Coho Question

[Miss B Haven]

Then again, this is from David Johnsons last (10/5) post on t-bay:

"Also, be brushed up on your fish ID, there have bean a good number of people that have thought they had a chinook only to get to the dock with the biggest $300 coho they've ever caught." :shocked:

Can you spell "no white at all on the gum line"? [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]

[boo]

The original question asks "if fin-clipped coho can be kept". It is my understanding they can be kept if they're "fin-clipped".

[Miss B Haven]

Oops - you're right. [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img] Yes they can once inside the bay/river. Not in the Ocean out of t-bay (or anywhere else on at least the North Coast). [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]

Just goes to show you, read your own regs, don't trust anyone else (esp. me).

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/...ions/regs.html

Miss B,
The proper response is "D'oh!!!" :grin:

[Fishing freak]

Good question,

I talked to the game checker at Garibaldi yesterday and he said that clipped Coho's can be kept in the Bay up to tidewater?????? But were is the cut-off????????

[Miss B Haven]

From special updated regs:

"Tillamook Bay Inland of the tips of the jetties upstream to the Hwy. 101 bridges over the Trask and Wilson rivers and the Burton Bridge over the Tillamook River open for chinook Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 and adipose fin-clipped coho Aug. 1 - Oct. 31."
(the regular regs had the bay/tidewater closed for hatchery ho's the end of sept)
The regular regs also state that the Trask is OPEN for fin clipped Coho until Oct 31st (can't copy those PDF files) so I don't know why the checker talked about the cutoff at 101.

[blubeast]

With the frequently changing rules... wanted to know if fin-clipped coho can be retained in the coastal bays/rivers?

It appeared some were being kept in Tillamook last Friday... wanted to know if this was legal.

Thanks.

[Miss B Haven]

Nope - No fins allowed. You sure they were ho's, not smaller nooks?

[blubeast]

Thanks for the replies and correct info.