MA-10 Coho

[WAcoueshunter]

I’m going to give it a try tomorrow.  Been fishing the sound since I was a littl’un in the seventies.  It’s always been the crack of dawn for me.  Will see how it goes.

AM tides are bad for early launchers all weekend.

SR1

It was fun. Not lights out by any means, but got my two fish around the tide change.  Both a little deeper than your average morning fish, 70 and 80 on the wire. Tried shallower and only got shakers. Literally no one out there. Had Meadow and the RB Weather Buoy (and everywhere in between) to myself. Beautiful evening.

[birdshooter1189]

I'm hoping to launch my little 10' aluminum boat at point-no-point later this week to try trolling around that area.  Hoping the water doesn't get too rough for my little boat or I'll just be casting from shore.

[blackpowderhunter]

Got out and killed a few in 10 this morning. First one on the first drop was literally 5 seconds after putting the rod in the holder.
Wasn’t lights out for us but we filled the cooler

[SeaRun1]

A limit is all you can ask for.  We got out last night and it was worth it for the weather alone.  I believe we fished for just about three hours.  We went 3 for 4 and they were deeper.  So while we came in short of a limit two of the fish were big bucks.  So there are fish to be had in the pm.  Good luck this weekend all.  Will be after them Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

SR1

[Sundance]

Ground out 4 coho last night, nothing hot by any means. 2 on a plug, 1 on a spoon, and 1 on a herring. The shotgun surface rod with a 4oz banana and a whole herring had the most action, 5 hookups with only one landed. This year is night and day difference for me with coho. Last year we punched 20+ from august 25 to September 2nd, then pulled the boat. To date we have maybe a dozen coho. Only fishing evenings, probably two more nights and calling it for the season to focus on elk.

[SeaRun1]

Our surface rod has been the hot rod this year as well.  Last night since we only could use two rods we went with conventional logic and went deep (55' to 99').  Guess I should haves stuck with what has been working and run the shallow rod.  Sundance you are right it has been a different year for sure.

SR1

[Sundance]

I'm honestly baffled this season. Chinook has been the same, but my usual spots for coho aren't producing the same. Last year I was running a whole herring without a flasher, we absolutely murdered the coho every time we went out. Depths from 50-100, top water action, morning or evening didn't matter. My friends who fish the morning have been doing well, but the evening just haven't produced for me. I also haven't landed a coho over 8 lbs this year, last year 50% of our fish were over 10 lbs using whole herring that we jigged from the grounds.

[Stein]

Anecdotal, but the winning fish at the Edmonds derby was about 10 pounds.  Last year it was 13 pounds.

I've ran into more dinks this year than last for sure.  Kept a few resident sized and released a few in the 3# range.

[The scout]

Good year or bad year we have always done the best with flashers and hootchies down 60-100ft. Has always out fished herring in that area as well. At least for us. That’s thousands of hrs of time out there in the last 40 yrs

[Mfowl]

We fished West Point this AM. Things started off slow, the daylight bite which is typically the best was pretty lackluster. We did hook a double at about 7:30 which both broke off but besides that just one other takedown. Really did not see fish getting caught either  but we were out pretty far and the bulk of the boats were up a long the green can line.
However at the top of the tide about 9:30 the bite fired off and we managed to bonk 4 in about 50min. We saw some fish being caught around us at that time as well.
Fish checker had 57 coho for 19 boats at Don Armeni just after 11AM so there definitely is some fish around to be had. Good luck out there this weekend! Back to work for me.  :'(

[Sundance]

Good year or bad year we have always done the best with flashers and hootchies down 60-100ft. Has always out fished herring in that area as well. At least for us. That’s thousands of hrs of time out there in the last 40 yrs

This was my go-to setup for a long time. Last year I switched to running no flashers and just a herring so it's a better fight on the rod. This year I run a flasher off the ball with a 4' tuna cord leader. I come up 5' and snap my release in, then put my plug/spoon/herring on the release. Hands down I'm catching less fish this way, but I really enjoy the fight more. I also cannot use flies/hoochies since there isn't any action being provided by the flasher. I really enjoyed this setup for chinook, made for some epic fights.

[MADMAX]

I won the coho portion of the La Push last chance derby with a 19 lb hatchery fish a few years back

Abe and Al
Whole herring and glow green hootchie

[hookr88]

Good year or bad year we have always done the best with flashers and hootchies down 60-100ft. Has always out fished herring in that area as well. At least for us. That’s thousands of hrs of time out there in the last 40 yrs

This was my go-to setup for a long time. Last year I switched to running no flashers and just a herring so it's a better fight on the rod. This year I run a flasher off the ball with a 4' tuna cord leader. I come up 5' and snap my release in, then put my plug/spoon/herring on the release. Hands down I'm catching less fish this way, but I really enjoy the fight more. I also cannot use flies/hoochies since there isn't any action being provided by the flasher. I really enjoyed this setup for chinook, made for some epic fights.

For your flies or hoochies look at adding a #2 action disc. I put one on a grand slam bucktail and ran it behind a #0 diver and it slayed the silvers at West Port. I also started using the Simon’s breakaway for my flashers and I really like it for reducing drag and adding more fight from the fish

[Stein]

I won the coho portion of the La Push last chance derby with a 19 lb hatchery fish a few years back

Abe and Al
Whole herring and glow green hootchie

Dang, that fish probably identified as a chinook.   

[MADMAX]

I won the coho portion of the La Push last chance derby with a 19 lb hatchery fish a few years back

Abe and Al
Whole herring and glow green hootchie

Dandy fish
$1650 worth
Dang, that fish probably identified as a chinook.