Regarding the LW coho, two setups have worked well for me. One is the familiar sockeye setup but with a small piece of green yard and touch of shrimp scent. The other is green/yellow/red or reg tiger wigglewart. Last year I had each of these two rigs in the water and had a double header. Set the hook and handed the first pole to my day, then took the second for myself. I gave him the wrong pole... He got a 14 lb coho on the wigglewart. I got a 4-5 lb coho on the sockeye setup.

The moochers seem to do real well, and I believe they're mooching with buzz bombs. I prefer to troll. I'm sure I'll offend some folks, but I just have been able to bring myself to mooch that way. I see these guys taking full rips, and I see lots of snags. Doesn't seem quite right to me...

First week of October was peak. The fishery seems to only yield fish for about a week as well. They bite fast and hard and then it's done.

-Jim