Originally Posted By: eyeFISH


It's a balls out fishery targeting a magnum-sized coho run.

Chinook will be encountered during that BOCF. If the king is hatchery, this provision gives you the chance to keep one.

Basically the same way we are treating the nets.... target coho, encounter kings, release the wild ones, bonk the odd hatch fish.

Good for the goose, good for the gander....


Rec advisors argued long and hard to finally make this happen. Let's not as an angling community screw it up for future Satsop seasons. If we treat this opportunity with respect, not only will we have it in the Satsop for years to come, but we can also expand the same chinook "bycatch" philosophy to other waters where hatch kings are encountered... the bay, mainstem Chehalis, etc... whenever wild kings would otherwise be off limits.

As a staunch proponent of the AHFMD philosophy, I firmly believe this is the responsible direction we should be headed.
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