Salmon tactics

[sidekick10121]

Hey all. This was my first year pinning for bows and want to try slamon this fall. My question is on bait. Does roe work best for salmon or do the plastic beads work as well as they do for bows? Thanks all

 

[BASSMASTER19]

pretty much use what you would for bows i use single pink artificial eggs or a pinky in either 4" or 6" for bows and boots

 

[NADO]

Depends where you go. Up north I find they will take baits like roe much more than they will in the Lake O streams. In Lake O I like to use streamers and other minnow imitations.

 

[tcp]

Lake O streams they don't really eat, you gotta force feed em if you know what i mean, but nados right, up north they will smack roe bags for sure. Stick to the Steel, JMHO

 

[instapump416]

I wanna try hardbaits this year to get a aggressive strike out of them. I see them always attacking each other so why not a big hardbait to piss them off.

 

[Knuguy]

If there's enough water to chuck a spoon, try a little Cleo or similar.

 

[xxxSIBxxx]

I'll agree with NADO on this also. Flies worked for me on Lake O tribs, muddler minnows and black stonefly worked pretty good for me.

 

[rich_ace_G]

 

[jc53]

Beads are my second choice. But i hardly enter the rivers anymore.
My first choice for flies are egg sucking leeches

 

[AaronKrick]

Depends where you go. Up north I find they will take baits like roe much more than they will in the Lake O streams. In Lake O I like to use streamers and other minnow imitations.

I'll agree with NADO on this also. Flies worked for me on Lake O tribs, muddler minnows and black stonefly worked pretty good for me.

Just dead drift under a float close to the bottom?

 

[NADO]

Dead drift but also twitch it and give it action. With a roe bag you want to make your drift look as natural as possible. With minnow imitations you want some action.

 

[rich_ace_G]

a simple twitch will do the trick if you're using flies...or just use panther martin spinners silver blades dressed in black..

 

[AaronKrick]

Dead drift but also twitch it and give it action. With a roe bag you want to make your drift look as natural as possible. With minnow imitations you want some action.

But you are still fishing it under a float? Just a slip float so you can twitch the rod tip like you're fishing a jig?

 

[miles]

Why not a jig if you are fishing it under a float.

When I get them in rivers up north they sure like anything red drifted under a float.

 

[sidekick10121]

Lake O streams they don't really eat, you gotta force feed em if you know what i mean, but nados right, up north they will smack roe bags for sure. Stick to the Steel, JMHO

So be a dentist and make sure the floss regularly ?

Thanks for all the tips everyone

 

[steelhead101]

force feed hahahah , east trib salmon do hit.... some what...... when they first come in the river. I've got them stripping wooly buggers and the odd time on roe .... coho's will smoke a slowly striped minnow pattern if you can sift through the kings..... if you want real action fish big rivers or the mouths of small ones, fighting a salmon in 3 feet of water is not near the experience of a big river.

 

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just wacky rig a pink berkely powerbait worm and you're set to go, remember big fish big bait, they do eat in the east tribs, just not as much as other areas. muddlers, WB's work really well

 

[Fishheads]

Hey all. This was my first year pinning for bows and want to try slamon this fall. My question is on bait. Does roe work best for salmon or do the plastic beads work as well as they do for bows? Thanks all

Fresh Chinook will smash a bag!!!! East, West or North. Beads will work again on fresh fish. I don't truly believe they are eating, but more striking out in aggregation. Casting hard baits eg. lymans, J13, cleos, mepps, and others that I can't remember...lol will get aggressive fish to hit. Once they have been in the river for awhile, well i still think they hit out of aggression but you will be harder pressed to get a bite on a bag over the hard bait. IMO always fun to hammer a few fresh chinnies but save your time and sick days for October November and hit some fresh steel.

 

[steelhead101]

just wacky rig a pink berkely powerbait worm and you're set to go, remember big fish big bait, they do eat in the east tribs, just not as much as other areas. muddlers, WB's work really well

let me guess you always hook them in the corner of the mouth... your worms work because they are buoyant and you weight it about a foot up so it floats horizontally in the river, and flosses the fish. why would a salmon eat a pink worm

 

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let me guess you always hook them in the corner of the mouth... your worms work because they are buoyant and you weight it about a foot up so it floats horizontally in the river, and flosses the fish. why would a salmon eat a pink worm

same reason a steelhead eats em