trolling depth

[CP]

You can work a deep six all the way to the bottom if you know how. 

They often work better than downriggers because they are further from the boat.  If you are only going 25 - 35 feet down on the DR drop the flasher 100 feet or more behind the boat.  Fish often don't like getting too close to the boat.

I don't like the deep six because of the large drag and because a lot of fish will come unhooked because of that large drag.  A rubber snubber between the D6 and the flasher helps.

[gotshot]

Wow Thanks. Lots of info.

[bulldogs40]

Great info!!!
Thanks the response guys. We did trolled around for a while yesterday and mostly just caught a sun burn. We did manage 2 pinks both within a few minutes of each other. Both were caught trolling coho killers behind deep six divers. We were running a downrigger earlier in the day before it broke during a retrieve and left us with just the divers. All and all a good day caught my first salmon and a mess of crabs.
Thanks for all the replies

[WapitiTalk1]

Great info!!!
Thanks the response guys. We did trolled around for a while yesterday and mostly just caught a sun burn. We did manage 2 pinks both within a few minutes of each other. Both were caught trolling coho killers behind deep six divers. We were running a downrigger earlier in the day before it broke during a retrieve and left us with just the divers. All and all a good day caught my first salmon and a mess of crabs.
Thanks for all the replies

 

A good day when you get to eat salmon!  Don't forget, the pinks need to be gutted immediately and put on ice to make the best table fare. 

[bowtechian]

Great info!!!
Thanks the response guys. We did trolled around for a while yesterday and mostly just caught a sun burn. We did manage 2 pinks both within a few minutes of each other. Both were caught trolling coho killers behind deep six divers. We were running a downrigger earlier in the day before it broke during a retrieve and left us with just the divers. All and all a good day caught my first salmon and a mess of crabs.
Thanks for all the replies

 

A good day when you get to eat salmon!  Don't forget, the pinks need to be gutted immediately and put on ice to make the best table fare.

Or they get mushy

[lokidog]

Or just bled out and on ice....   

[WAcoueshunter]

Or just bled out and on ice....   

  

I don't fully clean them on the water.  I don't want any cooler water inside the fish.  Mine turn out great just bled with tons of ice.

[Bill W]

we would cut the gills with a pair of scissors kept on the boat for this purpose, hang the fish on a stringer in the water until bled out and then put them in a cooler on ice.

I now use those scissors for walleye.

[Gobble Doc]

Why not gut them after bleeding before putting them in the cooler?  I'm just wondering if there is an advantage to bleed only vs bleed and gut?

[CP]

I never gut salmon, waste of time.

[h20hunter]

Just bleed 'em and ice them. I like to keep the guts/head/body for crab bait.

[Gobble Doc]

Got it.  Bleed then fillet.  I have always just been in the habit of gutting before throwing in the cooler.  Then again, I probably catch a lot less salmon than you.   

[Gobble Doc]

Crab bait is another great idea I hadn't thought of.  Sorry to have hijacked the thread away from trolling depth.  No more from me about bleeding and gutting. 

[Stein]

I always gut because it cools the fish much faster.  You don't eat the inside of the ribcage, so really no meat touches anything.

[lokidog]

Another good reason to not gut is that then the belly is not split and it is easier to smoke those yummy salmon bellies.   

I also have a friend that loves to eat the eggs, so they stay in the fish until fileting.