Lake Superior produces another Minnesota record coho salmon

Lake Superior produces another Minnesota record coho salmon

Source: echopress

6/11/2024

Credit: Ryan Stoltenberg

Lake Superior's western waters have been hot for fishing the last couple seasons thanks to record smelt and cisco populations, the little fish that bigger fish love to eat, leading to some very fat big fish being caught.

Austin Stoltenberg, 12, of Cherry, caught a 12.36-pound coho salmon June 1 off Duluth that appears to be a new state record, smashing the 10.92-pound previous record coho set on Labor Day 2023 by David Cichosz, of Wabasha, Minnesota.