OUTDOOR JOURNAL

Fresh caught Coho fillets paired with roasted spaghetti squash.

October Coho on the Columbia River What a ride 2025 has been for fishing enthusiasts like us here in the Pacific Northwest. From Spring Chinook runs to summer's smallmouth bonanza, throw in some rockfish, pink salmon and walleye to the mix the an it has been a spectacular year. And now, as the leaves turn and the air crisps up, Mother Nature's serving one last banger: a bumper crop of big, beautiful Coho tearing through the Columbia. Late October, and these fish are still p

What followed was pure river rodeo in that small silty river.

I love fishing for Coho in the fall, and November can be one of the best months to catch them in the rivers around the Pacific Northwest.

Get ready for Coho Season with the NEW VMC Twitching jig!

I fished the Columbia River near The Dalles for Coho casting Blue Fox Vibrax Spinners!

Once again I fished with Friend Mark Sapda and guide Robert Thomas on the Queets river, located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

it sets up up a unique opportunity to catch King, Coho and Pink Salmon on the same day.