North 40 Fly Shop eMagazine February 2016 | Page 40
Citizens are dynamiting
cutthroat and sein netting
spawners.
1906
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1932
The St. Maries newspaper
frequently reports catches of
7-9lbs taken from the St. Joe
River. Fishing trips are also
reporting 50-100 fish caught
ranging average size being
3-5lbs. Later examination of
these photos confirms that
these were cutthroat trout.
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1901-05
Ellis reports that there had
been a definite decline in
cutthroat trout in Coeur
d’Alene, and that trout are
rarely taken out of Harrison
Slough.
1913 & 1914
The trout bag limit is 20
pounds per day and 30 in
possession.