RevyFisher
Active Member
I've tried to find answer's as to why this year DFO opened Kamloops Lake, South Thompson River, Shuswap River and Mabel Lake per usual BUT have kept the Thompson River closed? My thought is that those salmon swimming up the Thompson are the exact same salmon as they're catching in Kamloops lake. Wondering if there's someone on here on an advisory committee or something that can chime in with why this decision?
My concern is that there may be no voice for those fishing the interior salmon like there is on the coast with the various sports fishing advisory boards and that the first nations may be steering the decisions since DFO has allowed a FN commercial chinook gillnet fishery in recent years in Kamloops lake and whether that has led to the closure of the Thompson chinook sport fishery this yr. Is there any interior groups one can join and be a part of like there is on the coast?
My concern is that there may be no voice for those fishing the interior salmon like there is on the coast with the various sports fishing advisory boards and that the first nations may be steering the decisions since DFO has allowed a FN commercial chinook gillnet fishery in recent years in Kamloops lake and whether that has led to the closure of the Thompson chinook sport fishery this yr. Is there any interior groups one can join and be a part of like there is on the coast?