Bomb found in Wilson River

10-12-2005, 05:08 PM

Can you believe this!?!?!?

Wilson River bomb found

dejawho75 · 10-12-2005, 05:24 PM

Put's the word "Combat" fishing into perspective :smile:

Jettin' Fool · 10-12-2005, 05:25 PM

What a joke

fish_on · 10-12-2005, 05:28 PM

this is the new commercial fishing gear, nets have been found to be too inefficent.

Bait Bucket · 10-12-2005, 05:41 PM

It�s a very effective way to kill fish. Out of necessity, I have done it myself in at least one Southeast Asian country. I certainly hope they can catch the people who did this on the Wilson. I suspect the culprits were waiting on a good rain and some fall salmon.

10-12-2005, 06:17 PM

That's too far up on the river to find salmon in good shape. I suspect they were after the summer steelhead that are in those deep holes high up

Apparently the bomb was a dud

Striper Club · 10-12-2005, 06:29 PM

That is a pretty popular hole--I am glad that it was removed without incident. Also, I agree with Stew here--I really doubt many (if any) fresh fish are up that high. Then again, poachers are not often what one would call intelligent, by any means.

With this kind of sabotage plus last year's Sandy sabotage (the spikes that were anchored on rocks to tear up boats and rafts (and people)), it is a wonder that nobody has been seriously hurt or killed.

Hopefully, this will keep the honest people more wary of shifty characters.

Amerman · 10-12-2005, 06:55 PM

My dad and I did dive counts on the Wilson for the ODFW a few years ago and found a pipe bomb in one of the hole up river that year too.

People see all the Springers summering over up there and figure they will try to TNT thing. Its too sad.

Salmo Gairdnerii · 10-13-2005, 05:36 AM

Wouldn't it be sweet justice if some snagger went to that hole, "flossed" the item to the bank, and I guess everyone can figure out the rest of this story if the item turned out not to be a dud after all. Hopefuuly, there wouldn't be any innocent bystanders near by went it went off. I guess we could hope for early detonaton by the perpetrator as well.

First Bite · 10-13-2005, 07:22 AM

Why bomb a hole for a half dozen hatchery steelhead. C'mon....

reeldick · 10-13-2005, 07:30 AM

Sounds more like an out of the way place to dump the thing.

Alabama Redneck · 10-13-2005, 08:11 AM

What ever the reason it is a sad day. I was fishing in that area last week. Why do people feel necessary to go to these measures? I love to eatfish as well as the next guy but thats not the way to do it.

lilnorthfork · 10-13-2005, 08:16 AM

Granted, it can be mighty frustrating to see all those non-biters dodging your bait. :grin:
Seriously, that news is sad but not surprising. Someone told me that a bunch of years ago someone put a net in there and cleaned out the hole; one day, 15 or so steelhead, the next day... nothing. :depressed:
lnf

steel_beaver · 10-13-2005, 09:39 AM

Poachers are really not that intelligent at all... back at home, TNT was a popular way to fish

(no law enforcement). But it is very ineffective becasue most of the fish sink to the bottom of the river/lake due to their intestins being destroyed by the shockwave (you know how gutted fish sink...thats what happens).
So the "bombers" blow up the TNT and wait in the rapid bellow for the floaters, but they only get about less than 10% of the dead fish... the rest rots on the bottom

Needless to say the fishing back at home was not very hot for a few years. A friend of mine went home this summer and said everything has changed now. Law enforcement is back and there are no more gill nets, no more bombs, etc... The fish have rebounded and things are getting better.
Idiot and poacher should be synonimus

S_B

andy-ap emerger · 10-13-2005, 10:42 AM

Thank goodness there were no kids or swimmers to have accidently "found" that thing. Too d### sad.

good grief

AP