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Anyone have luck with Coho on the canal this past weekend? Thinking I may head that way this Saturday and wondering if I should just target sea-runs or if I should bring a few pink clousers along too 
A little late, but I fished the canal last Saturday from my kayak. I hit the incoming swing from about 7am to 11:30. The water seemed to be quite dirty (anyone know why?) but I saw quite a few fish around, many jumping within a few feet of the shoreline.
I landed several SRC, one Coho about 20 inches, and a crab (while f'ing around with my anchor). I hooked a very solid coho, probably 7-8# just as I was heading home but lost it right at the net, ugggh. Hoping to get out again this Saturday if I can swing it with the wife.
Funniest thing was how the handful of boats reacted when I hooked 3 src within 10 min. Those that were trolling out at a couple hundred feet from shore zeroed in on me and started cruising much closer to where I was anchored. Some even came within 15 feet of me while I was actively casting & had to pause for them to go by. They weren't causing a wake or anything but it still seemed pretty aggressive. I tried to explain that I hadn't been hooking coho but it didn't seem to matter...
I landed several SRC, one Coho about 20 inches, and a crab (while f'ing around with my anchor). I hooked a very solid coho, probably 7-8# just as I was heading home but lost it right at the net, ugggh. Hoping to get out again this Saturday if I can swing it with the wife.
Funniest thing was how the handful of boats reacted when I hooked 3 src within 10 min. Those that were trolling out at a couple hundred feet from shore zeroed in on me and started cruising much closer to where I was anchored. Some even came within 15 feet of me while I was actively casting & had to pause for them to go by. They weren't causing a wake or anything but it still seemed pretty aggressive. I tried to explain that I hadn't been hooking coho but it didn't seem to matter...
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Fished the elbow of the canal from kayaks with ffb today, the water was off colour (think Pea soup) and frequently covered in what looked like a thin layer of vomit. He got a nice SRC and some good bumps, I lost a couple and did connect with a seagull whilst trolling back to the launch, retiring my fly as it has now fooled a seal and now a gull, way too realistic apparently for mammals.
We watched many jumpers, small to large and witnessed some gear folks getting some fish.
Beautiful day on the salt, but long between action.
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We watched many jumpers, small to large and witnessed some gear folks getting some fish.
Beautiful day on the salt, but long between action.
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