Regulation clarification

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pacificangler1206
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Regulation clarification

Post by pacificangler1206 » Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:59 pm

Looking at the Regs for the green and Puyallup I’m seeing that there is either a two or three fish adult limit, and you have to release wild Kings. However, I am confused on wether you’re allowed to keep Wild coho. Saw a few being taken home today by other anglers on the Puyallup and it just seemed wrong. The regs don’t state anything about releasing wild coho, so can you keep them?

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Re: Regulation clarification

Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:32 pm

Wild coho are legal for retention in both the Green and Puy.

If the regs don't say anything about releasing wild coho in a specific body of water, then they are legal to retain (assuming that you meet other requirements, like minimum size limit, possession/daily limits and that the body of water is actually open for salmon fishing)

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