CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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From Mount Rainier National Park:
Mount Rainier National Park Acting Superintendent Randy King advises that State Route 123 and State Route 410 over Cayuse Pass (north-south) will open to the public on Tuesday, May 12 at noon. This road has been closed since December 18. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) crews are finishing up spring snow removal operations and Mount Rainier staff is placing signs in preparation for the opening and the beginning of the 2009 visitor season. State Route 410 east over Chinook Pass remains closed. WSDOT crews continue to remove snow from this section of the road and anticipate it will open by Memorial Day weekend.
The state late Friday announced changes in rules regarding keeping spring chinook on the Lewis and Kalama rivers. The changes take effect today. Here are the rules, according to releases from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife:
Lewis River
Action: Lewis River anglers must release all spring chinook.
Effective dates by location: Today through July 31.
Location: Mainstem Lewis from mouth to mouth of East Fork; North Fork Lewis from mouth of East Fork to overhead powerlines below Merwin Dam
Reason for action: Pre-season, only 2,200 adult spring chinook were forecasted to return to the Lewis system this year. The hatchery adult sport daily limit was previously reduced to one fish under emergency regulation. To date, only a few dozen hatchery adult spring chinook have entered the traps on the Lewis. The hatchery escapement goal is 1,250. Based upon recent year return timing, the goal may not be met even with a reduced daily limit.
Other information: Creel sampling surveys have shown light catches and no evidence of large numbers of fish holding in the river. Hatchery returns will continue to be closely monitored.
Both the mainstem and North Fork Lewis remain open to fishing for hatchery steelhead.
Kalama River
Action: Kalama River anglers must release all spring chinook.
Effective dates: Today through July 31.
Location: From boundary markers at the mouth to the upper salmon hatchery.
Reason for action: Pre-season, only 900 adult spring chinook were forecasted to return to the Kalama River this year. The hatchery adult sport daily limit was previously reduced to one fish under emergency regulation.
Through May 6, just two hatchery adult spring chinook had returned to the salmon hatchery. The hatchery brood stock goal is 500 fish. Based upon recent year return timing, the goal may not be met even with a reduced daily limit.
Other information: Creel sampling surveys have shown light catches and no evidence of large numbers of fish holding in the river. Hatchery returns will continue to be closely monitored.
The lower Kalama remains open to the retention of hatchery steelhead.
From Clean Water Classic Operations and Logistics:
Over the weekend of May 15-17, Westport, WA will welcome back the Surfrider Foundation for this year’s 8th annual Clean Water Classic—the largest surf contest in the Pacific Northwest. The event is a benefit for the Pacific Northwest chapters of the Surfrider Foundation and in the past has been awarded the Surfrider Foundation Chapter Event of the Year. The Classic is proud to announce Global Surf Industries (GSI) as the returning main sponsor for 2009. GSI President Mark Kelly describes one of the new twists for the 2009 event: “GSI will be launching a wild new surfboard design at the CWC this year. The Meyerhoffer, by Modern, is a surfboard that has been designed in conjunction with world renowned designer Thomas Meyerhoffer.” Check the preliminary information out on the board at www.surfindustries.com/modern. Thomas will be attending the Classic and GSI will be running a one design competition using this board. “We are all looking forward to the event. This is the third year we have been the title sponsor and just love being immersed in the surfing community of the Pacific Northwest,” said Kelly.
