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Post by fishhooker on Feb 12, 2009 12:50:46 GMT -5
Three of us are headed back to Pulaski next week for a shot at the steel and big browns. Hopefully fishing is good with the recent runoff from odd weather.With our luck it will pour snow the whole weekend.Do or die we are going.Reports are looking great and with my new fenwick 9footer I should be better prepared this time.Wish me luck!I will report back with picks and details of the adventure.
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Post by Silver Fox on Feb 12, 2009 13:38:41 GMT -5
Wishing you lots of hook ups.
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Post by champlain fisher on Feb 12, 2009 18:02:20 GMT -5
Just got home from Pulaski. I didn't have one of my better trips thats for sure. Got wet both days and only had 2 fish on and 1 of those was only for a few seconds. There are plenty of fish in the river but they are getting stale and starting to switch over to full spawn mode. The smaller tribs all were running pretty good so they should clear out and then start seeing some fish. Water was stained up pretty good today. Snow wasn't bad either and it was still raining when I left at 2 pm today.
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Post by trouter on Feb 12, 2009 23:40:38 GMT -5
Here's wishing you tight lines and great pics to post!
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Post by fishhooker on Feb 13, 2009 2:03:30 GMT -5
That doesn't sound too good champlainfisher! But at this point It could be raining mortar fire and I'd probaly still be fishing for steelhead in SR. I got blanked my first trip there so now it's more like a vengeance mission. Whether Rain,Sleet,Snow,hail or mortar fire, wish me luck,sounds like I might need it this time.I've seen some good reports the last few weeks though but definately not as many as January. Three full days of fishing to finally pop my chrome plated cherry and bring one gracefully to the net...I hope.Still debating going for the kings in the fall,i've heard alotta bad things about it. Some have said they barely feed when they're in the river, and everybodys just snags em,one guy on the trip even told us"Kings are for women and blind men"direct quote from Frank Doe,who had also managed to finish a handle of Jim Beam before finally cave-ing a chunk of shelf ice and falling tits up into the river.Gotta hand it to him though he had a couple of good pointers about hooking up with fish. Whats your thoughts and experiences on king salmon run in the fall.Was frank right?
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Post by champlain fisher on Feb 13, 2009 21:14:38 GMT -5
there are lots of fish, they just weren't turning on in the areas I fished. Heard of some folks that did good and some like me. I did not see many hookups and see 1 fish landed. I did see 2 fish leave the black hole. Don't know why they would keep darker fish for eating when ther are still some fresh ones down in that area.
As for really seeing what kinds of fish come into the Salmon River Mid October would be best for catching everything. Big browns and steelies along with kings and cohos in large numbers. The steelies that time of year will just totaly humble you. A 10 lb fall steelie puts a 25 lb salmon to shame. As far as what goes on with the salmon - it saves alot of trout. If you want a chance at a legitiatmate 20 lb steelie that is perhaps one of the best times. 3 of the 4 steelies I have had on that size was in mid October. Needless to say they didn't want to see my ugly mug - they spanked me hard - but what a sight to see a 20 lb chromer 3 feet over the river on the end of your line. You have to fish just like you would your local stream trout just a bit heavier gear and longer rods. That way you will get more trout that are aggressisively feeding. You will get some salmon to hit as well. Some of them will be lined as well. Hard to avoid when presenting a bait through an area that is holding 10- to 100's of fish. By fishing and presenting your bait the trout will eat it and eat it hard. Steelies will make your line drift up the current instead of down, browns cohos and kings will head shake hard on the hook set when they bite.
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Post by fishhooker on Feb 16, 2009 16:19:10 GMT -5
So would you say the majority of kings caught in the fall are from snagging?
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Post by champlain fisher on Feb 16, 2009 17:10:23 GMT -5
Not by me or the people I fish with. Some folks do flat out try to snag them and they are getting to be pretty obivous looking due to the change over to people fishing for them. They stand out like a turd in a punch bowl. DEC has cleaned it up out there alot over the last 5 years. I also don't sight fish and therefore I can't see if the fish got lined or bit. Some I'm sure I have lined but that's not what I'm doing or trying. But you have to put the bait in their face to get um to strike at it. Go and fish for them and you would be surprised what is in there for salmon and trout that are willing to play. You can't go stand in a spot with 20 guys drift a hundred yard stretch - those fish are to scared to hit. Walk away from the parking areas and fish the pocket waters in between the pools. These spots are where the fish will sit as long as they don't get bothered - those same fish are also more apt to hit something because they have had a chance to settle down. Salmon fishing is what you make of it - I fish for them and do well enough to make me very happy.
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Post by eightptrob on Feb 18, 2009 18:12:02 GMT -5
good luck i think i'm going to go back over in a few weeks i'm sick of the ice let us know how you do
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Post by Silver Fox on Feb 19, 2009 9:42:50 GMT -5
Fished the Salmon River at Dougalston on Tues and landed one steely and one brown. the steely was getting dark and the neither fish was of any size, but it was a great day to be on the river.
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