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Puget Sound Resident Coho
« on: May 29, 2019, 07:40:15 AM »
Is there a particular time of year that’s better fishing for resident coho in the sound?  Boats in the water.  I’m in area 13 and thinking of giving it a go.
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2019, 09:02:27 AM »
I've had the most luck for Coho during late Aug/Sept, even caught them into Oct. This year the Pinks will be in also.

Usually fish Area 11 near the Point Defiance

 

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2019, 10:20:54 AM »
June and July are prime time for resident coho.  I haven't fished MA 13, but have caught a lot of them in MA 9 - 11 over the years, when they are open. 

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2019, 10:28:09 AM »
nice fish hanapaa!  Those look like some beefy fish!  I hope to hook into some of those in August / September.

WAcoueshunter - thanks for the info on June / July. 

We spend a lot of family time on the water cruising around area 13.  I figure I might as well set up in a drift and huck some buzzbombs or cast a fly toward shore. 

Do the resident coho hang in the same zones as cutthroat? 
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2019, 10:55:51 AM »
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2019, 11:32:31 AM »
We used to flyfish ma 13 off the beaches and catch lots of resident silvers. When you say resident silvers, I think of the little guys. Maybe like 2-5 pound fish. The bigger silvers that are caught in August and September are ocean fish...at least up north they are. We caught them in the same places as sea run cutthroats. Prime time for that, at least for us, was always winter time...January/February. It's been a while since I've done it. Great fun.
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2019, 11:56:33 AM »
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The beaches I fish are best from shore January to March.  After that they grow bigger but tend to spread out.  Still around but not as concentrated or as suicidal.
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2019, 12:24:47 PM »
I've had the most luck for Coho during late Aug/Sept, even caught them into Oct. This year the Pinks will be in also.

Usually fish Area 11 near the Point Defiance

Aren't the upper photo fish kings?  Nice fish either way.
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2019, 12:44:01 PM »
I've had the most luck for Coho during late Aug/Sept, even caught them into Oct. This year the Pinks will be in also.

Usually fish Area 11 near the Point Defiance

Aren't the upper photo fish kings?  Nice fish either way.
Good eye Ted! I think there is one Coho in there.
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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2019, 12:50:24 PM »
Looks to me like both photos have kings with a coho here and there.

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2019, 01:39:54 PM »
I believe the bottom one has a five toe as well.

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2019, 01:47:59 PM »
And another is a faceless zombie fish.

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2019, 02:43:18 PM »
And another is a faceless zombie fish.

HaHa!

Mix fish & the fish checker cut the Chip out of one. 

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2019, 04:04:07 PM »
When I fished MA 11 more, we used to slay them right in on the beach where the bait is stacked up.  Less than 50 feet of water.

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Re: Puget Sound Resident Coho
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2019, 05:12:51 PM »
We used to wade out as far as we could and throw these topwater flies as far as we could. Then you put the rod under your arm and hand over hand retrieve the line as fast as we could. The resident fish would come up behind the fly and destroy it on the surface. Such good fun.

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