There are coho to be had in the central sound. There are a few beaches in city that will produce but not as consistent as the south sound. Just have to get out and explore. It can take quite a few trips to a beach before you will get to know if there are fish around or not.
Easiest way to tell the difference being coho and cutt are the spots. Coho have none where has cutts in the salt are covered with them. I would bet the fish was a cutt cause a 20 inch coho would be a rarity as most of the fish around now are in the 10-15 inch range. -sean On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:42:27 Tim Harris wrote: >Third time out was a charm but I think it also helped that I drove to >the south sound instead of trying places near Seattle. > >I went out and hit the very slow incoming tide at Kopachuck St. Park today >and Leyland's popper did the trick for me. I walked down the beach looking >for any sign of fish and seeing none just finally started fishing. I waded >in about thigh deep and started working my way back to where I got on the >beach at. I was spaced off, looking at the sun and water when suddenly >KA-BAM and my line was running. I managed to get control of my line and >after a few runs landed a 20" fish (seemed bigger at the time but I measured >it on my rod and checked when I got home). Was this a cutt or a resident >coho? It had a pretty green back, how does one tell the difference. I >worked up the beach and finally saw a few fish churning in a scum line. I >got one to take the popper, a 14" cutt, this time I was pretty sure what it >was. This fish leaped out of the water about 4x while I was playing it, >very fun. Not bad for 1 3/4 hours fishing and I only saw one other >fisherman the whole time. > >Since I'm still a total newbie at this, I have a few questions for those in >the know... > >First Question - I originally went to Titlow Beach Park and was going to try >it but the signs of "No taking animals or plants" made me wonder if fishing >was illegal there. Does anyone know? I have no idea if it would be good or >not anyway, I was just looking for long beaches in the Washington Public >Shore Guide and that one seemed like a potential spot. > >Second question - do the resident cohos roam the whole sound during the >winter, i.e., is there a chance of getting them in the north sound or are >they also a predominantly south sound phenomena? > >Thanks, >Tim > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
