3 lakes (Siltcoos, Tahkenitch and Tenmile) are open for wild coho under permanent regulations and the run timing is in the order I listed, the runs are underway in the first two lakes.
There have been no updates or changes this year to the perm regs- Oct1-Dec31 you can retain 1 wild coho jack and 1 wild coho adult per day, provided you catch them in that order. 2-rod angling is canceled on these lakes during the coho season. You can put a grand total of 5 wild coho on your combined angling tag for the year from these lakes (this is called the Wild Coho Aggregate Bag Limit.)
NW and SW zone rules make it a violation to continue angling for trout or jack salmon after retaining a limit of salmon or steelhead. After tagging a wild coho, for the rest of that day, you can only continue to angle for other species (bass or perch), any trout, jack or adult cohos that you hook must be released, even handing that rod off would be a violation since you were disqualified from angling for trout or coho for the rest of that day. Retaining a jack coho yourself after tagging an adult coho is straight up poaching.
You cannot retain hatchery coho in Siltcoos or Tahk because they are not open for chinook or steelhead (NW zone regs) but I have never heard of a clipped coho being caught in either of these lakes. A steelhead that wanders in becomes a large rainbow in these 2 lakes and can be retained as part of the :"5 trout with only 1 over 20 inches" limit.
You can retain hatchery coho in Tenmile lakes because they are open for hatchery steelhead all year (3 per day) but that also means that rainbows in the lake over 16" are considered steelhead (SW Zone rules) and unless they are clipped (and legal to retain and tag as a hatchery steelhead), they need to be released.
cheers, roger
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19.5" Tahk coho jack
