Post by: seansfire on September 19, 2011, 11:31:40 AM
We walked way back in there and the dirt road follows the river and i am just curious to know if anyone out there knows if that road is open to fishermen or is it trespassing? Noticed in the regs book it says that river is only open from the bridge at north shore 1 mile upriver. Seems like that dirt road might be the only place legal to fish there.
Hope everyone is filling your catch cards this year and having a good time doing it.
Post by: seansfire on September 20, 2011, 04:35:37 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on September 20, 2011, 05:56:58 PM
Post by: Madison on September 21, 2011, 07:12:43 AM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on September 21, 2011, 12:40:59 PM
Post by: seansfire on September 23, 2011, 12:07:46 PM
let's get real about the snagging thing Madison , it is a well known fact that salmon do not bite anything once they go up river. they have no drive to eat , just get up that river and spawn. i have been told that by dozens of people as well as seen stories about it on television. until proven wrong i guess i need to take it as accurate so i will continue to try my best to irritate salmon into attacking my corkie but i gotta tell ya that anything forward of the gills is a keeper for me.
i admit that from time to time i will hook one in the tail and it is a helluva fight but those get released mostly without being banked.
good luck to everyone out there. hope everyone gets a big one.
Post by: Mike450r on September 23, 2011, 12:28:44 PM
just wondered if anybody knows anything about the gated dirt road next to the bridge?
let's get real about the snagging thing Madison , it is a well known fact that salmon do not bite anything once they go up river. they have no drive to eat , just get up that river and spawn. i have been told that by dozens of people as well as seen stories about it on television. until proven wrong i guess i need to take it as accurate so i will continue to try my best to irritate salmon into attacking my corkie but i gotta tell ya that anything forward of the gills is a keeper for me.
i admit that from time to time i will hook one in the tail and it is a helluva fight but those get released mostly without being banked.
good luck to everyone out there. hope everyone gets a big one.
Not sure how all those mouth hooked salmon get on my line when the line is doing nothing more than drifting into and settling in a hole. They don't feed as intensely as they do prior to entering fresh water, that is the well known fact, but to state they do not bite anything is ridiculous at best and pretty close to downright dumb.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on September 23, 2011, 12:39:06 PM
:chuckle:
I have to admit, I am not much of a Salmon fisherman, but have managed to have a few bite my lure or bait on occasion.
but, I don't catch very many :bash:
(could have something to do with the fact I don't fish that often)
Post by: Mike450r on September 23, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
They do essentially stop feeding, meaning they swim up to spawn but do not actively search for food. I have caught hundreds of salmon and with that I say they do not stop eating, meaning if something they think of as food is floating right in their face they bite at it. I catch way more salmon with scent on my yarn than without and way more coho's drifting eggs than anything else. They aren't hitting this out of irritation in my opinion, it is out of instinct, food in the face belongs in the mouth. Simple as that. I do however agree that they do not or at least they very rarely go out of their way to eat, you need to present it right to them.
Post by: WSU on September 23, 2011, 01:18:39 PM
Post by: buschcrawler on October 04, 2011, 06:13:28 PM
Post by: seansfire on October 05, 2011, 09:31:26 AM
also went to dewatto for a look and only saw 2 half dead silvers at the campground and we walked the river from there to the mouth and back. must have come across 6 or 8 people and nobody was catching anything.
i have NEVER caught a salmon in ANY river that bit my line. it is either FLOSSED or outright SNAGGED. I didnt intend for this to be a method thread but buschcrawler is right , they dont bite in the rivers guys. if you get one in the mouth good for you , i am just saying it dont happen very often.
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 05, 2011, 09:42:52 AM
Post by: 6x6in6 on October 05, 2011, 09:47:28 AM
Wow!
i have NEVER caught a salmon in ANY river that bit my line. it is either FLOSSED or outright SNAGGED. I didnt intend for this to be a method thread but buschcrawler is right , they dont bite in the rivers guys. if you get one in the mouth good for you , i am just saying it dont happen very often.
To openly admit on the intranet that they don't bite and outright snagged?
Are you for real?
I'm mean no offense here, but really????????
I have caught plenty of salmon in freshwater, silvers included, without much of an issue with them picking up my offering in their mouth.
Post by: 6x6in6 on October 05, 2011, 09:51:16 AM
You must really suck at fishing if you have never got one to bite. Look at the humptulips king thread. I posted pics of a bunch of fish. Everyone of them was caught on a float and eggs. I'm still trying to figure out how to snag or floss for that matter with a float and eggs. I've also never flossed a fish that had my hook all the way down its gullet. I have a sinking suspicion your a snagger at heart. :bash: :bash: :bash:See, that's difference.
You don't use a piece of yarn, a corkie for flotation, massive treble hook and 12' 2x4 for a rod. :chuckle:
Get with the program will ya. :chuckle:
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 05, 2011, 10:29:37 AM
Post by: buschcrawler on October 05, 2011, 06:52:40 PM
Post by: buschcrawler on October 05, 2011, 07:05:42 PM
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 05, 2011, 07:31:51 PM
Post by: buschcrawler on October 05, 2011, 10:46:49 PM
Post by: stickbuck on October 06, 2011, 06:03:06 PM
i have NEVER caught a salmon in ANY river that bit my line. it is either FLOSSED or outright SNAGGED. I didnt intend for this to be a method thread but buschcrawler is right , they dont bite in the rivers guys. if you get one in the mouth good for you , i am just saying it dont happen very often.
Seansfire, get real. You obviously have no clue, do you? Maybe you need to do some more research regarding this topic because the majority of your points are way off base. Out of the more than 300 humpies from this year, maybe only 25 were foul hooked. All the rest were biters hooked in the mouth. Keep it up, I'm sure it won't be long before you meet your fate at the other end of the game warden's ticket book. >:(
Post by: Ironhead on October 06, 2011, 06:58:03 PM
Post by: stickbuck on October 07, 2011, 07:23:20 AM
Post by: TheHunt on October 07, 2011, 07:30:36 AM
For fast moving water plugs.
Post by: kbyers on October 07, 2011, 09:49:40 AM
Post by: stickbuck on October 07, 2011, 10:01:59 AM
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 07, 2011, 10:28:05 AM
Post by: buschcrawler on October 07, 2011, 09:03:16 PM
Post by: big J on October 12, 2011, 12:55:23 PM
guess you really can't fix stupid
Post by: Alpine Mojo on October 12, 2011, 08:33:17 PM
Salmon don't bite in rivers...
300 humpies caught, only some were foul hooked...
treble hooks and 2x4s...
but I still don't know what color corkie works best for "gill forward" hookups :hello:
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 13, 2011, 07:15:12 AM
Post by: WSU on October 13, 2011, 09:47:22 AM