Snohomish River Coho

The lower tide water sections of the Snohomish have been yielding some coho for those trolling plugs.  The tidal section extends from the mouth at Everett to the mouth of the Pilchuck River just above the town of Snohomish.  This section of the river is predominately a boat show with a little bit of bank access off the Lowell / Snohomish River Road, some in the town of Snohomish and near the Stocker Soccer Fields just outside of town.  Boaters use the launches at Rotary Park below Lowell, Langus Park, Maple Street in Snohomish as well as the Marysville launch.  Most of the boat fishermen are trolling plugs such as the Brad's Wigglers, 3.5 Mag Lips or Fat Fish by Yakima Bait or Wiggle Warts by Storm.  Colors are generally Fluorescent Red, Fluorescent Red Black Herring Bone and Fire Tigers.  Don't be afraid of trying additional colors as coho are a strange bird and can bite just about any color at times.  Spinners such as a number 3 or 4 Vibrex and also produce well, try silver with fluorescent chartreuse, fluorescent red, blue or green bodies.
This fishery will continue through the end of the month without any question with the number of fish that are still in the Straits.