I spent the weekend hooking and releasing at Sekiu. Got a 12, 18 and a 30 pound chinook to go with the 13 other fish I released that were a combination of coho and chinook weighing in between 4 and 10 pounds. WooHoo!!! Spent very little time on the water overall, sometimes hooking a fish as fast as I could reset the gear.

Kings are closed as of tonight, but there are plenty of coho everywhere to be caught. My ratio of hatchery to nates was about 1 to 3. Trolling a coyote spoon a little deeper, at 50 feet on the downrigger, at 4+ mph was the key to getting the bigger fish, including nice blackmouth.

Probably still worth the drive to go out there for the rest of the month for good coho fishing. But in August, the shorter drive to Port Angeles should be hot too.