[Grampa Dave]

What I have seen of spawning Coho's, they are more than willing adult fish.

It is a little scary to be out wading in a river like the Rogue and have a school of Coho swim upstream past you, in between your legs and a few hitting your legs. I saw a guy get knocked down by a big Upper Rogue King (one of those about 3.5 feet long and about 60 pounds). The guy was apparently too close to the reds and a hen laying her roe. The buck King salmon just rammed into one his legs and knocked the guy off balance into the river.

[Carry_Okie]

And there I was, wondering if they had been using smolts as a cheap substitute for gerbils. ;-P

So much for that theroy.