A modest proposal

https://myodfw.com/articles/proposed-2019-coastal-fall-chinook-regulations

'could be worse...'

The thing I don't like about this is that there are already very few places to bank fish on either Elk or Sixes. There would be practically nothing left for the bank fisherman on those two.

The smith in California is going to get hammered over this.

If the Chinook runs are anywhere similar to last year, I'd feel damn lucky to get five keepers from the rivers this fall.

Sure hope that big hatchery coho run shows up in the ocean this summer!

'could be worse...'

Should be worse.

If the Chinook runs are anywhere similar to last year, I'd feel damn lucky to get five keepers from the rivers this fall.

Sure hope that big hatchery coho run shows up in the ocean this summer!

and some nice ocean conditions to make chasing those coho fun...

Honestly, with runs at the levels they are, it seems hard to justify any wild retention. A 5 wild limit would account for those that are caught while targeting hatchery fish and are injured in the process. A hard 5 fish limit would encourage more fish to be released by the heavy fisherman, while those that go out just once or twice with a guide don't have to go home empty handed.

I honestly can't decide where I stand on the proposal.  It doesn't change retention limits around me, but it does close some sensitive stretches of my local rivers - including a couple of areas that should have been closed to Chinook fishing years and years ago to protect the redds.

But when I really think about it, I can't help but remember a point INSAYN raised when the groundfish season closed early: if the fish are threatened by low numbers then cancel the season.  Halfway measures and pussyfooting around never does any good.

I have Grandkids clamoring for me to teach them how to fish (and no one better start laughing, dammit).  I think it would be great to watch them catch a salmon someday... but that means there must be salmon for them to catch.

I have Grandkids clamoring for me to teach them how to fish (and no one better start laughing, dammit).

Send them out with minnowmagnet.

my feeling from here on the central coast is that if this is adopted as proposed, it is likely to shift a good number of guide and private boats to the Umpqua (which has hatchery releases of chinook and coho, and keeps the 2 per day/20 per year regs for wild chinook and both hatchery salmon species), which could be very good news for the Siuslaw fall runs (there are no hatchery chinook or coho releases in the Siuslaw system, so 1 wild chinook per day is it).

Can someone explain this screwball syntax to me?

Non-selective Coho Season: Open Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and each Fri-Sun through earlier of Sept. 30 or 9,000 non mark selective coho quota

https://myodfw.com/recreation-report/fishing-report/marine-zone

Can someone explain this screwball syntax to me?

Non-selective Coho Season: Open Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and each Fri-Sun through earlier of Sept. 30 or 9,000 non mark selective coho quota

https://myodfw.com/recreation-report/fishing-report/marine-zone

I understand the regs here to be:

any ocean coho is open, best case:
Aug.31-Sept1
Sept. 6-8
Sept. 13-15
Sept. 20-22
Sept. 27-29

but only as long as the 9000 quota holds up (hopefully more if they roll over some from the selective coho season).  once the quota is gone, it closes.