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and few anglers, coho are hard to beat. If you’d like to catch fresh, hard-fighting silvers that twist, turn and dance on the water, consider fishing them in rivers from late July into early September. If you want to experience a bite and fight more like a king salmon, just wait for those late-season coho in October.

Because coho run timing varies throughout their range – and even fluctuates season to season – research the waters you want to fish. Some streams can be fished for several consecutive weeks; others, for only a week or two. When my wife Tiffany and I lived in Hyder, the river we fished was high and the coho run lasted only about 10 days. In other places, I’ve caught them from late July through October.

Great Eats

With so many places to pursue coho and myriad ways to fish for them, there’s a reason they’ve become one of the most popular salmon for anglers to pursue in the Last Frontier. Baked, smoked, grilled or canned, coho make for great eating.

As you make fishing plans this month, don’t overlook the coho. Once you get hooked on these tenacious, great-eating fish, you’ll be wanting more. ASJ

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