That time of the year again.

[goodtimesfishing]

Well it is that time of the year again when the coho(silvers)salmon start leaving the salt and heading for the rivers. Fished the Stillaguamish river this morning and caught my first river coho of the season. Has been real tough(little early still)so far, not a lot of fish in the river yet. Here is a pic of the fish and a pic of what the jig looked like. This color blue is not all that common but was my most productive color last year for coho in the river.
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[Muskygary]

Well it is that time of the year again when the coho(silvers)salmon start leaving the salt and heading for the rivers. Fished the Stillaguamish river this morning and caught my first river coho of the season. Has been real tough(little early still)so far, not a lot of fish in the river yet. Here is a pic of the fish and a pic of what the jig looked like. This color blue is not all that common but was my most productive color last year for coho in the river.

Nice fish and nice jig. How do you like to cook those coho's?

 

[Fatman]

Nice tie and great fish!!

 

[Bucko]

nice work. I really like that blue paint you have there. Is that a custom mix of yours?

 

[goodtimesfishing]

Well it is that time of the year again when the coho(silvers)salmon start leaving the salt and heading for the rivers. Fished the Stillaguamish river this morning and caught my first river coho of the season. Has been real tough(little early still)so far, not a lot of fish in the river yet. Here is a pic of the fish and a pic of what the jig looked like. This color blue is not all that common but was my most productive color last year for coho in the river.

Nice fish and nice jig. How do you like to cook those coho's?

I fillet and bbq. I take and mix my spices and liquid smoke in some sour cream and make a sauce. Spread that lightly on fillet and bbq. I also make lots of smoked salmon every year.

 

[goodtimesfishing]

Nice tie and great fish!!

Thanks Fatman!

 

[goodtimesfishing]

nice work. I really like that blue paint you have there. Is that a custom mix of yours?

Thanks Bucko! Yes, on the paint. I took the pro-tec blue(the dark blue not sure if they have a light blue) and just added white till it looked right. Ended up with a good match for the bunny fur. also made some with the silver holographic(clear w/glitter)on top of the blue, that turned out great looking, with sparkle.

 

[Jig Man]

yep, your fixin to get buzzy... very nice

 

[QPassage]

Nice fish you are making me hungry. The last time I had fresh salmon we took a big filet coated with mustard and mayo and grilled it to perfection. Nice tie

 

[goodtimesfishing]

Nice fish you are making me hungry. The last time I had fresh salmon we took a big filet coated with mustard and mayo and grilled it to perfection. Nice tie

Thanks Qpassage, I used to use mayo as my sauce base until one time we had no mayo so I tried sour cream....never use mayo anymore. Now the mustard part, well I may have to try that as I am a mustard fanatic. I eat mustard on everything!

 

[Pup]

I miss fishing for coho in Lake Michigan. Great-looking jig and fish. Your paint mixture's match to the body material is impressive.

 

[goodtimesfishing]

Thanks Pup! Coho are so fun....that one in the pic came out of the water 5 times before I landed her and she isn't even one of the big ones. These early season fish tend to be on the smaller side.

 

[StumpHunter]

Sweet!! Great looking jig, the fish don't stand a chance with that jig in the water. Congrats on the first one of the year.

 

[AtticaFish]

Beautiful fish right there. :bigfish:

Eating salmon for dinner tonight..... but i caught mine from behind the glass at the grocery store.