strikezone
8/10/2020 7:36:50 AMI'm pretty sure what you were thinking was a coho was actually a 7-8 inch chinook. They have a touch of a black gum line, fairly large spots all along their body and spots on both the top and bottom lobes of the tail fin that has a large v in it.. We've made 3 trips up their in July and haven't been able to catch a coho. They've all been small chinook. We have gotten a few larger chinook too that were in the 15-16 inch size plus a zillion 10+ inch trip. rainbows that are mostly covered with parasites.
DC1959
8/10/2020 8:10:52 AMIf you want coho or kings you need to fish deeper to get below the trout...right now the salmon are deep between 75 and 100 ft down
No_Regerts
8/10/2020 8:49:55 AMI should have took a picture. That little guy had a green back, small spots, forked tail, and a white mouth. Who knows, but I felt bad he became seagull chow.
No_Regerts
8/10/2020 9:20:24 AMI did notice the parasites too. I’ll make sure to try deeper next time.
Yakhusker
8/10/2020 11:51:46 AMGoing deeper is definitely the key. But if you’re looking for great camping breakfast keep the smalls
No_Regerts
8/10/2020 6:03:21 PMOne thing about the trout, they were NOT picky. Pink, green, silver, whatever. It was like Wicked Tuna. See a mark on the graph, rods start bouncing.
strikezone
8/10/2020 7:40:34 PMWe have tried 70 feet to 150 feet deep all over the lake with down riggers, but no cohos. Every thing that we caught that has had a definite v in its tail, was real silvery, also had spots on both lobes of the tail fin, larger spots all along the back, and a blackish gum line. That says chinook to me.
laketroll
8/20/2020 12:05:36 PMearlier in the year 405,000 triploids were released and growing fast...exactly 80ft off landers we are getting cohos to 22 inches...pink hoochy