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Old 06-18-2011, 08:05 AM   #5
Edelweiss
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RE: Next big adventure - Desolation Sound

We've had pretty good luck with no lost gear,*fishing out of Anacortes*the last two or three years since they restricted pulling crab pots to daylight hours. *Yes, we leave our gear out overnight.
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But you will lose your gear using Clorox and antifreeze bottles or floating lines, not a good idea. They are expressly forbidden (even if painted the right colors) and WDFW (Fisheries) watches for them and will confiscate your gear when they find them.
*Their patrol boats are on our dock and we watch them come back in every night and unload the 15 - 20 confiscated pots. They throw all the floats (antifreeze bottles seems to be the most common) corks, lines and collapsible sport pots in the marina dumpsters.*(We are up there dumpster diving 2 minutes after they leave.) *
Sorry to*say that most of this gear is brand new, right out of the store and the fisherman probably didn't read the sport pamplet. *Also, several big rule changes this year, so read the fishing pamplet before you go. *It's also online now at the WDFW's website.*
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