Beautiful day and there were definitely coho to be had...

Arrived at about noon and there were about 2 dozen rigs in the
lot. Sunny and warm. Beautiful weather.

One of the nice things about fishing scanewa for coho is all the action takes place right in front of the ramp. There were 15 or 16 boats working the water in front of and to both sides of the access area. All were trolling very slowly. I was rowing a small peninsula drift boat I carry around in the back of my pickup and pulling a #4 mepps spinner. Buddy used a small spin and glow. We trolled and cast for about 3 hours without a hit. Watched maybe half a dozen fish landed by the other sporties though and saw lots of fish jump. Most of the fish we saw were in the 2 to 4 pound range except for one large one being landed by a shorefisherman that looked to be closer to 8 or 9.

Looked like most of the boats trolling the area were using flourescent pink flatfish or kwikfish.


Talked to a guy fishing from the dock for trout and he said he was catching quite a few. Looked like he was just using powerbait off a slip sinker. So it looks like there are options here other than to work for "tanker truck coho".

Should also note that all the fish we saw (both the jumpers and the ones being landed) were still very bright and the water was a bit murky. Visibility was 6 inches or less. Not as muddy/opaque as scanewa gets during the warm summer months but not even close to being as clear as the water normally is here in November.

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