JoJo-
Water temperatures in the low 60s would be a little warmer than what coho would prefer. We are seeing something similar off the Washington Coast with the fishing at Westport well below that of the recent years and here as well temperatures are warmer than normal.

While the temperatures may explain the tough coho fishing it could be any number of factors. They are notorious for being finicky. They could be holding off shore due to feeding conditions, waiting for weather changes, etc. As you likely remember locally the ocean coho show up in Puget Sound over quite a time range with fishable numbers available some years by mid-late August and other years a month later.

Hope that is the case with SE coho and not a case of survivals being lower than expected. Hope fishing improves soon.


Tight lines
S malma