Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
The diplomatic salmon — mild, balanced, bright orange, medium-firm flesh. The safe pick if you don't know who you're feeding, and the right pick if you want a fish that takes a sauce well without disappearing under it.
Coho is excellent for weeknight cooking. Shorter cook times than sockeye, milder flavor than king. Great for sheet-pan meals, glazes, and quick pan-sears.
Trolled in Sitka and seine-caught around Kodiak from mid-July through September.
Where coho salmon lives
Biological range is not the same thing as catch context. This section separates public agency range information from the Alaska catching grounds connected to this guide.
Ocean-feeding salmon that return to coastal rivers and streams to spawn.
North Pacific waters from northern Japan and Russia across Alaska and down the Pacific Coast.
Centers on Sitka and Kodiak-area Alaska coho fisheries.
Catching grounds
The Alaska waters connected to this guide entry. Click through for the full story of each catching ground.
