Fishing Report: Garibaldi Coho Aug 16th

Took the RV travel trailer down on Friday, August 14th. Did not get to fish until Sunday due to rough ocean conditions. Sunday was the last day for selective coho in this region. Was fishing with captain Jim in his 19’ Arima. We were in search of coho, and began fishing in about 180’ of water off of Twin Rocks at about 23 to 35 feet on the line counters, with 12 oz cannonballs, triangle flashers and cut plug herring.

After an hour or so, I believe we had one hatchery coho at this point, we decided to head west and try fishing deeper. We found some strong rip currents and fished them. The water appeared to get a little warmer as we went west. We ended the day with three nice hatchery coho, several strikes that did not stick, and released a couple of native coho and some very small coho as well.

The non selective coho opens in this region on September 4, and continues on each Friday and Saturday until September 30, or when the quota is reached.

I love the crazy jumping fighting coho, a blast to catch, and excellent to eat.