Lenhth: 24-28 inches Weight: 6-10 pounds
Life Span: 2-4 years
Bright silver in colour, coho salmon live three years, weigh up to 15 lb. (6.8
kg), and are a popular game fish for sport fishers. Coho’s versatile full
flavour is coupled with fine-textured, consistently red flesh.
Coho salmon are a favorite sport fish. They feed nearshore
and are thus near areas where anglers fish. This species is the second least
abundant of the North Pacific salmon (Chinook are the least abundant). Coho
salmon make up only seven to ten percent of the commercial salmon fishery.
Young coho spend one or two years in fresh water. Salmon in the
southern part of their range (warmer) spend one year and salmon in the northern
part of their range (cooler) spend two years. This species usually goes less
than on hundred miles from the mouth of their stream for reproduction although a
few populations travel over a thousand miles - so there is quite a diversity in
this species.
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