How to Catch Coho Salmon Spoon Fishing the Vedder River

How to fish with PRIME LURES spoons on a river to catch Coho Salmon fishing the Vedder River.
Spoons catch salmon. Lots of salmon. In the ocean I use spoons while trolling for salmon about 75% of the time. Super effective and dependable.
This fact does not change in the rivers, BUT my percent time on a spoon rod is only a fraction. Maybe 5 to 10%... but when I do it is usually a success.
Just need to have it along when the right water and condition presents itself.
Spoons work really well in the early morning... afternoon and evening. Pretty much any time of day there is a possibility you will connect with a coho on a spoon.
I found an 8'6" to 9' rod is really optimal for spoons. I broke my Fenwick Eagle rod unfortunately, but it was great.
This time around, I bought the @uglystik Elite Salmon/Steelhead 8'6" medium heavy rod. These Ugly Stik's seem to stand up to my level of abuse better. So far it feels great and easy to control fish.
I like a longer rod because you can really send that spoon a mile on the cast and you can keep the line up high if you want so the spoon doesn't sink much in shallow tail outs. Also the longer rod gets you a better hookset and easier to keep fish pinned in my opinion. Also playing a fish, especially a big one is easier on the longed rod.
Reel is a Shimano Ci4+ Stradic. The line is 20lb green PowerPro brain. I used 15lb fluorocarbon leader as a bumper, 3 to 10 feet is a good length.
Spoon choice... for the money I think your best bang for buck is the 12gram Prime Lures Oval Spoons. Highly effective and great silver metal finish. High quality Mustad hooks.
Find slower speed water usually 20 inches deep to 10 feet deep. Then cast your spoon slightly upstream. Let it sink for a few seconds depending on depth. Sometimes they hit it on the initial fall. Start retrieving slowly so the spoon tap, tap, tap, flicks away at your rod tip. You don't want a fast spinning spoon. You want a side to side flip and and the odd roll mixed in to trigger bites. Sometimes stop and go or flip it and let it flutter.
You can also try swinging it across the run if enough current.
These are all techniques to get you bites.
If I didn't convince you yet...
When the numbers coming through aren't very high and the river level is higher... a most excellent choice of presentation is a spoon. I find the Prime Lures Oval Spoon is perfect. Cast and retrieve slowly or swing it.
Take your pick of presentation and cover all the water. The strikes from these super chrome fish right out of the ocean is amazing!
They just crush the spoons. So if your spoon tap stops and you're left with slack line definitely set the hook because they're carrying the spoon your way. Otherwise it's just a solid strike you can't miss it.
Super successful in the right situation, I never leave home without them and catch a lot of coho on spoons.
Stock up for next season when you see them back on the shelf. Prime Lures has some new colors coming to satisfy all your wildest dreams and brighten up your dreary bead box.
Thanks for watching, if you have any questions place them in the comments below.
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God Bless your Adventure!

[@KirkB_]

Prime lures excellent choice have a bunch of favorites for up north here

[@fxbillie]

Good video on coho hunting with the spoon. I did that a lot too at the canal. I drop the rod tip more to get down. One day last season in November, I lucked out with 7 coho hookups. It doesn’t happen too often late season but when crowds are down, with fresh fish just coming up unspooked, it is possible to have multiple hookups.

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Yeah 7 fish is a great day! Love the multiple hook up days for sure. Yeah you are right you can control the depth by how high off the water your rod tip is.

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Yeah thats a great day. You're right that controlling the depth can be achieved with the placement of the rod tip up or down.

[@keithl7422]

I caught 2 cohos on December 2' 2023 before the storm on upstream vedder river; cohos are still fresh with tiny red but still very good to eat 😋😋😋very happy !!!

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Yup they are in there. I've just been working the last couple week straight and when I got off its been raining. So headed ice fishing instead.

[@danm1319]

Gotta love the spoon bite!

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

oh yeah it is a good tug!

[@Beacon_Offroad]

Spoons are secretly my fave.

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Yeah I am not sure if I have a favorite, I like it all.

[@whatupsun1239]

When was this? That’s a lot of people for around this time of the year? Nice catch!

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

I have a whole season of editing to do. This was around the first week of November. There was one fish, the one beached from another evening out. Two evenings melded into one.

[@JJ-gm4ck]

cool, an 11 minute ad for a fishing lure. Seems like Rod Hsu is influencing everyone. Even "doctors" lol.

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

Haha... actually you're incorrect though. Rod followed me. My KZbin account opened Jan19th, 2006. Rod didn't get started till March 2nd, 2006. I'm not sure how you explain how to fish with a spoon without talking at all about the spoon you are using??? I hope a few flossers switch to using spoons. Maybe even a new angler will catch a coho after watching this. How come "doctors" is in quotations? You don't think doctors fish? Or doctors shouldn't need help or teach other people how to fish? Or in your head you actually believe that I'm getting paid to make this video for an "advertisement"? When I first got into river fishing after moving to BC I absolutely learned everything I needed to know to catch a salmon from watching and talking to, Rod Hsu. I've always made instructional type fishing videos. Even since before I even knew about Rod way back in the AB days. Now a days we even get out fishing together. Small world. Thanks for watching, take it easy. Being so critical is not great for your health.

[@JJ-gm4ck]

"How to fish with PRIME LURES spoons". That's your first line and in CAPS. huh? No need to mention that brand since it's a spoon and you fish spoons the same way regardless of brand. You know that right? It's like stethoscope. Doesn't matter if it's a Littmann or ADC. @@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

@@JJ-gm4ck You said the video was an 11 minute Advertisement. Now you're talking about the description. Nobody reads that anyways. FYI: The first line in a description is used for KZbin Search terms. So it's more of a #tag line of words strung together used to help people find the video. That's what I think about when writing the first sentence of a description. You're entitled to your opinion. It's bizarre that you take so much personal concern about how I produce videos and chose to do write ups. What benefit do you get out of this? Tell me your goal. Are you trying to give me feedback. Do you have a suggestion of how to make it better? Something you'd like to see? Why do you have an issue with me stating a brand of a lure? You make lures yourself? Feeling left out? I think a spoon is not a spoon. Just like a Stethoscope is not a stethoscope. Like what is an ADC? I've never even heard of that. Is there a doctor who doesn't use a Littmann? Never seen anyone with an ADC FYI. That's why brand is important because not all spoons will do the same thing. I think you got me wrong there. This is a full time hobby for me, I don't make a living off this. Rod actually has a career as an influencer. If I find a lure, or piece of fishing equipment that I like or use, I'm going to tell people about it. If you don't like me sharing what I use that is up to you. It's how I operate. I know it blows peoples minds to think that I just enjoy making these videos and helping other people out, fishermen, and creators of fishing gear. It feels good to take something that I just do for fun and turn it into something that helps other people learn to fish and maybe even develop a small business.