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[pwn50m3 f15h3r]

Only caught 3 coho this year between my bro and I. Two were hatch's (one jack) and one was wild

[Tommybuckles]

Best day this season was 11 coho landed. Not a single hatchery out of the bunch. Not complaining though. Happy to just be catching fish.

[FrayedKnot]

Early on I got 50% hatchery. The last 3 weeks almost all wild and I know 8 of the last 9 were wild. Been a great year in my books, More days out but hooked more this year then the last 10 together.

[Steel_Mo_Head]

What's is with all the wild coho?  I think I have caught about 18 cohos this year,  all wild but 3. Only took one home.  I don't know if it's the rivers I am fishing but this is frustrating. Don't get me wrong I am still enjoying everyday I go fishing, maybe I just have bad luck. I go fishing with bro and after a couple hrs he has 2 nice hatchery coho lying on the beach.  While I get lots of catch and release practice.

Being pretty new at this does 3/18 hatchery coho sound normal to you guys or is this just the luck of draw.

I have the same problem.. Only it's with Steel head.  Every year my first 7-8 in a ROW are wilds then a few hatches in between then wilds wilds.. .

[Gooey]

"Don't worry I used to be in the same position as you, only catching wilds, back when I first started fishing. But after years of figuring them out, I have zeroed in on just hatchery Coho and rarely catch wilds"....what a crock of S***!  you can't be serious   

Only way you could maybe stack the deck a little in your favour is to to avoid fishing high in the river (because the hatch fish may get thinned out as they go up) but I have cuaght plenty of hatch fish from allison up to the boundry.  I have also hook 5 wilds in a roe near KW when 5 other guys each pulled in a hatchery fish each...its totally random/a fluke what you hook. 

To suggest you can target hatch fish over wild is rediculous.

[fishtruck]

Just luck of the draw I guess as most of my catches this year were hatchery fish. Whereas my fishing partner had 50/50 split.

[deepcovehooker]

I volunteer up at the Seymour Hatchery.  Late October we did a seine of the old dam pool.  We checked 220 coho of which 20 were hatchery.  Comes out to less than 10%.  This is not an unusual percentage on that river.

[RalphH]

one quarter of the coho (excludes jacks) I landed were hatchery fish and all those were from the V-C. Every fish I took fro other FV systems were wild. Previous years it was about 50-50 I think this is a good thing since afaik hatchery production is relatively constant year to year so the big jump in wild fish indicates just how well coho are doing right now - looks like there is good spawning success, fry-smolt survival and most importantly good ocean survival. If only this could go on for the long term.

[Sterling C]

I haven't really noticed a difference in my wild vs hatchery catch ratio. Seems to be hovering right around 20% like it usually is.

With that being said, once more the coho fishing has been excellent this year. Hopefully the trend continues.

[TayC]

"Don't worry I used to be in the same position as you, only catching wilds, back when I first started fishing. But after years of figuring them out, I have zeroed in on just hatchery Coho and rarely catch wilds"....what a crock of S***!  you can't be serious   

Only way you could maybe stack the deck a little in your favour is to to avoid fishing high in the river (because the hatch fish may get thinned out as they go up) but I have cuaght plenty of hatch fish from allison up to the boundry.  I have also hook 5 wilds in a roe near KW when 5 other guys each pulled in a hatchery fish each...its totally random/a fluke what you hook. 

To suggest you can target hatch fish over wild is rediculous.

  it's called sarcasm, lighten up.

[BigFisher]

I am serious.I limited out on the vedder the last couple weekends.

[TayC]

I am serious.I limited out on the vedder the last couple weekends.

Bigfisher is top rod.

[bigblockfox]

lots of wilds on the v for me which is great but not so many on rivers north of the fraser.

[liketofish]

I have the same problem.. Only it's with Steel head.  Every year my first 7-8 in a ROW are wilds then a few hatches in between then wilds wilds.. .

X2 here. My worst (no complaint) year in wild/hatchery steelhead was 32/0. This year my coho ratio is about 50/50 for over 30 landed. This is a good year for coho though.

[norton]

You should be happy there's lots of wilds. Maybe they'll open it for wilds too,someday.