Siuslaw Coho 9/16

Today was day 3 fishing the Siuslaw for salmon. Wild Coho retention went into effect yesterday, so I was hoping to catch one today. Saw a couple of nice Nooks caught the first two times out, but nothing for me. I started trolling along the south side of the river, and since the tide was coming in, I followed it up a ways. Turned around a trolled back against the tide back to where I began. During this pass, I noticed a area where lots of fish were jumping. I decided to work this area and after again trolling against the tide, I got slammed real good, but it didn't stick. Made another pass , again against the tide, and wham, this time it stuck. I ended up netting a nice 29inch Coho! This was my first salmon in the Hobie, and I have to say, it's so nice to be able to hold your rod while trolling. Such a rush getting bit! BTW, the spinner popped out just as I netted the fish!

Very tasty looking coho, nice!

Awesome looking coho Dave!

Beautiful fish!  Nice work Dave!

Really nice fish!  I love trolling and holding the rod at the same time, it's a great rush.

we were trolling over in our PB to say hi to Dave right when he hooked up, got the GoPro running but damn if he didn't perform a perfect netting just before we came around to that side of him....I did get these on the water shots of the catch...cheers, roger

Way to go.  That is one pretty coho.

Nice fish, Dave! Way to get some salmon love on the Outback. I hope there's plenty more where that came from.

Gorgeous fish Dave!

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After I got back home today, I noticed that I had snapped the idler cable on the mirage drive. It's a good thing I wasn't far from the port when I caught the fish! Now I am bummed I can't take the Hobie out and get another Coho this week!

Nice fish, Dave!

Nice Coho Dave..Next, Chinook!

Good job Dave. CONGRATS!

Great fish Dave. Nice job!

That's a beaut! Hope you're able to get your mirage drive fixed soon. Way to hook up!