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paul1971

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handling of wild coho.
« on: November 18, 2011, 03:21:06 PM »
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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 04:01:31 PM »
Could be in a place where you can bonk wilds... there are a couple beaches on the island 1 hatch 1 wild farther up north....
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paul1971

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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 04:04:50 PM »
I think its the mouth of the wedder the guy who posted the pic said he returned fish after weighing!
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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 04:16:30 PM »
sharphooks is full of beaks
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paul1971

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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 04:27:29 PM »
1st time on site pretty bad.
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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2011, 04:57:47 PM »
That is from the mouth of vedder , sad for seeing that . But sharphooks is an alright site , you dont have to look hard to see it is that way . Even if you spend a little bit of time on it you will find lots of helpful tips , and techniques from a few individuals who do not post their info on other sites. Although i prefer FWR much more as it is the pacific northwest's finest resource for fishing reports , tales , and much more . 
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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2011, 05:29:31 PM »
sharphooks is way out of control lots of name calling and drama  , ::)if you want a good laugh check it out  ;D
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Animal Chin

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Re: handling of wild coho.
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2011, 04:54:54 AM »
It's my first salmon season, so don't have much in way of context, but some of the handling of wild coho I saw in the tidal Fraser (Richmond, New West etc) was pretty shocking. I personally saw three or four go belly up, flopping around on the gravel or beach for a couple of minutes, stuff that could have easily been avoided with a little care. And these were big beautiful chrome wild coho.

Of course, I indadvertantly killed a wild jack that was deep hooked, so I can't really point fingers. Next time I know just to cut the hook.

Now those chums, those are tough fish. Also a big fan of the "Bent Rod" jigs and their sickle hooks, almost every hookup has been perfectly hooked on the mouth. Easy to release and almost always a solid hookset without much effort from me.

I"m not sure if it's due to the sickle hook or that's the way jigs are with chum. I"m going to try using sickle hooks and jigs for next years coho. They seem much more delicate fish than chum.
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