Post by: Maverick on January 04, 2012, 11:38:05 AM
Post by: JODakota on January 04, 2012, 11:48:30 AM
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Post by: Camp David on January 04, 2012, 11:53:05 AM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 04, 2012, 03:33:32 PM
B_C
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on January 04, 2012, 04:00:25 PM
Your hands dont smell like fish unless you catch one. :-)
Post by: JODakota on January 04, 2012, 04:21:51 PM
Post by: Maverick on January 04, 2012, 06:09:01 PM
Post by: JODakota on January 04, 2012, 06:42:01 PM
Post by: TommyH on January 04, 2012, 06:56:30 PM
Where you located? Many different ways to fish for them. Drift, bobber, Troll. My favorite is drift fishing. Get some eggs or a corky and a worm, some split shot about a foot away from the hook. Just enough split shot so the current still carries it. Keep your line taught and wait for the hit. Takes a little practice between feeling the river bottom and a fish but sure is a lot of fun. Then there's bobber fishing. Get a jig some shrimp and a slip bobber and have fun! Or you could just go plunking. That works well for salmon in my opinion. Spin and glows and shrimp or herring. My advice is get on Ifish.net and read read read. Talk to the locals. Watch what they use. Every river seems to have their own little tricks to them. Tricks I use on one river I will kill them on all day but switch to the next river and might not even get a hit. When I was learning I just talked to everybody I saw fishing. Most people are friendly and will help especially if you tell them your new to it. Very rarely was anybody rude. If your on the east side I know of a couple good rivers that I fish regularly that hold a large amount of fish.
Im on the east side! where they at! :drool: :drool:
Post by: Rick on January 04, 2012, 07:07:24 PM
KISS...master one technique instead of trying to learn a bunch of others.
Post by: Cap.Silver on January 04, 2012, 07:07:46 PM
Post by: JODakota on January 04, 2012, 07:38:02 PM
Where you located? Many different ways to fish for them. Drift, bobber, Troll. My favorite is drift fishing. Get some eggs or a corky and a worm, some split shot about a foot away from the hook. Just enough split shot so the current still carries it. Keep your line taught and wait for the hit. Takes a little practice between feeling the river bottom and a fish but sure is a lot of fun. Then there's bobber fishing. Get a jig some shrimp and a slip bobber and have fun! Or you could just go plunking. That works well for salmon in my opinion. Spin and glows and shrimp or herring. My advice is get on Ifish.net and read read read. Talk to the locals. Watch what they use. Every river seems to have their own little tricks to them. Tricks I use on one river I will kill them on all day but switch to the next river and might not even get a hit. When I was learning I just talked to everybody I saw fishing. Most people are friendly and will help especially if you tell them your new to it. Very rarely was anybody rude. If your on the east side I know of a couple good rivers that I fish regularly that hold a large amount of fish.
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Im on the east side! where they at! :drool: :drool:
Pm me and we will talk lol
Post by: Ripper on January 04, 2012, 07:49:14 PM
Post by: GEARHEAD on January 04, 2012, 10:09:18 PM
Post by: Maverick on January 05, 2012, 12:16:11 PM
i say dont even think about it. if its about filling the freezer, you can choose to pay a thousand dollars a pound or 4.99 a pound. just think of all the cool smoked salmon, halibut and sturgeon, marlin etc etc, you can buy for a hundred times less, lol.
I'm the kind of guy that likes to eat as much of what i catch, hunt or grow as I can.
Post by: TommyH on January 06, 2012, 08:08:56 AM
i say dont even think about it. if its about filling the freezer, you can choose to pay a thousand dollars a pound or 4.99 a pound. just think of all the cool smoked salmon, halibut and sturgeon, marlin etc etc, you can buy for a hundred times less, lol.
I'm the kind of guy that likes to eat as much of what i catch, hunt or grow as I can.
It more about time spent with family and friends doing something we love to do! It can get spendy but its well worth it :twocents:
Once started tho it will be all you think about every minute!!! I cant wait till i go! 2 weeks! lookout steelies here i come!
Post by: Huntbear on January 06, 2012, 08:43:15 AM
Do not forget the Springer run is coming. Drano is a must experience at least once, in your lifetime.
