Originally Posted By: Piper
Fact is, the recreational coho season in puget sound should not have been shut down based on one factor "poor ocean conditions"... for God sakes, keep it open in July for a normal coho/chinook season knowing full well the coho element in that fishery is almost exclusively resident Puget Sound fish that are not even affected by said "poor ocean conditions"... If the ocean returning run doesn't materialize in Canada or the Straights by August and September, then shut it the fvck down...

I'm not a fisheries scientist, but I stayed in a holiday inn express...


I wish there was a like button, but since there isn't.give the man.....a gold star!

Those resident fish were around in excellent numbers. We encountered exactly two wild coho before things got shut down.
Over the past years, I've tried to keep tabs on when we start encountering more wild fish. Based on my fishing and the others that I often fish with, that generally starts to occur the last week of August.
Point being, we should have had an opportunity to harvest hatchery coho at least up to the closure dates.
Less then 15 day till MA 9 opens again.

I'll shut up now on this subject now...since I could only afford to stay at a Motel 6. wink
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