Coho Fishing Area 8-2, 9 & 10

Though we are seeing some coho being caught in the area, overall I would say we are not seeing the numbers that should be here at this time of the year. The past few days in talking with the guys stopping by the shop I would have to say that we are seeing perhaps an average of about a fish per boat average. Not real good! The single best catch that we heard of yesterday was one boat that had caught three off the Edmonds area. Size wise, most are smaller fish in the 5 - 7 pound range. We have seen an odd good sized coho into the upper teen range. Overall, the best fishing we have seen has been on this side of the Puget Sound. The Edmonds area from the south end of Brown's Bay south to Richmond Beach and then the Picnic Point up though Humpy Hollow has been more consistent in producing fish.

Talked with some of the Whidbey Island fishermen yesterday and they all have been complaining about the lack of fish in the Bush Point, Lagoon Point and Fort Casey areas.

Spoke with one of the regulars that called in from the water this AM trying to find some fish and he didn't have a single fish trying the Shipwreck area, Possession Point, Indian Point and was finally moving over to Pilot Point in search of fish. He said there was lots of bait showing on the bar and at Indian Point but didn't see any fish around them. He said that all the boats were spread out, obviously they were also searching fish out.