At the mouth of the river at Sebago in the Spring, it's East to West unless you want a beating from the rest!
Couldnt make the tournament this year but fished Sunday afternoon with one of my girls. The lake laid out really flat, the sun got hot, and the salmon went crazy for anything bright trolled fast at about 30 feet down. Finished up the day at the cafe with some pizza and beers and it sure felt like fall. The lake was quiet as the visitors have retreated to the cities.
were they all extremely dark, thats the big thing we noticed. thinking they were deeper this summer than usual
Not really, most bright wild females. According to the live gauge from the water station on temps, the water has been pretty cold at 40-50 feet so I’ve been running 35-45 on the riggers the last two weeks and been doing fairly well, although the fish are welcomed, they aren’t they girth like I expect to see coming into the run. I haven’t done well on togue this season at all. Lots and lots of real little ones.
I snagged this one dragging the bottom at 100 feet a week agoAll of the salmon I've got this year have been 100 feet or deeper, a couple close to 200
I got a salmon through the ice a few years ago, ( just happened to be chatting with a warden and a bio when the flag went off) the fish was completely black, it looked like it had been spray painted. It also had big gouges in it, the bio couldn't explain the color but the scars where from where it smashed smelts on the bottom of the ice.
Thanks for the postsaltyshores To get info from you is very helpful and interesting. Time to put in COHOs
I'm a retired Maine F&W fisheries biologist. I have seen a few jet-black salmon in my career and some that were totally black on one side and totally normal coloration on the other side. The ones that are black on both sides are blind fish, and the ones that are only black on ones side are only blind on one side. The usual cause is eagle or osprey talons but the bird dropped the fish and the injury caused nerve damage followed by blindness.