LittleZoZo

I hear you, and I known what you are saying. You shouldn't feel all that bad about bonking a coho on the Cowlitz because they are all hatchery fish (fin or no fin). Like you said, you do what you got to do! I just didn't want people to think that they were allowed to bonk coho with attached adipose fins and then tell the game warden to kiss off! It's a stupid rule that we sport fishers need to change next year. We think alike on a lot of issues! I guess we both have that same "common sense" problem. . . you think?

Bodysurf:

You use Cowlitz Hatchery coho for the natural production. You can use the same hatchery stocks for both natural and hatchery production. There is absolutely no reason to separate the "natural production" of hatchery coho from the "hatchery production" of coho. They are one in the same, so why would you want to separate them?

WDFW should allow a harvest on both natural and hatchery coho in the Cowlitz River. If not, why do you feel that way?

Cowlitzfisherman