Want to make money fishing?

[kjackson]

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/outdoors/article270201357.html

 

They started this program after I moved away. Sigh. I could use a summer on the Columbia. Granted, it would be hard to ignore the walleye, smallmouth, steelhead and salmon fishing, but I could do it.

[Quillback]

I remember when they started up that program.  Seems like the top guys were making around $30K then.  No way I was driving 5 hours to catch those things for $5 each or whatever it was.  

So much money is spent on Columbia river salmon and steelhead restoration and it doesn't look to be making a difference.

[FishnDave]

They didn't mention it...but aren't Pikeminnows native to that river system?  And so have been living alongside the native trout and salmon species in the river for eons?   Don't young trout and salmon eat young pikeminnows?  And some of these pikeminnows they want removed have been caught, tagged, and released back into the river?  I understand that is one way to estimate the population size...but... 

[Quillback]

Yep, pikeminnow been are native to the system.  

[AR Huzgr]

Interesting.

I lived on the Columbia in '90/'91, but don't recall these being discussed where I was, but I was working so much wouldn't have been able to fish much for these.

I used to bank fish for smallmouths while everybody else was salmon fishing.