It was just before dawn when I reached the fish grounds
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-ay-ay-ay
To see the Coho flash silver all over the bay

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

Well they bit all that morning 'til well after two
They're so hungry they'd strike at an old leather shoe
This has got to be heaven to myself I did say
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay-ay-ay-ay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

When I got in that night they asked "How did you do?"
I showed them silver darlings two hundred and two.
They said you're the "Highliner", you're the best here today
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay-ay-ay-ay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay

Now there's doctors and lawyers and bankers and more
And the big wheeler-dealers with their big deals galore
But let me be a troller and king for a day
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay-ay-ay-ay
Where the Coho flash silver all over the bay