegills of different sizes scooped up by the nets that finally made Donley smile.
"Aha, that's what I want to see," he said, sorting them out in his tray. "This means bluegills spawned not once but multiple times this year. Now we're talking."
"Mark it on your calendar," Divens said, looking up from his clipboard. "The summer of 2013 should be great fishing for bluegill in Sprague Lake."
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/3 ... z1CBBa0fBT
By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review (October 30, 2010)
SPRAGUE -- Three years after Washington's largest fisheries rehabilitation project, Sprague Lake is just barely kicking into gear.
As predicted. The annual fall fisheries survey was conducted at the end of September in the lake's notoriously fertile waters spanning the Adams-Lincoln county line.
Results left Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologists confident that bluegills, crappie, channel catfish and largemouth bass are still young but prospering.
"It just takes time with warmwater fisheries," said Chris Donley, district fish biologist in Spokane.
Meanwhile, surveyors using gillnets and electro-shocking boats also proved the lake holds good numbers of beefy rainbow trout, some of which are bigger than the steelhead anglers are traveling to catch in the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Unfortunately, an unusually persistent algae bloom infesting Sprague Lake has made fishing difficult for weeks.
"We closed for the year in mid-August because the water was so murky and low this summer and nobody was coming out," said Scott Haugen of Four Seasons Campground on the lake's northwest shore.
"This lake is so productive, you have to expect algae blooms," Donley said, noting that the first good frost of autumn would start clearing the lake and fall fishing should be good.
In the meantime, the Sprague Lake fishery is slowly maturing into what state biologists expect to be a standout attraction beyond the chance to catch huge rainbows.
The lake's restart button was pushed in the fall of 2007.
In a massive project, Fish and Wildlife Department workers treated the 1,800-surface-acre lake with rotenone to kill the existing fishery, which was terribly out of balance with carp, stunted panfish and uncooperative walleyes that few anglers could hook.
To lure anglers back, large triploid trout were stocked the next spring along with the first of the fry plants to provide trout fishing for several years.
In 2009, more than 500,000 trout of various sizes had been released into the lake to grow like feeder pigs on Sprague's annual bumper crop of aquatic insects, particularly chironomids.
But the plan from the beginning has been to establish a standout warmwater fishery for panfish and bass.
State biologists collected about 4,000 black crappie and at least 60 channel catfish from Sprague Lake before the 2007 fall treatment so the fish could be returned to the lake. These fish plus adult largemouth bass and bluegills captured from other lakes were released into Sprague in the spring of 2008 so they'd have a chance to pull off the first post-rehab spawn.
Juvenile warmwater fish species from the Columbia Basin's Meseberg Hatchery -- about 40,000 bluegill fry and 10,000 adults, 14,000 largemouth bass and 2,000 crappie -- also were stocked.
"I'm not sure we had a spawn that first year, but we did in 2009," Donley said.
Donley, Bruce Bolding, the state's warmwater fisheries program manager from Olympia; and warmwater fisheries specialist Marc Divens went out on the lake recently to collect fish data.
Divens would record all the data, fish by fish, including those that were barely 2 inches long.
The men handled the fish with the skill of professionals and the kid-like curiosity that lured them into the profession.
But it was a few small bluegills of different sizes scooped up by the nets that finally made Donley smile.
"Aha, that's what I want to see," he said, sorting them out in his tray. "This means bluegills spawned not once but multiple times this year. Now we're talking."
"Mark it on your calendar," Divens said, looking up from his clipboard. "The summer of 2013 should be great fishing for bluegill in Sprague Lake."
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/3 ... z1CBBa0fBT
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RE:WDFW Q & A Thread - Questions for Stacie Kelsey, WDFW
Thanks! Great info!
For my southwest Washington anglers - or anyone that wants to come fish for nice big awesome trout in this area, the winter catchable list is now online.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/plants/region5/
Fish ON!
Also, reports of the first couple of springers have made their way into the Columbia!
For my southwest Washington anglers - or anyone that wants to come fish for nice big awesome trout in this area, the winter catchable list is now online.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/plants/region5/
Fish ON!
Also, reports of the first couple of springers have made their way into the Columbia!
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Salmon Ocean Condition info you might like to read about:
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/ ... -flip-coin
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/ ... -flip-coin
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FYI - Smelt!
from our salmon bio:
Just a heads up that we are getting reports of smelt in the Cowlitz River and some of the other tributaries. Below is a link to video supposedly shot February 1 on the Cowlitz that is getting a lot of play on youtube.com.
Please remember in Washington, all freshwater (including the mainstem Columbia and tributaries)and saltwater areas are closed to fishing for eulachon (Columbia River smelt).
2RuHfdmAR24
from our salmon bio:
Just a heads up that we are getting reports of smelt in the Cowlitz River and some of the other tributaries. Below is a link to video supposedly shot February 1 on the Cowlitz that is getting a lot of play on youtube.com.
