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Washington Removes Catch Limits for Some Salmon Predators by Bill Rudolph NW Fishletter, March 7, 2013

Washington's fish and wildlife commissioners have voted to remove the daily catch limits for channel catfish and the daily catch and size limits for bass and walleye in parts of the Columbia and Snake rivers and their tributaries to help recovery efforts focused on ESA-listed salmonids.

The commission also increased the daily catch limit for walleye from eight to 16 fish in Lake Roosevelt and a portion of the Spokane River, hoping to bring the walleye population back into balance with other fish populations, improving the quality of the fisheries. That part of the Spokane River will be open to the harvest of walleye year round.

Another new rule that takes effect May 1 will limit anglers to one white sturgeon per year in Washington's waters. Starting Jan. 1, 2014, the new rule will also require anglers to release all white sturgeon in the lower Columbia River below Bonneville Dam, the Washington coast, Puget Sound and their tributaries. But catch-and-release fishing for the species will be allowed in those areas. The rule is designed to address ongoing concerns about declines in the lower Columbia River white sturgeon population.

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Columbia River Ranks as a Top Bass Fisheries by Eric Barker, Lewiston Tribune, 4/30/12