Consider having poppers and a floating line too. You have the potential for finding yourself in an incredible top water bite. Especially if you're gonna have accessibility to the offshore rips.

When it gets good, and the coho are feeding on the surface, you'll be glad you did. In years past, there is times that we'll clip the hook point off at where the barb would be, creating a nub. You never hold one for more than about 10-20 seconds at most, but the thrill of being taken multiple times by feeding coho on the ocean in one cast is unlike anything I've done in the PNW. We do this because we actually get tired of actually hooking coho, and are just trying to enjoy the strike and feel of the fish for a few moments. A few times over the years, we've even had to fire up engine and physically go and pick up the pointless popper. (couldn't get it back to the boat.)