Happy but DISGUSTED

[BASSMASTER19]

That's probably because MNR does that with their Zapper Nets.

However they did say "No Dynamite Or Explosives"

Darn! I just bought a new box of BOOM BOOMS!! :razz: :razz:

Bad Day all around! Marine Mechanic told me there's No Possibble Way he can get My NEW Boat to idle down to a Trolling Speed. POOP!!

what the heck are you gonna do with 2000 horsepower lol

 

[sunny14]

what the heck are you gonna do with 2000 horsepower lol

Hope that it's fast enough so I don't get caught Running Drugs From The Islands to Florida!!

God only knows I need all the MONEY I can get to Buy all
The Fishing Gear h34r:

 

[BASSMASTER19]

lol

 

[Hairyfish]

gazjs has a point. Almost everyone who fishes small tributaries for salmon is flossing/snagging anyway. Some of these guys will come online and talk about how many hookups they had the other day, when deep down they probably know these fish weren't biting, haha. The reality is, once upstream, salmon can be much harder to induce a strike from than migratory trout, so are these guys with all the right gear who are hooking up with 30 salmon a day drifting just single eggs on long leaders really supposed to be legit? heck no man.

I guess the point I'm trying to make here is, there's no need to get yourself all worked up over a bunch of guys snagging salmon . It's a great lakes tradition.

I caught a chinook with a "single egg' on a hook drifted to a pool holding several big salmon. I was able to visually observe the egg as it drifted DIRECTLY in FRONT of the fish. (My line was almost parallel to the direction the fish were pointing) I bounced the floating egg in FRONT of the holding fish a couple of times and SAW the fish lunge forward and BITE the egg. 20 minutes later I had a 22 pond MALE chinook on 6 POUND TEST. How the F is this flossing!??!

 

[416fish]

I caught a chinook with a "single egg' on a hook drifted to a pool holding several big salmon. I was able to visually observe the egg as it drifted DIRECTLY in FRONT of the fish. (My line was almost parallel to the direction the fish were pointing) I bounced the floating egg in FRONT of the holding fish a couple of times and SAW the fish lunge forward and BITE the egg. 20 minutes later I had a 22 pond MALE chinook on 6 POUND TEST. How the F is this flossing!??!

That sounds like lining not flossing.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Why are all these old threads being resurrected?

 

[Hairyfish]

So you're saying that I didn't induce a strike?

 

[BASSMASTER19]

You probably did but it could have been lined, im not saying anything but if you said it was legit, how can anyone say its not, right?

 

[Hairyfish]

I guess the question is, do they actually bite the roe? I'm definitely no expert and I was told that although the salmon are not actively feeding they will still "eat" floating eggs and skein. I realize that a lot of the people out "fishing" the rivers for salmon are indeed snagging/flossing/lining.
It's all about the intent I guess. I really believe that the fish charged forward and bit the egg. I didn't move my rod to set the hook until he started swimming forward and the water really wasn't that clear. To say that I was able to deftly pop the egg into his mouth would be quite a stretch.

I thought that I was legitimately fishing. I only had 6 pond test so I definitely was not trying to snag or anything. I'm seeing that some are of the opinion that none of the hookups in the rivers are legit.

I'm still not convinced that the salmon are not actually biting.

What's your take on this debate?

 

[Hairyfish]

Noobs like me catching up on the old posts to get some info!

;-)

 

[416fish]

So you're saying that I didn't induce a strike?

LOL I'm just playing around bud (trolling), everyone is going crazy this time of year! Of course the salmon bit, I catch them all the time like that. I feel exactly what you are saying, they lunge forward and BOOM fish on.

 

[Rain-Bow]

I tried using a bare hook one time just to see if it really is as easy as I think it is to floss fish when they're upstream and on the first drift I ended up hooking up and my leader wasn't even long lol. I use just lures nowadays and I've noticed that once the water clears up it's like they (salmon, not steelhead) just turn off. , yet guys drifting with long leaders are still getting countless hookups. No surprise.

 

[coldfeet]

Using a net is poaching. As usual, where's the ministry of no resources? I've heard the no English line before too, ask if he can swim, if things go sideways call the police.Funny how they find out where the rivers are, know about salmon& roe etc. Probably read all about it here. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The problem is the G.T.A.- Gone. Totally. A**hole. An influx of far too many who don't respect the values and principles that Canada was built on, a western democracy. the common good is replaced by everything now for me and damn everything and everyone who gets in the way of the former have- nots who trample everything dear to us in their stampede to a better life in paradise. Oh but I digress, and my opinion makes me a bigot I suppose, oh well or at best just another whining bitter Canadian betrayed by my government as we see things slipping away a little more all the time until the Canada I grew up in becomes unrecognizable. Focker out

 

[FisherGirl]

Using a net is poaching. As usual, where's the ministry of no resources? I've heard the no English line before too, ask if he can swim, if things go sideways call the police.Funny how they find out where the rivers are, know about salmon& roe etc. Probably read all about it here. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The problem is the G.T.A.- Gone. Totally. A**hole. An influx of far too many who don't respect the values and principles that Canada was built on, a western democracy. the common good is replaced by everything now for me and darn everything and everyone who gets in the way of the former have- nots who trample everything dear to us in their stampede to a better life in paradise. Oh but I digress, and my opinion makes me a bigot I suppose, oh well or at best just another whining bitter Canadian betrayed by my government as we see things slipping away a little more all the time until the Canada I grew up in becomes unrecognizable. Focker out

HAHAHA, I just laughed out loud.

 

[coldfeet]

Glad someone found some humour in that rant :razz:

 

[free reign]

Using a net is poaching. As usual, where's the ministry of no resources? I've heard the no English line before too, ask if he can swim, if things go sideways call the police.Funny how they find out where the rivers are, know about salmon& roe etc. Probably read all about it here. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The problem is the G.T.A.- Gone. Totally. A**hole. An influx of far too many who don't respect the values and principles that Canada was built on, a western democracy. the common good is replaced by everything now for me and darn everything and everyone who gets in the way of the former have- nots who trample everything dear to us in their stampede to a better life in paradise. Oh but I digress, and my opinion makes me a bigot I suppose, oh well or at best just another whining bitter Canadian betrayed by my government as we see things slipping away a little more all the time until the Canada I grew up in becomes unrecognizable. Focker out

The corruption in government breeds dishonesty in society , destroying our values as Canadian

 

[Dozer]

...as humans

 

[fisgfreek]

Same crap every year, that's why I only fish during the week and when it gets cold out there. Trout opener is another joke.... O well if you can't beat them call the MNR or the cops.

 

[bigugly]

We don't need to stop it we need to demand more enforcement! Up to and including ourselves, call the MNR I have numerous times. The culprits might just move on but hopefully they will eventually get caught.

 

[rich_ace_G]

still on this debate about flossing, lining, salmon-don't strike...etc etc. Salmons do strike, even boots strike pink worms, flies, tots you name it. It is not up to the angler when they will. I have caught salmon on 3 ft water chasing a hot n tot clear water. I caught a steel on spinner. Of course a lot of bodies on the water will not help your odds because when they get spooked, either they move up, move down, hold under a log and shut you down. If you're patient enough to wait for them to open up, they will.
I have found spots that hold steel, as soon as I get closer, they're gone, I wait for maybe an hour, thinking about life and stuff, what I should be doing when I grow old and s**t...then boom next thing you know, they hold the spot again...