19 species named: brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, chinook salmon, coho salmon, crappie, cutthroat trout…
Read at Oregon ODFWCoho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
8 of 20worth the trip today
Best right now at Port Crescent, Michigan. Water is inside the 44–58° range coho salmon like at 10 of the 14 spots with a live reading.
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Where coho salmon score best right now
About coho salmon
“Silvers” — acrobatic, aggressive salmon that school near the surface and along piers in summer before their fall tributary run. A staple of the Great Lakes stocking program and the Pacific coast alike.
Oncorhynchus kisutch, family Salmonidae.
Coho salmon, spot by spot
All 18 spots with coho salmon in season, scored for coho salmon, best first.
Puget Sound (Seattle)King County, WashingtonCoho salmon
55° water · 5 mph wind · outgoing tide
83Worth the trip
31st Street Beach (Margaret T. Burroughs Beach)Cook County, IllinoisCoho salmon
15 mph wind
63Marginal
Homer / Kachemak BayKenai Peninsula Borough, AlaskaCoho salmon
47° water · 20 mph wind · incoming tide
51Sit it out
Marquette Park Beach (Gary, Miller Beach)Lake County, IndianaCoho salmon
59° water · 15 mph wind
48Sit it out
Washington Park Beach (Michigan City)LaPorte County, IndianaCoho salmon
59° water · 10 mph wind
48Sit it out
Not scored today
2 other spots where people fish for coho salmon: 2 closed to coho salmon or out of season today.
The water they want
Coho salmon feed from about 44° to 58°F and best near 53°. Each pin is one spot’s water right now, from NOAA and USGS gauges; 10 of 14 are inside the range.
ideal 53°
44°58°
How they feed
- Water44–58°F, best near 53°
- TideEither, as long as it moves
- MoonEither
- DepthUsually 10–120 ft
- Active monthsMay–Oct
Scored against their own temperature range and tide preference first, then wind, weather and warnings. Solunar periods only break ties. How the score works
Keep or release
- Alaska3 a dayCook Inlet and Kachemak Bay salt water: chum, coho, pink and sockeye are 6 a day in combination, 6 in possession, and only 3 of those may be coho. Alaska changes limits by Emergency Order in season, so check the ADF&G emergency orders the day you fish.Pacific waters · verified Oct 18, 2026 · source · 8 days since checked
- Alaska non-tidal2 a dayKenai Peninsula flowing waters: chum, coho, pink and sockeye salmon 16" or longer are 3 a day in combination, 3 in possession, and only 2 of those may be coho. Alaska changes limits by Emergency Order in season, so check the ADF&G emergency orders the day you fish.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 18, 2026 · source · 8 days since checked
- Californiano harvestCoho (silver) salmon may not be taken in any California water; an incidentally hooked coho must be released unharmed immediately.Non tidal trout waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Illinois10" minimum · 5 a dayIllinois Lake Michigan: trout and salmon 10" minimum, 5 a day singly or in aggregate; lake trout no more than 2 a day.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Indiana14" minimum · 5 a dayIndiana Lake Michigan and tributaries: 14" minimum, 5 trout and salmon a day in total, no more than 3 of them lake trout.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Michigan10" minimum · 5 a dayMichigan Great Lakes: 10" minimum, 5 trout and salmon a day in any combination, no more than 3 of any one species except up to 5 coho, chinook or pink salmon. Open all year.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Michigan10" minimum · 5 a dayMichigan Type 1 trout streams: open the last Saturday in April through Sep 30; 5 trout and salmon a day, no more than 3 of them 15" or longer. Salmon 10" minimum.Non tidal trout waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- New York15" minimum · 3 a dayLake Ontario and the Lower Niagara: 15" minimum (21" for rainbow trout and steelhead), 3 trout and salmon a day combined, no more than 2 rainbow trout or steelhead. In Lake Ontario tributaries rainbows must be 25" and only 1 rainbow and 1 brown may be kept.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Ohio12" minimum · 2 a day (Jan 1–May 15, Sep 1–Dec 31); 12" minimum · 5 a day (May 16–Aug 31)Lake Erie and the full length of its tributaries: 12" minimum, trout and salmon combined. 2 a day Mar 1–May 15, 5 a day May 16–Aug 31, 2 a day Sep 1–Feb 28.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Oregon2 a dayOregon: In the aggregate: 2 adult salmon or steelhead a day and 20 a year on the Combined Angling Tag (hatchery fish on Hatchery Harvest Tags do not count), plus 5 jack salmon a day. Chinook jacks are 15–24", adults over 24"; coho jacks 15–20". Salmon under 15" count as trout, except coho. Coho are open only where a zone exception lists them, mostly hatchery fish; wild coho seasons are set each year before September.Non tidal trout waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Pennsylvania15" minimum · 3 a day (Jan 1–Apr 2, Sep 7–Dec 31); 15" minimum · 5 a day (Apr 3–Sep 6)Rainbow trout (steelhead) and salmon: 15" minimum, 3 a day combined. Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and all tributaries. All trout and salmon combined: 5 a day from 8 a.m. on the trout opener (the first Saturday in April; Apr 3 in 2027) through Labor Day, 3 a day after. Tributary streams are closed to trout fishing from 12:01 a.m. on the Friday before the opener until 8 a.m. on opening day.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Washingtonno harvestWashington: every river is closed to salmon unless the special rules list a season for that reach. Many reaches allow only hatchery coho, and emergency rules often adjust seasons in season.Non tidal trout waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Washington2 a dayWashington marine areas: salmon seasons and limits are set separately for each marine area and sub-area and change in season. Puget Sound coho limits are mostly 2 a day with no minimum size.Pacific waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Wisconsin10" minimum · 5 a dayWisconsin Lake Michigan and Green Bay: 10" minimum, 5 trout and salmon a day in total, lake trout included. Open all year, except no lake trout season on the Mid Lake Reef Complex. A Great Lakes trout and salmon stamp is required.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
Rules change, and they differ by state and often by water. Each spot page shows the limits for its own water. Coho salmon are fished at spots in 8 states: Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Washington.
Waters with their own rules
These waters set limits for coho salmon that differ from the rest of their state.
Reports that mention coho salmon
2 state agencies named coho salmon in their latest reports, newest first, linked to the source.
10 species named: channel catfish, chinook salmon, coho salmon, crappie, lake trout, largemouth bass, muskellunge…
Read at Indiana DNRFished in the same water
Species people target at the same spots as coho salmon, and how they’re doing today.
Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha8 of 29 spots worth the trip
Best now at Selkirk Shores, NY96
Bites in 42–58° water
SteelheadOncorhynchus mykiss5 of 26 spots worth the trip
Best now at Trinity River, CA92
Bites in 40–55° water
Brown troutSalmo trutta27 of 64 spots worth the trip
Best now at Selkirk Shores, NY100
Bites in 45–68° water
Smallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieu50 of 118 spots worth the trip
Best now at Potomac River, MD100
Bites in 55–78° water