BAM, nailed this Washington Bonefish right out of the gate. What an amazing trophy…sooooo sick.
With such a disapointing strong start to the day, we expected to get into some coho. It was not to be as they were playing hard to get.
Co ‘ho ‘ho and Happy Holidays from DRYFT!
So what drives the ocean ecosystem and let’s salmon thrive and return in large numbers to support sport and commercial fishing? Forage fish of course play an important part in feeding salmon, but only if forage fish are available in adequate numbers. Forage fish are in danger from over harvest for use as bait, feed for fish farming operations (some reports say it takes 3 pounds of forage fish to grow one pound of farmed salmon), fertilizer, and more.
Read more about the problem and proposed solutions from the Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2018262940_guest23shively.html
It might seem crazy and backwards to think that a government is seriously considering rolling back environmental protections on fisheries and habitat, but that’s exactly what is being discussed in Canada. Osprey Steelhead News brings the issue to us here, and gives links to more information.
For every wader we sell we plant one tree along salmon and trout bearing streams.
