The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-04-28
WOULD STOP FISHING
FOR STEELHEAD HERE
New Game Laws Close Season OH
Nooksack from Nov. so to Apr. 15;
Dipping Doomed

cries and game changes the ruling
of the county game commissions, fish
ing for steelhead in the Nooksack
River is now thing of the past.
The new regulation of the county
game commissions make the open
season for game fish between April
Is and November so
Coincident with this announce
ment comes the forecast by Sam
Barrett, chairman of the Whatcom
County game commission, that the
use of the dip-net in the Nooksaek
River would undoubtedly be prohib-
tied by the state director of fisher
les and game.
The dual announcement will be
received with no small disappoint-
ment by the people of the Lynden
district, who have enjoyed the steel
head fishing, and who have been able
to bring home salmon or two by
the dip-net route during high-water
periods. The steelhead is the gamiest
fish of this section of the country,
I .
and sportsmen will regret seeing the
bar put up on angling for the big
fellows.
Scientists class the steelhead as
trout although the state officials have
put it in the salmon class because of
it's size, and permit it being handled
by the Gamers. This question of the
classification of the steelhead may
cause the state director of fisheries
and game to rescind the action of the
county game commissions, although
this is not considered likely.
"It is entirely probable that dip
netting in the river will be barred
by the state director" said Mr. Bar
rett today. "This practise has been
abused so much that as a conserve
tion measure the director is consid-
ering barring it altogether"
The following summary of the pro
posed new game laws, as drawn up
by the county game commissions,
subject to the approval of the state
lingham Herald:
Deer-Open season from October l
to 81. This was the same as before.
The bag limit as set by law is one
buck deer for the season.
Upland birds-Blue grouse and ma
tive pheasants, open season Septem-
ber 10 to 80. Whatcom and Skagit
county will give no open season on
these birds, however, and there will
be no hunting of them. This is be-
cause both are so scarce.
By there being no open season for
these. the hunting of deer before the
deer season opens under pretense of
shooting birds will not take place,
in this and Skagit counties.
Field Birds - Chinese pheasants,
Hungarian partridges and quail, No
vember 1 to Is. which is later than
the season was by one month. This
was put later by the commissioners
mbled for the Western Washing
ton conference on the ground that the
| farmers have not their crops in from
/ the field by a month earlier, that the
farmers then have no time to hunt,
but will have more time in the later
season, and because the birds have
been too young a month earlier. Also
hunters were inclined to tramp down
crops by hunting a month earlier,
while by the later season the crops
are largely in.
Bag Limit - The limit for Chinese
pheasants is two, while for quail and
Hungarian partridges it is five each.
This makes twelve birds for any one
day of these kinds, and ii will be a
violation of the game law to have
more than twelve birds in possession
at one time. That is, the game hog
is prevented from saying, when
caught with more birds than the bag
allows, that some were shot the day
before.
Fish The open season for all
game fish will be between April Is
and November go Game fish have
been classed as all those caught with
hook and line. This season is for all
lakes, streams, etc., and includes the
Nooksack.
Creel limit-Twenty-fiv game fish
in any one day and not more than
twenty pounds and one fish in one
day; or not more than thirty pounds
and one fish in any one week. The
difference between this regulation
and the former one is that the limit
for the day has been reduced"
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