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Oregon Officials Open Wild Coho Fisheries on Coast, Buoy 10 Closes Published 08/31/2010
On the Siletz River, the mainstem will be open from the mouth to Old Mill Park boat launch ( at RM 36). Coho fishing will be allowed September 1 to November 30, or until a quota of 400 fish has been caught. The limit is one adult wild Coho per day, and one for the season. On the Coquille River on the southern Oregon coast, fishing is open from the mouth to the Hwy 42S bridge (RM 25), from September 1 to November 30 or until a quota of 1, 200 fish has been caught. The limit is one adult wild Coho per day and five total for the entire season.
“The daily and seasonal bag limits for each individual lake or river are in aggregate with all wild coho fisheries in the Northwest and Southwest zones, including the long-standing coho fisheries in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes,” said the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in a press release.
Additional rules apply at Tenmile, Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes: anglers may fish only one rod when the wild coho fishery is open. Fishery biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife say they feel conditions have satisfactorily improved for the wild Coho salmon to allow this kind of fishing, even though the species is listed as threatened under federal law along the Oregon coast. Biologists maintain that a well monitored, conservative harvest by sport anglers will not greatly affect their populations and numbers in these areas.
It will remain open until December 31 for hatchery coho salmon and hatchery steelhead. Oregon and Washington fishery officials both agreed on the closure.
Although the total chinook catch was well below expectations, the allowable catch of wild tule chinook, which are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act, has already been exceeded. Given that, extending the chinook fishery at Buoy 10 may have resulted in less recreational fishing upstream of Tongue Point. For more rules and laws on fishing in Oregon, including licenses, see www.dfw.state.or.us
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