Step Aboard This Week: Coho on Top in a 9 km/h NW Breeze
Peak coho at 10-15 lbs are crushing surface flies and green spoons on calm, glassy water — with chum and late Chinook rounding out a diverse week.
What You'll See Stepping Aboard This Morning
Picture this: you climb into the boat as the sun works through partly cloudy skies, the thermometer reading a crisp 7°C, and a light NW breeze of just 9 km/h brushes across water that's lying nearly flat at 0.0m. We're timing the morning slack into the flood, and that's exactly the window when Campbell River coho come alive. For anyone stepping aboard Fishing Storie Charters this week, this is what the day looks like — calm, quiet, and absolutely loaded with fish on the feed.
Coho Are Peaking — And They're Aggressive
The coho run is hitting its stride right now, with fish running a solid 10 to 15 lbs. These are big-shouldered, hard-charging salmon, and they've got a real appetite for surface presentations. Bucktail flies skimmed across the top draw savage strikes, and green spoons keep producing fish down in the water column. When a peaking coho hammers a fly on the surface, you'll understand why guests come back for this every fall. Discovery Passage and the tide lines along Quadra are prime real estate as the flood builds.
Chum Arriving, Late Chinook Still Around
The coho aren't the only game in town. Chum salmon are pushing into the system now, adding a bruising, dogged fight to the mix, and there are still late Chinook holding around the passage for anyone hoping to bend a rod on something heavier. It's a genuinely diverse week of fishing, and the calm conditions mean we can move efficiently between Discovery Passage and the edges of Johnstone Strait to stay on the biting fish.
What to Expect This Week
With settled weather, glassy water, and the coho at their peak, this is about as good as the fall fishery gets around Campbell River. Mornings are the sweet spot — the slack-to-flood transition consistently turns the fish on. Bring layers for that 7°C start, and be ready for fast, surface-crashing action once we're set up on the tide line.
Book Your Seat
Weeks like this don't sit around waiting. The coho are here now, the chum are showing, and the conditions are ideal — but peak windows fill fast. If you want to be the one stepping aboard for surface-strike coho on flat water, reach out and lock in your date before the run moves on.
Ready to experience world-class fishing in Campbell River? Book your charter trip with Fishing Storie Charters today. Captain Jason and the crew are ready to put you on fish.
