We just spent the weekend fishing in the Coho derby at the Port Renfrew Marina. On Saturday there were tons of fish on the sounder around the whistle buoy and out to about 200 feet, and we saw lots of fish being caught. We got 5 coho up to about 10 pounds. Sunday the fish disappeared and we didn't get anything until later in the afternoon when we were out at the 600 foot line, then we picked up an 8 and a 14 pound coho. Hardly saw or heard of any fish being caught all day.
There were 294 rods in the water for the derby, so the winner, with a 22 3/4 pound coho, took home $5880!!
Paul