Old Lake CottageCoho Salmon fishing near Coquitlam, BC
7,440 documented waters within 300 km, 0 of them with coho salmon as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Cohilukthan Slough (Ladner)80
- Deas Slough (Ladner)80
- Hesquiat Lake (Tofino)80
- Crescent Slough (Ladner)80
- Cloud Lake (Campbell River)80
- Malaspina Lake (Port McNeill)80
- Maple Lake (Cumberland)80
- Davie River80
- Thompson Lake (Campbell River)80
- Quennell Lake (Ladysmith)80
Fishing coho salmon around Coquitlam
The waters around Coquitlam give coho salmon anglers real options: 7440 documented waters in range are on record for coho salmon in our British Columbia catalogue, and their daily scores - built from weather, water temperature at depth and species-fit modelling - decide the order shown above rather than reputation or hearsay.
Start with Cohilukthan Slough (Ladner), today's top scorer at 80 (about 30 km from Coquitlam). If it is busy or the wind is wrong, Deas Slough (Ladner) scores 80 (about 28 km from Coquitlam). Hesquiat Lake (Tofino) at 80 is the third card worth keeping in hand. All of these numbers come from the same daily model, so they are directly comparable water to water.
Coho (silver) salmon are smaller and generally more aggressive and acrobatic than chinook, known for hard, sustained runs and repeated jumps once hooked - a big part of why they're a favorite light-tackle target where both species are available. In open water, trolling smaller spoons and flies behind flashers or dodgers, at somewhat shallower depths than typically used for chinook, is standard.
Treat this page as a living shortlist: the ranking refreshes daily (currently showing September 15, 2026), and a shift in wind, cloud cover or water temperature is often enough to reorder it.