Post by: trippledigitss on January 06, 2012, 09:25:33 AM
Don’t start would be my advice :chuckle: You want to fish from a bank, boat of both? There is a lot of people that are always looking for someone to share expenses with and go out fishing on this site. Start with Salmon. There is a ton of opportunities for them all over the state. You can go simple with a nice rod/reel and minimal terminal gear and do well. Unless you have a good mentor it will be a little frustrating at first till you start to figure it out. It is a sport where you can keep it simple of spends thousands to put some fish in the freezer. Steelhead are getting harder and harder to catch; just not a lot of them any more.
I hate to be cynical - but yeah thats what I say! DEFINITELY dont go getting into trying to catch a steelhead! I HATE them freaking steelhead! In fact F**# THEM DANG STEELHEAD! :chuckle: It took me about 3yrs, a couple grand in gear & guided trips before I finally got one last month, and even then it was small and havent seen #2 yet!
But seriously, like the guys said above, different areas & methods require different gear. For steelie's you can usually use a spinner or spoon too vs to float & jig, and the metal gear is much easier to rig for a starter. But unless you are fishing by yourself, which wont happen often for salmon, and even less for steelhead, you kind of have to use the same method the guys around you are using. Otherwise, you'll make a bunch of new 'friends' right away!
For sure see if you can find a guide for the area & species you want to fish, you will learn alot and probably get fish the 1st time out, so its worth the dough. 2nd would be start on salmon, preferably pinks too, I love them, they make me feel like I know what I'm doing! :chuckle: For me salmon seem easier to catch and that gets you started, you can use alot of the same tackle (rod & reel) and gear & tactics for steelies too - wait a minute, maybe thats why I never get steelhead, cuz I dont know what the heck I'm talking about?? :dunno:
Anyway, over on the east side I dont know what they are doing. Read the local reports, a few of the websites and books mentioned - I like a few book Bill Herzog put out - and find a good local tackle shop and ask them. They should help you out alot, if not, dont buy there and find another one! Then when you find out what is working where you want to fish, just google the setup and you should find info about it.
But again, my best advice for steelhead - quit now and save yourself the headache, money, and frustration! :chuckle:
Good luck! :tup:
Post by: JODakota on January 06, 2012, 10:16:25 AM
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Post by: Maverick on January 07, 2012, 10:20:06 PM
Post by: JODakota on January 07, 2012, 11:08:49 PM
I met a guy that says he caught over 65 steelhead this year, 20 or so this winter. I think he just fishes a couple rivers but knows them wellll! Ive been out for them 3 times, havent caught one yet. mostly bobber and drift fishin
I am getting very close to that number as well....
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 08, 2012, 07:55:35 AM
B_C
Post by: JODakota on January 08, 2012, 12:51:20 PM
Post by: trippledigitss on January 08, 2012, 09:10:48 PM
:yeah: I spent an entire year and only got one wild after about 100 hours of going after them. Then I got my first and then it clicked. It seems to be getting better and better. One thing I have learned is when in doubt set the D&@# HOOK! Seriously that has help a lot. If I feel my bobber is moving weird or the line is acting different than normal I set the hook. You will lose a little more bait that way but Ive also hooked up a lot more fish while as before I wouldn't have though anything of it!
Hmmmm... thats good to know for sure. I've heard it many times but still wait until I think I had a pretty good lick. I dont know how many times I've gone 'hey, what was that, that was weird, I wonder if it was a...' only to figure it out too late and miss the fish.... or have the float torpedo back up! :chuckle:
Post by: TommyH on January 09, 2012, 07:57:07 AM
:yeah: I spent an entire year and only got one wild after about 100 hours of going after them. Then I got my first and then it clicked. It seems to be getting better and better. One thing I have learned is when in doubt set the D&@# HOOK! Seriously that has help a lot. If I feel my bobber is moving weird or the line is acting different than normal I set the hook. You will lose a little more bait that way but Ive also hooked up a lot more fish while as before I wouldn't have though anything of it!
:yeah: I yank it every time there is a possible nibble, sometimes the bobber doesnt go under it will just move abit diffrently, set the hook!
Post by: TommyH on January 10, 2012, 07:59:56 PM
It will become an obsession, it does with everyone. You will be seen driving like a mad man from store to store, looking for the new hot lure/spinner that you have to have, have 15 lbs. of egss curing on the counters at dinner time, going out the door with one rod, coming home with two hoping the missus does not count... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Do not forget the Springer run is coming. Drano is a must experience at least once, in your lifetime.
:chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah: Havent made it there, but have heard the reports! might have to try to make it down there this spring. :dunno:
Post by: kbyers on January 13, 2012, 06:27:18 PM