Please remember in Washington, all freshwater (including the mainstem Columbia and tributaries)and saltwater areas are closed to fishing for eulachon (Columbia River smelt).
2RuHfdmAR24
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FYI - Warmwater Fisheries in Oregon
Oregon House Bill for prohibiting protection of non-native fish. This would affect warmwater fisheries in Oregon if passed. I believe this hearing is today.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/mea...2632.intro.pdf
Oregon House Bill for prohibiting protection of non-native fish. This would affect warmwater fisheries in Oregon if passed. I believe this hearing is today.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/mea...2632.intro.pdf
Inland Fish Program - WDFW
Region 5 - Vancouver, WA
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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RE:WDFW Q & A Thread - Questions for Stacie Kelsey, WDFW
This would open a can of worms that could/would stink up management for years and years to come.Stacie Kelsey wrote:FYI - Warmwater Fisheries in Oregon
Oregon House Bill for prohibiting protection of non-native fish. This would affect warmwater fisheries in Oregon if passed. I believe this hearing is today.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/mea...2632.intro.pdf
Sorry, but I propose that Oregon be declared a hostile neighbor.
Too much water, so many fish, too little time.
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Stacie's link to a pdf is for some reason bad. Here is the bill:
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Thanks for fixing that! Not sure what happened to the original link.
stace
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FYI - Sturgeon Rule Change Columbia River
FISHING RULE CHANGE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
February 10, 2011
Release of sport-caught sturgeon between
Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam
Action: The sport fishery for white sturgeon between Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River will close to retention.
Effective date: 12:01 a.m., Feb. 19 through Dec. 31, 2011.
Species affected: White sturgeon
Location: The Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam.
Reason for action: The closure date for retention of sturgeon was adopted because Washington and Oregon fish managers estimate that the harvest guideline of 2,000 fish will be reached on Feb. 18, 2011.
Other information: Catch-and-release fishing for sturgeon will still be allowed between Bonneville and The Dalles dams. The section of the Columbia River and tributaries between The Dalles Dam and McNary Dam remain open to sturgeon retention until respective harvest guidelines for each reservoir are reached. The spawning sanctuaries from the Highway 395/I-82 bridge upstream to McNary Dam and from the Rufus grain elevator upstream to John Day Dam will be closed to all sturgeon fishing May 1 through July 31.
Information contact: Dennis Gilliland, (360) 906-6733.
Fishers must have a current Washington fishing license. Check the current WDFW “Fishing in Washington” rules pamphlet or the Fishing section of the WDFW webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/ for details on fishing seasons and regulations. Fishing regulations are subject to change. Check the WDFW Fishing hotline for the latest rule information at (360) 902-2500; press 2 for recreational rules; call the Shellfish Rule Change hotline, (360) 796-3215, or toll free 1 (866) 880-5431.
FISHING RULE CHANGE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
February 10, 2011
Release of sport-caught sturgeon between
Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam
Action: The sport fishery for white sturgeon between Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River will close to retention.
Effective date: 12:01 a.m., Feb. 19 through Dec. 31, 2011.
Species affected: White sturgeon
Location: The Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam.
Reason for action: The closure date for retention of sturgeon was adopted because Washington and Oregon fish managers estimate that the harvest guideline of 2,000 fish will be reached on Feb. 18, 2011.
Other information: Catch-and-release fishing for sturgeon will still be allowed between Bonneville and The Dalles dams. The section of the Columbia River and tributaries between The Dalles Dam and McNary Dam remain open to sturgeon retention until respective harvest guidelines for each reservoir are reached. The spawning sanctuaries from the Highway 395/I-82 bridge upstream to McNary Dam and from the Rufus grain elevator upstream to John Day Dam will be closed to all sturgeon fishing May 1 through July 31.
Information contact: Dennis Gilliland, (360) 906-6733.
Fishers must have a current Washington fishing license. Check the current WDFW “Fishing in Washington” rules pamphlet or the Fishing section of the WDFW webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/ for details on fishing seasons and regulations. Fishing regulations are subject to change. Check the WDFW Fishing hotline for the latest rule information at (360) 902-2500; press 2 for recreational rules; call the Shellfish Rule Change hotline, (360) 796-3215, or toll free 1 (866) 880-5431.
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Nice chubby fish stocked in Horseshoe Lake!
Rainbow 320 0.60 Goldendale Brood stock @ 1.6 lbs each
Happy fishiing guys!!
stace
Rainbow 320 0.60 Goldendale Brood stock @ 1.6 lbs each
Happy fishiing guys!!
stace
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Region 5 - Vancouver, WA
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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RE:WDFW Q & A Thread - Questions for Stacie Kelsey, WDFW
LOL - what county?Stacie Kelsey wrote:Nice chubby fish stocked in Horseshoe Lake!
Rainbow 320 0.60 Goldendale Brood stock @ 1.6 lbs each
Happy fishiing guys!!
stace
There are Seven Horseshoe lakes in Washington, and these are just the ones listed on WashingtonLakes.com.
