Non-Fly Coho 2026
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speedbird
Life of the Party
I’ve been doing pretty decent this year, just haven’t been posting. Area 9 has treated me much better than 10. I caught a nice 5.5 cookie cutter out there yesterday but besides that it’s just been resis every time I’ve fished. Today was different. For starters I fished a brads wiggler for the first time. First fish on the boat came from that surface rod and it stayed good till 9:30 or so.
area 9 was 3 hatchery fish for 12 wilds. Among those wilds was the biggest coho I have ever seen, let alone caught.
My buddies are insisting it was 12-13 at best. Having caught a 10lber some years back, I honestly think 12-15 is a realistic range for how big it could’ve been. Unfortunately, we will never know. The picture does not get a good angle as we were rushing to get him back in the water without dropping him. (He was in the boat since I missed the fin) I could’ve lied about catching him in 8-2 or 10 and honestly no one would’ve been any the wiser. But instead today became the day I threw a derby winner back.
After this fellow was released we headed down to Edmonds and finished our limit with 3 resis.
Another wild too pretty to not share from area 9. Solid 6-8lber but he fought like hell.
area 9 was 3 hatchery fish for 12 wilds. Among those wilds was the biggest coho I have ever seen, let alone caught.
My buddies are insisting it was 12-13 at best. Having caught a 10lber some years back, I honestly think 12-15 is a realistic range for how big it could’ve been. Unfortunately, we will never know. The picture does not get a good angle as we were rushing to get him back in the water without dropping him. (He was in the boat since I missed the fin) I could’ve lied about catching him in 8-2 or 10 and honestly no one would’ve been any the wiser. But instead today became the day I threw a derby winner back.
After this fellow was released we headed down to Edmonds and finished our limit with 3 resis.
Another wild too pretty to not share from area 9. Solid 6-8lber but he fought like hell.
speedbird
Life of the Party
Thoughts on where the big boys bleeding was coming from? A lot of people are saying the gills but I did not see any blood coming from the gill openings while I got him back in the water. I hate to think he’s dead and seal food instead of on a spawning bed.
The area 9 selective fishery for coho is a shame in my opinion given their higher rates of mortality than chinook, and the disproportionate amount of coho that need to be released in order to find a clipped one
The area 9 selective fishery for coho is a shame in my opinion given their higher rates of mortality than chinook, and the disproportionate amount of coho that need to be released in order to find a clipped one