(KAI WIKSTROM)Ī notice filed this week by the Muckleshoot Tribe provides some details on the effort, including that netting began yesterday and will close this Friday, then recur Mondays through Fridays. LOCAL BASS ANGLER KAI WIKSTROM MADE THIS MAP OF GILLNET SETS DEPLOYED ON LAKE WASHINGTON BETWEEN MERCER ISLAND AND NEWPORT SHORES. and among the top 100 in the country, according to Bassmaster magazine.

Meanwhile, in a week and a half, a Washington Bass Association tournament is planned on Lake Washington, which at one time was ranked as the 16th best bass water in the Western U.S. In spring 2019, when similar nets were placed in Lake Sammamish, residents raised concerns about the safety of swimmers and in one particular case, being able to use their boat given the placement of a buoy right next to a dock. Gill nets destroy everything they touch, and will undoubtedly snag anything that swims by them, including many fish species, bird species, turtles, frogs, beavers, and everything else in the Lake Washington ecosystem. “These nets need to be removed immediately, and will have an adverse effect on not only the fishery, but the ecosystem itself.

After doing a quick run from Newport to Coleman Point, I found over 15 gill nets, just in that stretch,” wrote Kai Wikstrom in a post yesterday evening. “These gill nets are a hundred yards long, and strategically placed in areas with high fish traffic. BRIGHT ORANGE BUOYS MARK A MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE NET IN THE EAST CHANNEL OF LAKE WASHINGTON.

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