Too much water, so many fish, too little time.
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RE:WDFW Q & A Thread - Questions for Stacie Kelsey, WDFW
Stacie Kelsey wrote:FYI - Sturgeon Rule Change Columbia River
FISHING RULE CHANGE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
February 10, 2011
Release of sport-caught sturgeon between
Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam
Action: The sport fishery for white sturgeon between Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River will close to retention.
Effective date: 12:01 a.m., Feb. 19 through Dec. 31, 2011.
Species affected: White sturgeon
Location: The Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam.
Reason for action: The closure date for retention of sturgeon was adopted because Washington and Oregon fish managers estimate that the harvest guideline of 2,000 fish will be reached on Feb. 18, 2011.
Other information: Catch-and-release fishing for sturgeon will still be allowed between Bonneville and The Dalles dams. The section of the Columbia River and tributaries between The Dalles Dam and McNary Dam remain open to sturgeon retention until respective harvest guidelines for each reservoir are reached. The spawning sanctuaries from the Highway 395/I-82 bridge upstream to McNary Dam and from the Rufus grain elevator upstream to John Day Dam will be closed to all sturgeon fishing May 1 through July 31.
Information contact: Dennis Gilliland, (360) 906-6733.
Fishers must have a current Washington fishing license. Check the current WDFW “Fishing in Washington” rules pamphlet or the Fishing section of the WDFW webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/ for details on fishing seasons and regulations. Fishing regulations are subject to change. Check the WDFW Fishing hotline for the latest rule information at (360) 902-2500]
The Sea Lions are eating hundreds of sturgeon at the base of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Some of the lions stay there year around. The WDFW has permission to kill 85 animals:scratch: per year. Why are they not doing it.
A nice bass is too valuable a resource to enjoy catching only once.
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I want to hear the answer to the last question from Bob myself. Talk about a non-native species impacting our fisheries and management!:ncool:
Next question, Sprague lake rules read the following: CLOSED WATERS - those waters of Cow Creek and the marsh at the SW end of the lake from the lakeside edge of the reeds to Danekas Rd. the small bay at the SE end of the lake, and those waters within 50' of Harper Island.
What is the reason for this? It can't be to protect waterfowl because even if this was a primary spot, which it is not, then the rules should allow some fishing later in the season. Oct. 1-April 30: those waters SW of the SW tip of Harper Island closed to fishing.
IF this lake is really suppose to become the "great warm water" lake, then why disallow fishing in the best structure in the lake? Note, this rule, in some form or another, seems to have been there for years.
Next question, Sprague lake rules read the following: CLOSED WATERS - those waters of Cow Creek and the marsh at the SW end of the lake from the lakeside edge of the reeds to Danekas Rd. the small bay at the SE end of the lake, and those waters within 50' of Harper Island.
What is the reason for this? It can't be to protect waterfowl because even if this was a primary spot, which it is not, then the rules should allow some fishing later in the season. Oct. 1-April 30: those waters SW of the SW tip of Harper Island closed to fishing.
IF this lake is really suppose to become the "great warm water" lake, then why disallow fishing in the best structure in the lake? Note, this rule, in some form or another, seems to have been there for years.
Too much water, so many fish, too little time.
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I think alot of us are interested in the answer to that one.Bob Johansen wrote:The Sea Lions are eating hundreds of sturgeon at the base of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Some of the lions stay there year around. The WDFW has permission to kill 85 animals:scratch: per year. Why are they not doing it.
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Just and FYI - when I post stocking information it will always be for Region 5 which is the following counties:Anglinarcher wrote:LOL - what county?Stacie Kelsey wrote:Nice chubby fish stocked in Horseshoe Lake!
Rainbow 320 0.60 Goldendale Brood stock @ 1.6 lbs each
Happy fishiing guys!!
stace
There are Seven Horseshoe lakes in Washington, and these are just the ones listed on WashingtonLakes.com.
Clark
Cowlitz
Lewis
Klickitat
Skamania
Wahkiakum
stace
Inland Fish Program - WDFW
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There are groups that block our ability to do this. I don't know the specifics on the court involvement.Bob Johansen wrote: The Sea Lions are eating hundreds of sturgeon at the base of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia. Some of the lions stay there year around. The WDFW has permission to kill 85 animals:scratch: per year. Why are they not doing it.
I will find out the Sprague lake question for you. I just got finished with a very cool two day warmwater conference hosted by the Kalispel Indian Tribe. There were folks from B.C., Idaho, Utah, Montana, Oregon and our own Agency. Lots of great warmwater issues covered. Gave me some great ideas for warmwater enhancements and creel projects for our region.
I'll be back in the office on Tuesday and try to get the other question answered for you.
stace
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Haven't received a reply yet regarding Sprague. I'll send another email out. Just wanted to keep you updated.
stace
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