Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

The first Pacific salmon successfully stocked in the Great Lakes (1966 in Michigan), coho provide excellent early-season trolling in spring and a fall run up tributaries like the Platte and Manistee.

Seasonal Activity

Best Techniques

• trolling small spoons near surface
• casting spinners at piers
• drifting spawn in rivers

Top Baits

• small orange spoons
• spawn bags
• yarn flies
• small crankbaits
• spinners

State record: 30.56 lb, 1976, Platte Bay (Lake Michigan)