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by Rich McVey » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:45 am
Stacie Kelsey wrote:The season is first Monday in May - October 31. You'll want to bring some sort of system to weigh because you can be sure that if you checked the Officer will have a way to weigh them.
Stacie, if there is
no limit on NON natives, why is there a season for them?
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by G-Man » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:57 pm
Rich McVey wrote:Stacie Kelsey wrote:The season is first Monday in May - October 31. You'll want to bring some sort of system to weigh because you can be sure that if you checked the Officer will have a way to weigh them.
Stacie, if there is
no limit on NON natives, why is there a season for them?
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Because they know darn well that some folks will abuse the system and keep everything they catch, native or not.
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by Stacie Kelsey » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:08 pm
G Man has the gist of it.
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by Rich McVey » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:35 pm
K, Thanks.
Was just wondering if there was more to it than that.
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by G-Man » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:19 pm
Rich,
I suspect it also has something to do with the breeding cycle of our native crayfish. Mating occurs in fall and females hang onto the eggs through the winter until they hatch in the spring.
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by 'OL GREY DOG » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:01 pm
hey Stace...did some research and didnt come up with much... are there lakes where there are infestations of "exotic/non native" mud bugs???..where i guy(person) could take his traps fish'n with him and TARGET the exotics and C&R all the wilds/natives?...are there reports/studies that i missed in my search..thnx again...DOG
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by G-Man » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:20 pm
Dog - there is one lake in particular that has a problem with the non-native crayfish and it is Pine Lake in Issaquah. As Pine Lake is so close to Lake Sammamish I doubt it will be long before we see them in high numbers throughout the Lake Washington system.
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by fullstringer98 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:37 pm
Has any one out there actually caught any at pine lake, I live in redmond and am goin in the next few weeks. Any locations on the lake or tips would be very appreciated.
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by fishingmachine » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:17 pm
UW does studys there every year. I have caught plenty diving below the public dock. Are you going to be in a boat or shore bound.
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by fullstringer98 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:41 pm
We have a aluminum 12 ft boat, but our trolling motor isnt workin so i will probably take my float tube, you can go pretty much anywhere you can with a boat, maybe not distance wie. by the way how exactly do you dive for them, snorkel, what do you use?[huh]
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by fishingmachine » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:42 pm
well craw season doesnt open till may 1st i believe.
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by fullstringer98 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:50 pm
May 2, the first monday of may.
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by ingi » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:51 pm
I'm pretty sure they are pretty thick in lake Stevens, my dads place is at the southside of the lake and I have never put a pot out, but we would go flip rocks and almost all the bigger rocks (6in. Or bigger) there would be crawfish under
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by fishingmachine » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:55 pm
well for pine the best ive done was off the dock diving.
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by fullstringer98 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:37 am
how deep is it and do u just use goggles or something else to catch em?
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by fishingmachine » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:45 am
its pretty deep. idk the exact depth but deeper then 10ft and i just use goggles and pick em up with my hand.
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by fullstringer98 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:08 am
ILL probably stick to a trap, i tried diving around 9 feet lasy year and I barely got up with breath, I havent really ever dove for anything.
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by fishingmachine » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:11 am
ive had my best luck with a trap leaving it overnight.
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by fullstringer98 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:12 am
I have triedleaving pots in lake washington and the sammamish slough with no luck, frozen salmon trimmings used as bait.
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by 'OL GREY DOG » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:34 pm
'OL GREY DOG wrote:hey Stace...did some research and didnt come up with much... are there lakes where there are infestations of "exotic/non native" mud bugs???..where i guy(person) could take his traps fish'n with him and TARGET the exotics and C&R all the wilds/natives?...are there reports/studies that i missed in my search..thnx again...DOG
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