They maintain and operate the dams to this day. The mill closed in the late 1990s and in 2016 Industrial Harbor USA, LLC of Centralia, Wash., bought the site and the water rights to the two lakes. At the south end of each lake, giant pumps were installed to draw water and send it to Gardiner. IP owned the water rights to both Siltcoos and Tahkenitch and built dams on each in order to collect the water for use at the mill. At the time, that was nearly equal to the water needs of an average winter day for the entire city of Eugene. It was estimated at the time that the mill would guzzle some 8,500 gallons of water a minute. The plywood business was booming, and operations required a significant increase in water needs for the mill. In 1963, International Paper (IP) in Gardiner was one of the major employers in the area. Though numbers have remained stable since fishing was opened, most anglers on the two lakes agree that a few factors continue to hurt the coho habitat on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch. When fishing was allowed by Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries officials in 2003, it was the first time in 10 years that nonhatchery coho could be kept at Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes. Hatchery fish’ adipose is clipped before they are released to the wild, permanently marking them to indicate they are nonnative. Wild coho are identified by inspecting the fins and checking to see if the adipose fin is removed. 31, each angler may take one wild coho and one wild coho jack per day and no more than a total of five per year. Endangered Species Act as threatened and only since 2003 have rules been in place that allowed catching and keeping the fish from freshwater fisheries.įrom Oct. The coho, or silver salmon, is one of the five Pacific salmon species.
Siltcoos and Tahkenitch, along with Tenmile, about 45 miles south of Florence, are the major coho producing lakes on the Oregon Coast and the only three lakes in Oregon where fishing for wild coho salmon is legal.
18, 2021 - As the summer wanes and the tourists start to move on from most areas of the Oregon Coast, spots like Westlake Resort and Darlings on Siltcoos Lake look forward to the annual fall boost of visitors when wild coho season arrives on Oct. Updated: 1 year ago / Posted Sep 18, 2021
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