Originally posted by Summanus
A little off the main Baja - how much for fish? - topic, but this story about selling fish in the states comes to mind.
A couple years ago we were RV-camping on the Columbia River in Oregon..between the Snake and Yakima Rivers.
We got to talking with some retired regulars who told us they were fishng for a 'bounty' fish called a squawfish. Seems this is a rough fish that
got introduced to the river system from another place and was wrecking havoc on the native populations of trout, salmon, etc. Squawfish, I believe,
are originally from some large river systems like the Colorado, Rio Grande, etc...and can grow to 6 feet, although the norm in the Columbia is quite
smaller, so we were told.
These fellows were getting..I believe about 5 or 10 dollars per fish bounty paid by the Game & Fish Dept. Hey...not a bad way to help pay for
your fishing. I have to get back there and find out how to catch them! |