Job opportunity - Make $164,000 (in 5 months) as a pikeminnow fisherman

[Quillback]

Not bad.

Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery

WDFW recently posted a news release on the 2024 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery program. As reported by WDFW, in 2024 "the top-twenty anglers caught an average of 4,677 fish per angler and averaged reward payments of $47,286 each for the 5 month season. The highest paid angler earned $164,260..."   As we've reported in the past, this fishery continues to be significantly more economically viable than the non-tribal mainstem gillnet fishery in the lower Columbia River and it is even more conservation friendly! Fascinating that fisheries managers point to "economics" as the main (and really only) reason for keeping non-selective gillnets in the mainstem Columbia River!

[dan hufferd]

I bet the boat ramp, cafe, and the tackle store is full everyday. 

[Quillback]

I checked out the payout, $6 per fish for the first 25, then $8 per fish until you hit 100, then $10 per fish after that.

[Ham]

Heck, I’d just like to catch some without a cash reward.