Coho salmon going off on the Oregon Coast

Ocean salmon and tuna fishing has been red hot as sea conditions have been more than favorable. Ports up and down the coast have been checking-in longfins and silvers filling freezers and creating sore arms for anglers lucky enough to get offshore.

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Fly fishing opportunities exist especially in these conditions. While trolling gear we encountered several pelicans working bait along with the coho and had fish bust our flies on the strip and in the prop wash! Good luck trying to stop a dime bright fish lit up 3 feet from the boat.

Summer is here and get on the ocean if you can. Anglers targeting coho need to remember barbless hooks only and 3 hatchery coho apiece with regulations changing constantly. Clousers and baitfish patterns paired up with heavy shooting heads will get you started and obviously calmer conditions will give you a better shot with light tackle.

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Call the shop for more info and be safe.
-NS

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4 Responses to Coho salmon going off on the Oregon Coast

  1. b-christ says:

    Hey that’s my Mikes!!

  2. Matt Siegmund says:

    Nate told me he was going to use that at the bars later.

  3. Nate says:

    Busted…

  4. b-christ says:

    It flings a cravin on em!

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