After getting limits of coho salmon on a relatively short day on the water yesterday, we were up at the crack of gray today to try our luck again. It was cloudy with showers around, but the wind was nearly dead calm, which is the most important thing. Despite the dismal clouds and drizzle, it wasn’t really that cold either.
Got out on the water as it was getting light and had a couple half hearted bumps, but nothing stuck until I managed to hook into a pretty small coho salmon, maybe a few pounds. We were after bigger fish than that so I released it back into the river. Had a couple more nibbles, but nothing good until after a couple hours of casting, I hooked and landed a nice coho salmon.
After another hour or two and a few lure changes, I managed to get another, slightly bigger coho salmon in the kayak. That’s two days in a row of catching limits of coho salmon. Pretty good deal considering we are at the very tail end of the salmon run.
So far this season, I’ve managed to catch limits of coho salmon on five fishing days. That’s the best I’ve ever done. I’m on my way to my best salmon season ever, but it’s going to have to wait a couple days because we have some windy weather coming up. I just hope the fish keep biting!