Question from Salmon newbie.

Friend brought me to an east trib one evening this week for my first time fishing for salmon. They where everywhere but would not strike anything we tried from spoons, spinners, roe and worms. From following some of the forums it sounds like most of you are at the mouth of the trib and not up north (around hwy #7), is my problem the location?

The first two choice of bait for river is not very good, although I saw a video of a salmon hitting a J13 in the river.... The last two choice of bait should produce, so I'm wondering how your set up was. What method were you using in presenting the roe bag and worms? In my opinion, location doesn't really matter, if the fish are there.

We casted the roe or worm up current and let it drift to the salmon.

did you SEE the salmon in the place where you were casting?

Also, I used to be a strong believer in "salmon are idiots" and will not care about set up, bait or any of that fancy stuff like the trout do...boy was I wrong. I hooked over 40 salmon since start of September by changing up my setup to the usual "trout" version.

10lb mono mainline
8lb fluro leader
tiny size 12 hook
bead with either roe or anything "salmon" colors such as yellow, chartreuse, orange... will do WONDERFUL!

the float and weight set up is also very important, since salmon are not feeding once in spawn mode, you want to piss them off so they bite out of reaction to protect.

So youd have to make sure the bait is hitting them in the face, or in the general area. Anything drifting too high or sideways will not be productive, at least in my experience with salmon.

Setting up your split shots and using the correct float size (I use 3.5grams to 4grams on smaller east rivers) and the correct depth will guarantee fish!

Thanks. I will try that.

Fish like your are fishing for bass, cast with lures when you cannot see them, at bay or pier.

Excellent advice fishing89!

If you are in shallower areas, stay away from pairs of salmon as best as you can, they extremely rarely hit, they are in a different world, singles hit the best and a bunch you have better chance. Obnoxious crankbaits are your go to. More natural colour for clear water and bright colours as the water gets darker.

If I setup one dreambox using DVBLink for Dreambox, connected to DVBLink Connect Server - can I use another dreambox as a client over the internet? So in effect, like a slingbox. Just in case anyone is wondering, this is for personal use not commercial.

Thanks
D.

Yea you can probably use the satellite as a float and while you are streaming over the internet adjust speed through your cable TV and hopefully get some bites.