MA 10 Coho

[doyourtime89]

I was out there this morning.  I fished out near Jeff Head, my 2 friends bailed on me last minute and I went anyway.  Solo trying to control the boat, fight the fish and then net it was a comedy show.  I hooked about 12 or 15 to be able to get my limit of 2 in the boat.  One really nice one and one avg resident coho.  I am kind of busy until next Friday but hope to hit it again then.

[WAcoueshunter]

Went this morning, it was good. Nice to shake the rust off.

[jmscon]

Tried to go out this morning, friends boat didn’t start at the launch. Just glad we weren’t out on the water when the starter went out!

[Crunchy]

Tried to go out this morning, friends boat didn’t start at the launch. Just glad we weren’t out on the water when the starter went out!

Well that stinks.  All geared up and a no go at the launch.  Hope it is something simple to fix.

[ctwiggs1]

Tried to go out this morning, friends boat didn’t start at the launch. Just glad we weren’t out on the water when the starter went out!

Sorry to hear!  Hope you guys get back out soon!

[OltHunter]

Same result for us again as Friday. Caught the 30 to 45 minute bite around 630 to 7, then left. 3 into the boat. Couple more lost.

Little deeper water today, 65 to 80.

What 2 downrigger strategies do you guys run? You set 1 at a different depth with different gear, then once you find a depth and gear that seems to be working switch both to the same depth and gear? Or always keep something different.

[Crunchy]

I am a hoochie and spoon guy, occasionally run a plug.  For coho I just run them where I see the bait.  For kings I am dragging bottom unless I am fishing deep water, then rarely no more than 210 feet of wire out no matter how deep the water is. 

[elkaholic123]

We picked up 4 this morning before 8:00. On the smaller side but look tasty 

[Stein]

What 2 downrigger strategies do you guys run? You set 1 at a different depth with different gear, then once you find a depth and gear that seems to be working switch both to the same depth and gear? Or always keep something different.

Ideally, my wife is running the boat and I'm running the gear.  She is great about magically driving over coho and keeps an eye on the graph for fish and bait.  We'll start out at 30' & 55' on the rigger and a bonus rod off the back with a diver probably 15-20'.  From there, I adjust based on where we are getting hit or where we are seeing the majority of the fish on the graph.

This is the one fishery I have 100% confidence on moving to the depths I see fish on the graph.  Most of the time, if we pull something through fish marks on the graph we get hit.

Late in the morning, 55' seemed to be the best depth.

I will only fish the same combination of gear and/or depths if that is out producing like 3:1 or better. 

Gear doesn't seem to matter much for this fishery although we did slightly better with coho killers than squid and you don't have to bait.

Like any fishery, one combination, rod or certain spot on the boat will do better for some unknown reason.  Make sure that one is fishing 99% of the time.

[OltHunter]

Thanks for the insight Stein. Working on my greenhorn card still, but making progress!

[7mmfan]

Made it out this afternoon. Got to Jeff head about 1:30, fished until 3:30. Landed several, kept 4, headed to Kingston for an early dinner.

[Thenewguy]

I was out there 10 hours yesterday. Caught them early, middle and late. Ace hi fly, oil flasher at 70 feet down and 2.25-2.75 dependent on current.

We caught ours deep

[CP]

The bite has cooled down a bit.  Just a bit.  Had to work a bit this morning to find fish. 

[TriggerMike]

The bite has cooled down a bit.  Just a bit.  Had to work a bit this morning to find fish.

How deep?

[CP]

The bite has cooled down a bit.  Just a bit.  Had to work a bit this morning to find fish.

How deep?

50 to 65'