2011 SALMON RIVER - SALMON AND STEELHEAD Thread

[Gamma Fish]

he said that he read an in - fisherman article about running salmon skein under a float for kings this has been done for years but now it is an obsolete trick correct, well i bet it still can be done

Yeah........in Alaska !

Well there is 4 pages worth of time I will never get back .......

You can say that again !   It all went down hill after Dark Clouds post !

[adam2000]

Not yet that I know of, but since he already has the good one, the next one down closet too the bridge, who owns it?  The newer house on the N shore, with the nice landscaped yard with the "redwood" stained siding has been up for sale this yr. Coldwell Banker I think, it's a white & blue sign, it's the closest house to it. So who knows.

man can you imagine what all his property is worth? during salmon season he pulls in 13500 a day

[adam2000]

Yeah........in Alaska !

You can say that again !   It all went down hill after Dark Clouds post !

i put pics up for you gamma

[Gamma Fish]

i put pics up for you gamma

Just saw them !   Good looking little man !      If you don't mind, I'd like to stop by on Saturday and drop off his new Red Sox hat and jacket !

[adam2000]

Just saw them !   Good looking little man !      If you don't mind, I'd like to stop by on Saturday and drop off his new Red Sox hat and jacket !

oh god your a red sox fan too? if you guys couldnt tell by the taxes"YOU ALL LIVE IN NY NOT MASS" probally all pats fans too

[gillkiller13126]

oh god your a red sox fan too? if you guys couldnt tell by the taxes"YOU ALL LIVE IN NY NOT MASS" probally all pats fans too

 go red soxxxxx hahahah  and i hate the pats im a giants fan

[Gamma Fish]

oh god your a red sox fan too? if you guys couldnt tell by the taxes"YOU ALL LIVE IN NY NOT MASS" probally all pats fans too

Actually, I'm a St.Louis Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Blackhawks fan......and the fan of any team that beats the Yankees     Red Sox are right in line behind the Cardinals !

PS:   I don't consider NY City a part of NY state....even though our tax dollars support that cess pool

[fishgalore]

Yeah........in Alaska !

Ummmm.............uhhhhhh..........no.......that would be a negative!!! p57 Aug./Sept edition 1st paragraph........"When leaves begin falling from the trees, king salmon are already thick in the rivers of the Great Lakes. As they 1st enter rivers, salmon go ballistic for aggressive techniques like pitching crankbaits or spinners. But that phase soon passes....................From the end of the 1st week to the moment spawning activity actually begins, float-fishing is the odds-on method. Most float fisherman...............use.........."skein". But some use soft plastics with great success."

"Folks of ill repute...........where snagging is brain dead easy. These pretenders...........say they don't believe salmon bite. Fact is kings do bite and floats prove it without ripping open any brown or rainbow trout by accident. "

I'm not trying to open a pandora's box here just quoting what I read. I will find out for myself what is true or not so no one needs to convince me whether or not Salmon bite.

I'll definitely have some fun too finding out. Does Forest and Zippy want to meet up when I travel yonder to the transition point??

[trapper2000]

shove  a  hot n tot  in there  face  for  5 minutes  fish on  so  easy  a  cave  man  can  do it  ....  i'm betting  the  first  fish  will be  in oswego  river  in 8  days!!!  i'm going  down and  getting  as many of  the  real  fish out  before  they end up  on a  rope  headed  to  jersy   after 40  years  of  salmon  fishing  do i  believe  they  hit  ...... truth  NO

ps  the  real  fish  are  the  small mouths  and  bluegills  lol

[bcons]

Oh boy here we go, Please make sure your seatbacks & tray tables are in their locked & upright position it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
"Folks of ill repute, pretenders"?
Ok Salmon go ballistic for aggresive techniques?  :blink:   I guess everyone that fishes the Estuary just haven't figured that out yet.   
All the guys that own or work at cleaning stations that constantly say out 25000 fish I've cleaned over 20+ yrs I've never seen one with any stomach contents.
Then of course there's mother natures wisdom.  If salmon actively fed, what would 100's of thousands of 15-35lb fish at the top of the food chain do to the river ecosystem?  The rivers couldn't support an active feed.  Yes they support trout, but remember there aren't as many, & during the 1st 2 months the trout feed on the non-viable (since they broke free from the nest) salmon eggs, with some raiding nests.  By the time winter sets in & temps get cold, the trout almost shutdown.  The cold water slows their metabolic rate to almost nothing, the colder dense water has a much higher oxygen content allowing the trout to breath fine just sitting there.  As anyone who's fished the river in the dead of winter will tell you, you must have the perfect drift right next to or in front of them to get one.  They won't move much to take your offering not that I've ever done it  By the time the water begins to warm & the trout "wakeup" there's runoff & hatches adding food to the river system.  It works.  Mother Nature is smarter than us.

[trapper2000]

huhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  aggressive  technic  means  rip  em  right???  huhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and  no one  get  mad i  can  care  less  just have  fun!!!!

[draketrutta]

I will find out for myself what is true or not so no one needs to convince me whether or not Salmon bite.

Let us know your findings...

[KingPerch Jr.]

Actually, I'm a St.Louis Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Blackhawks fan......and the fan of any team that beats the Yankees     Red Sox are right in line behind the Cardinals !

PS:   I don't consider NY City a part of NY state....even though our tax dollars support that cess pool

Im a Packers fan too!!!! Go RED SOX!!!! Im gonna be living in Massachusetts for a week in the Cape!!! So i will have the right to be a Sox fan!! Might also see a game!!

[steelie24]

I always thought salmon in the river liked to collect fly's so they'd look purrrrdy during spawning. 

[adam2000]

packers? red sox? whats next are all you cny guys gonna start cheering on uconn and gtown?   

As far as the salmon bite in the rivers. Here is my take "larger rivers yes i believe that that do bite like the niagara and oswego harbor, but once they hit the rt 3 bridge on the salmon i think they shut down. My theory being that in there minds they are almost to there spawning grounds where a big deep river they dont have it in there minds yet that they are close." Water temp probally plays a big role in this. But i have seen plenty of fishing shows of guys casting cranks to kings on lake michigan tribs