From Port Hardy one morning I cast off my line
The sea was all smooth and the weather just fine
And for Castle Rock, I was headed away
To where the coho flash silver all over the bay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

It was just before dawn when I reached the fish ground
So I lowered my poles and I let my lines down
I lit up my pipe and I waited and prayed
To see the Coho flash silver all over the bay
See the Coho flash silver all over the bay

Well the sun came up shining and so did the fish
All the bells were ringing, what more could I wish,
And the gurdies were humming, I was making it pay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

Well they bit all that morning ’til just after noon
They’re so hungry they’d strike at an old leather shoe,
This must be heaven, to myself I did say
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

When I tied up that night they asked “How did you do?”
And I showed them silver darlings, two-hundred and two
They said, You’re high liner, the best here today,
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

Now there’s doctors and lawyers and bankers and more
Your wheelers and dealers with big deals galore
But let me be a troller and king for a day
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay