chinook salmon.

[bigbullshedhunter]

Anyone been catching em? Been slow here, 1 native today. What would be a good lure or bait choice for fast ,cold, clear water.

[Bone_Collector]

Diver and eggs or diver and shrimp.

B_C

[bigbullshedhunter]

Sounds good. I have tried multiple sizes of kwiks and flatfish but just the same results. Usually we hammer down. They are alapping it and not taking it. Kind of frustrating.

[L-ofalab]

What you use depends on where you are fishing. On the Snake it is dirty and they have been hitting a few cut herring. Down at Drano we have done well with Brads magnum wigglers or flashers and cut plug Brads baits with tuna or sardines.

[bigbullshedhunter]

Thanks for the info.

[huntnnw]

water is way warmer this time than the last 2 years..the Salmon river in riggins is at 53 which it barely hit that in June last year..its 8 deg warmer at Bonny than this time last year

[bigbullshedhunter]

Honestly that just means that the fishing should b better than the last 2 years. Have u tried fishing for springers in cold water? It's tough to get em to take the bait. Water temp here is 44. 6 degrees colder than last year.

[huntnnw]

would be better this year if the same number of fish were in the river

[Moose-head]

Drano id 51-52 degrees.  Lots of herring behing fish flashes being dragged around.  I got one on a 3.5 maglip with no flasher last week, going to hit it again day after tomorrow.

[Ridgeratt]

Target number is 335 between Ice harbor and Goose they have 125 on the lawn so far!!

[huntnnw]

3 were landed in riggins,ID today

[RadSav]

Different waters different rigging.  Seems every river I fish takes some variation of it's own for best results.  Plus I can never tell what "fast" water is as everyone views that different.  To me fast water would be the Vedder under the kayak slalom

The one constant I find with springers is, "When in doubt go sweet"  I add sugar or honey to dang near everything/everywhere when fishing springers.  Exact opposite to what I do fishing fall fish.