From: rpark@stam.QE.Bell.CA (Richard Park)
Subject: Re: SalmonRiver?
Reply-To: rpark@stam.bell.ca
Organization: CER, Bell Canada
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:18:45 GMT

In article <1a9nifINN194@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, Mark Conti writes:
|>   Ahhh the Salmon river! I once got my foot stuck in some roots to a
|> tree and was being swept by the water. No one would help for fear
|> of loosing their spot. 
|>  My co-worker watched a guy catch a Salmon. He left his spot for quite
|> a while. So my workmate step up to cast. Suddenly this angry Salmon crazed
|> fisherman procedes to argue that this is his spot. When my co-worker
|> wouldn't leave, the guy opened his coat to reveil a gun tucked inside
|> his belt. My friend said "Your going to shoot me over a fish"? My friend left. 
|>  One guy I know witnessed a man who had fallen in. He was being swept by
|> the fast waters along with his waders on, he could not get up. The people in fear
|> of loosing their spots, just raised their poles to let him by. Shock at this,
|> this guy went over and grabbed him and helped him out. 
|>  Many a crossed line with another fisherman has been politely cut
|> instead of untangled. Every year there are fights and very unsportsman
|> like conduct.
|>  Its an exciting river to fish. I don't want to put all the guys up there
|> in this catagory. I've met alot of great guys, but the others out weigh them.
|>  I haven't been up there for a couple of years. I live only 45 minutes away, but
|> have lost a desire to "fish" there. Is it still the same Jim? 
|>
I had thoughts of going down there but after what you just described, NO WAY!!!
Is this "attitude" due to legal snagging or just the nature of the people down
there? Do most of these people eat the chinooks ( they can't be all tasty once
in the river as well as being contaminated) which justifies thewm being so
'life and death" about catching fish? 

Up here, the Credit River has a big run of chinooks (20,000+) and is located
right in the city (sort of) and gets lots of fishing pressure. Most of the
people who catch fish are the knowledgeable ones who fish on a regular basis
and so are quite "polite". They are also the ones who congregate in the good
pools and it isn't too bad to fish among them. The problem occurs when you get
your once a year fisherman who casts his line across 4/5 anglers and fishes 
while someone calls "fish on" and then snags the fish on line thinking he also
has a fish. It is also funny to see them snag one and fight it thinking they
hooked one legally while the regulars usually can detect a snag and break 
the line so others can fish.

I've seen people yell at each other their views but never a fight.
I just try and take it in stride. I believe that my presentation seems to
be the most important thing when fishing in these conditions as I have many
a times landed 5/6 fish while others not one. They tend to be perplexed as
to what I am doing but I always believe that knowledge and being able to
judge where/how to get fish to hit are the key. They just think that I am
fishing the right spot so they "crowd" me but I just find another spot in
the pool to fish.

When I head north, it is not as crowded and the people are "friendlier"
but you also get idiots up there too. I try to fish away from these people.

  
   
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|> Mark Conti			

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Richard Park	
From: mike@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mike McNelly)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:00:59 GMT
Subject: Re: need information for fishing in USA parks
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA