If the initial success of the coho program grows, the tribe hopes to expand releases to the Grand Ronde and Salmon rivers. To protect the fish, the tribe has instructed tribal fisherman to release all coho incidentally caught while fishing for steelhead. The tribe expects the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to issue a similar warning to sport anglers. During the fall steelhead season in 1997 a Lewiston fly fisherman caught one of the first coho adults to return to the Clearwater. The fisherman recognized it as a coho and released the fish.
Coho have black tongues, white gums and small irregular spots on the upper half of their tails.
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