Siltcoos limit.

based on the boats around me this year, Siltcoos coho fishing has been a little slower than usual..but mine has been great, Thursday I got the illusive Siltcoos limit:  chrome jack followed by a 31" shiny hen.  I also released 2 more jacks in between catching my fish. 

This was my first adult salmon landed to the kayak with my dog riding up front, she sits and ignores all the commotion of me landing fish and this coho made me work for it- required 3 netting attempts separated by surface thrashing and runs under and around the kayak, never good when dealing with a spinner hooked salmon.  Interesting that all 7 jacks I have caught this year has been right about 17" and the 4 adults on my tag have all been large  (30", 32", 30", 31")...cheers, roger

I'm jelly! Points Roger!

Some Pepper to go with your salmon!  She looks pretty happy for you.

Some Pepper to go with your salmon!  She looks pretty happy for you.

she is great and loves being out on the Oasis, provided I don't run out of pup-peroni treats.  that coho splashed plenty beside the kayak (all 3 times) and she just calmly watches me do my thing.  FYI-  I am very careful about her around the blood that inevitably gets on the boat...

too bad she can't help me with propulsion- I calculated that we covered about 6 miles during the 5 hours out catching (launch to top of Maple arm is 2.5miles)...

The posts of your successes this year have kept me stoked! 

-Mark-

What a hoot! Wish one of my Ridgebacks would ride with me but they hate the water. Pics of Big Hens in a kayak like that one never get old!
Hugh

Went up to Siltcoos lake today got a real late start(left North Bend about 12:30, really need to look at am/pm button next time) Got there to almost a full boat launch and a bunch of unhappy fishermen( something about nobody is catching a thing and it's a total bust) Launch anyway and headed towards Maple creek. Never fish this side before always drove to Ada, man what a difference in scenery. The raft of coots(must of been about 1000 of them), seen a couple of deer swimming to a island some playful otters and maybe the most granduer sound one can here on the lake, the call of a loon. Took some of Rogers helpful hints from another web site and started casting into the reeds and the third cast boom game on a fiery searun grabs some air. Small battle erupts between fish and man, netted and released(thinking it would please the fish gods)  moved along further to the cove stopping here and there to do a quick cast or two.  Long story short never made it to Maple creek 3 more searuns, 1 bass and 2 under size jack coho's(14-1/2"-14-3/4") all taken from the reeds or just inside the reeds. Got back to the ramp at dark and and a real nice man came out from his house and ask how I did, told him about the fish and he wanted to know what the hot lure was and I told him that they were all caught on a fly. He was lost for words there for a bit,then said way to go and was going to tell his friends that a guy in kayak with a fly pole out fished them by a long shot. Maybe next time the fish gods will smile over me and bless me with some silver!

Went up to Siltcoos lake today got a real late start(left North Bend about 12:30, really need to look at am/pm button next time) Got there to almost a full boat launch and a bunch of unhappy fishermen( something about nobody is catching a thing and it's a total bust) Launch anyway and headed towards Maple creek. Never fish this side before always drove to Ada, man what a difference in scenery. The raft of coots(must of been about 1000 of them), seen a couple of deer swimming to a island some playful otters and maybe the most granduer sound one can here on the lake, the call of a loon. Took some of Rogers helpful hints from another web site and started casting into the reeds and the third cast boom game on a fiery searun grabs some air. Small battle erupts between fish and man, netted and released(thinking it would please the fish gods)  moved along further to the cove stopping here and there to do a quick cast or two.  Long story short never made it to Maple creek 3 more searuns, 1 bass and 2 under size jack coho's(14-1/2"-14-3/4") all taken from the reeds or just inside the reeds. Got back to the ramp at dark and and a real nice man came out from his house and ask how I did, told him about the fish and he wanted to know what the hot lure was and I told him that they were all caught on a fly. He was lost for words there for a bit,then said way to go and was going to tell his friends that a guy in kayak with a fly pole out fished them by a long shot. Maybe next time the fish gods will smile over me and bless me with some silver!

great report, sure wish you had connected with a big coho laying in the shallows...