What is the best bait for freshwater salmon fishing?
Oct 9, 2021 12:05:45 #
Oct 10, 2021 08:20:56 #
The kind the salmon want to eat.
Sorry, just had to do that, but it is true.
Sorry, just had to do that, but it is true.
Oct 10, 2021 13:18:25 #
johnlmac
Loc: Salem OR
Sand shrimp works good for Chinook and Coho. Also spinners and cured salmon eggs. And I also use salmon jigs that work really well in the fall. First bite jigs were the best but they have seemed to go out of business last year. But I got in to making my own. Also twitching jigs work well. Look for videos on YouTube to learn different ways to use all of these.
Oct 10, 2021 14:10:06 #
Oct 10, 2021 14:11:57 #
Jeffchow88
Loc: San Francisco
Where are you snd what do your locals use. That’s who you should be asking.
Oct 10, 2021 14:21:58 #
Billbeck
Loc: Hull, Massachusetts
If talking about landlocked salmon, I use a brass mooselook wobbler 100 to 150 feet trolled behind boat, variable speeds. Also use Mickey Finn or Grey Ghost streamers size 6 or 8. Pulse rod back and forth.
Oct 11, 2021 11:07:44 #
fccdfed
Loc: Central California
We fished the Gastineau Channel in Juneau Alaska this year for Coho's using large Mepps Spinners. We could never determine one color being better than another so we used them all (pink, yellow, orange, green, and multi color). We were there visiting my niece for a couple of weeks and between my wife and myself we caught 11 coho's, had a great time.
Oct 11, 2021 11:22:08 #
In the fall it’s a sardine wrap on a K-15 quickfish on the Columbia River on anchor in about 15 feet of water where I fish below Bonneville dam. In the spring it’s tuna balls from the bank. I limit every time I go with that. Other place will, obviously be different.
Oct 11, 2021 19:57:43 #
kyle1234
Loc: Roseville. Ca
FS Digest wrote:
What is the best bait for freshwater salmon fishing?
If you mean bait and not lures and by freshwater you mean rivers, I think the best and most consistent bait is cured Salmon roe. Use a "slinky" for weight and and a 3 to 4 foot leader with a loop knot to secure your bait. Make sure your bouncing the bottom. You'll get em!
Apr 15, 2023 20:09:22 #
Billbeck
Loc: Hull, Massachusetts
When you say fresh water salmon, are you speaking of King, Coho, or Chinook that run upstream from lakes wherein they were stocked? I have fly fished on the Salmon, Pulaski, and Genesee Rivers in Upstate New York. In the Fall I used a salmon egg fly and strike indicator. In the Spring, trolling on the lake, I have used glow spoons and neon D.B. Smelt. Trolled fast and using a downrigger at the depth of temperature break.
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