The Coho: Minimum Order 12

My good friend Captain Hank of Salt Water Addiction Guide Service in Matagorda, TX, first introduced me to the coho in 1994. The Coho is an excellent bait for speckled trout and redfish. Captain Hank taught me how to wade the grass beds in the bays and how to jerk the Coho along so that no speck or red within sight of the lure could resist it. The largest red I’ve ever caught was 36 inches….and I caught him on a 0.5 ounce Coho head with a Queen Coho body.

Mark Macnamara, a fine gentleman and an EXCELLENT striper guide on Lake Texoma also convinced me of the coho's value. Mark mentioned the “Coho”! I thought “could this be the same killer bait on striped bass as it is on specks and reds?” Well, Mark proved the answer to my question to be “YES”!

This lure is fished similarly to the sassy shad: fast retrieve, slow retrieve, retrieve and drop, slow rolled, and dead. Whenever you know there are fish around you and they will not strike a sassy; tie on a Coho. The stripers often prefer the slim body lines of the Coho to the fatter profile of the sassy shad.

I use three different bodies for the Coho head. I use a minnow body in a 4 inch size that works very well (this is the Queen size Coho). I also use 3 inch Coho bodies on the 0.5 ounce version. One of my favorite bodies to use is manufactured by Castaic baits in CA. Look those folks up on the internet. They make terrific lure bodies - especially for dead sticking!!

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Chartreuse Options

Green 1 Ounce $0.89 Green 0.75 Ounce $0.79 Green 0.5 Ounce $0.69 Yellow 1 Ounce $0.89 Yellow 0.75 Ounce $0.79 Yellow 0.5 Ounce $0.69

White Options

White 1 Ounce $0.89 White 0.75 Ounce $0.79 White 0.5 Ounce $0.69 Natural Glow 1 Ounce $0.89 Natural Glow 0.75 Ounce $0.79 Natural Glow 0.5 Ounce $0.69

All lures are individually hand painted and none are the same. The lure colors with highlights vary from just the nose being highlighted to the back and/or belly of the lure being highlighted.

Both the Green and Yellow Chartreuse colors are GLOW. To the fisherman, the color looks identical to the non-glow color in the light. However, the fisherman gets the added benefit of the glow with each lure.