PDA

View Full Version : Cohos!


kolofardos
07-24-2023, 12:55 PM
Went to Cowan Point yesterday at 4PM and had a great time for 3 hours. Limit of hatchery Cohos, 6 or 7 wild ones released, 5 springs released. Glow hootchie with sparkles did the best on Cohos, most Springs on a yellow and green SkinnyG. Flashers were yellow and green with a red blob. Speed between 3 and 3.5 mph.


https://i.postimg.cc/pdGRb0WX/20230723_194712.jpg (https://postimg.cc/KKMdtD3d)
https://i.postimg.cc/htLkg2rR/20230723_190638.jpg (https://postimg.cc/CRKPsHXc)
https://i.postimg.cc/vBxFRb23/20230723_190625.jpg (https://postimg.cc/cgW5wySn)
browningboy
07-24-2023, 02:21 PM
That's awesome, a co-worker went out last week and had the same results, mentioned he also came home with crab and prawns, fantastic days on the water!
nuadixion
07-24-2023, 03:37 PM
Sweet catch! how deep were you trolling at?
kolofardos
07-24-2023, 04:37 PM
Sweet catch! how deep were you trolling at?
Most of the cohos at 40' to 45'. I went 85' to 95' with the spoon and that's where the springs were caught
Bugle M In
07-24-2023, 07:52 PM
Yup, the coho fishing has been phenomenal this season.
Especially the fact there are many hatchery in the system!
Reading the last Pacific Angler report from Friday, folks are a little puzzled where all the hatchery are coming from.
Not that anyone is complaining mind you.
But shows what a difference hatcheries can make and what potential there is for a marked select fishery for Chinook, if allowed and if all hatchery are 100% clipped,
HarryToolips
07-24-2023, 08:02 PM
Wow nice haul!
kolofardos
07-25-2023, 10:26 AM
Yup, the coho fishing has been phenomenal this season.
Especially the fact there are many hatchery in the system!
Reading the last Pacific Angler report from Friday, folks are a little puzzled where all the hatchery are coming from.
Not that anyone is complaining mind you.
But shows what a difference hatcheries can make and what potential there is for a marked select fishery for Chinook, if allowed and if all hatchery are 100% clipped,

These Coho are much fatter than I remember them being this time of year. One of them was stuffed with herring (or maybe anchovy).
MichelD
07-25-2023, 10:32 AM
What is the size imit on hatchery coho?
kolofardos
07-25-2023, 10:56 AM
What is the size imit on hatchery coho?
I believe minimum size is 30 CM, but I don't think you'll see any that small this time of the year. A couple of the Coho in the box were crowding 10 lbs. Limit is 2 per person, but as always, double check the regs, as confusing as they are.