| When you hook into a Coho Salmon for the first | | | | water you are fishing. In other words, the temp |
| time, before it gets to the boat, you may think | | | | may be much cooler 50 feet down than on the |
| that the fish is much larger than it actually is. While | | | | surface. Sensors can be placed on a downrigger |
| being excellent fighters, they also taste great on | | | | cable, which is, of course, in the fish's zone. |
| the dinner table. Cohos are a Pacific salmon that | | | | Every autumn, you can count on the Cohos to |
| are stocked in the Great Lakes. Let's look at | | | | congregate in and around tributaries. Depending on |
| some factors that will help you catch more and | | | | the size of the tributary, this calls for a major |
| bigger Cohos. | | | | change in techniques. Small, stream size tributaries |
| Coho Salmon, as with most salmon, are usually | | | | call for gear you can easily cast and drift with. |
| associated with large bodies of water. This | | | | Casting spoons, minnow plugs, and crankbaits are |
| generally means you must comb through a lot of | | | | popular lures. Real salmon or trout eggs, as well as |
| water to catch good amounts. For most anglers, | | | | artificial, are extremely effective when naturally |
| this means trolling. Trollers apply a variety of | | | | drifted downstream. Waders are very convenient |
| tactics and tools to give them the advantage. | | | | for reaching otherwise inaccessible spots. For |
| Depth finders are a must for locating schools of | | | | larger tributaries, the same techniques can be |
| bait fish and thus, Cohos. Some depth finders will | | | | employed from either the bank or a boat. Trolling |
| also display the water temperature; a key factor | | | | can also be an affective method, usually within |
| when fishing for any species. However, water | | | | the parameters of the tributary mouth. |
| temps greatly vary depending on the depth of | | | | |