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Dec 6, 2019 09:01:06   #
ahole Loc: Seattle
 
I am in seattle, fishing on the duwamish river for salmon, but have no luck for about 7 weeks now. There are plenty of salmon but I cant get them to bite. I am using every lure I have including cured shrimp and salmon eggs. Nothing is working. Please, please help...

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Dec 6, 2019 09:30:06   #
Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA
 
Salmon are truly weird when they are spawning. They do not eat, their systems shut down until they get to wherever they're going to spawn, then they die. If you catch them late in the spawn they look like they're already dead. So why do they bite if they're not hungry? I think they respond to lures as a reactionary strike. And to roe and such as an instinctive protective strike. So you have to hang something right in their face, they're not going to come and get it. The only reason we can catch one at all is because there are so many of them the water gets crowded.

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Dec 6, 2019 09:56:07   #
KeyLargo172yam80 Loc: Ocala
 
Wish I could help I’ve never even seen a live salmon ... if you come to fl I’ll put you on some snook and reds though !

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Dec 6, 2019 10:42:32   #
flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
 
Welcome to the Forum, ahole, You can see how it works, it can be very helpful but not all of the time. Sometimes, it's gets silly and that is not all bad.

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Dec 7, 2019 12:15:19   #
crystalbeachbum Loc: Crystal Beach, TX (on the Bolivar Pennisula)
 
If I could offer a suggestion. This may sound crazy, but I’m sure I’m not the only one who has ever fished this way. Last summer (late July) on the Kenai River in Alaska. The sockeyes were running upstream to spawn. And no, they will not hit anything. We were staying with a friend who lives there and has fished the Kenai for years.
Using a 9’ fly rod & reel. Tied on the hook was a short piece of brightly colored heavy string (kinda like a pipe cleaner, pink, red, lime green as I recall). A short distance above a small split shot.
Pull out enough line to reach from the rod tip to the reel. Flip the line out on the river at 10:00 o’clock and let it drift with the current to about 4:00 o’clock. This we did repeatedly. The fish do not strike or bite, but merely swim into the hook or line. When then run into the line or the hook, they will fling their head kinda like a strike, but really more of an annoyance. As I said, this sounds crazy, but with all the fish swimming upstream, it works. I caught 8 sockeye. They have to be hooked in the mouth. Anywhere else is considered snagged and is unlawful, and they have to be released. Don’t know if this will work for you, but sure did for us. And let me tell you, when you set the hook, hang on brother cause the fight is on. Good luck.

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Dec 7, 2019 20:54:49   #
Zeke
 
I fished for salmon quite a bit in the Salmon river in New York
State. You have to actually snag them, but you have to snag
them in the mouth. If you snag them in the body you have to
release them. It's tough fishing when there are so many fish
and they don't bite. Talk to some one in a tackle shop or someone
that you know has been fishing for a while.
Zeke

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Dec 7, 2019 20:58:18   #
Zeke
 
I was typing while the guy before me was sending. He put it as good as
anyone I ever heard describe it. It sounds simple but it's hard to do. Yet
Salmon fishermen do it all the time.

Zeke

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Dec 7, 2019 21:21:29   #
sefishbum
 
I fished salmon in MI one time. Now, these fish make a spawning run but DO NOT hatch eggs. One way trip up a river to die. Don't bite lures, can't foul hook em, and can't use a lure with a treble hook and body heavily weighed down... They get to a dam and swirl around and around while game wardens give out tickets to unfortunate people snagging a fish. They die and rote right there... It's a mine field for the fishermen and a wealthy bonanza for DNR. Like I said in the beginning... "one time".

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Dec 8, 2019 16:25:23   #
FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon
 
"Flossing" (snagging as described above) is not only illegal here in Oregon, but woe be to those caught in the act. Not only might Johnny Law get you (and seize your gear, as well as your tags !), but most likely, the fishermen near you might well be your biggest threat. I have observed more than one scofflaw catching hell from those (including me) who consider it a heinous and despicable act, tantamount to netting or shooting them. Takes ZERO skill, won't garner kudos from anyone and is a sure sign of laziness and apathy for sportsmanship, as well as the fish. Learn HOW, learn WHERE, learn WHEN....it ain't that hard to be a respectful and educated angler. ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE ( & fish too !) will appreciate your efforts.

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Dec 8, 2019 19:19:03   #
sefishbum
 
Watching dyeing fish collect in a whirlpool and being snagged by people who, if snag 'em wrong get tickets isn't sporting either. Already said the fish do not bite... so why throw out a hook ? $$$$$$ no one is "fishing", yet the state makes a fortune. I do not know what Michigan does now days with the salmon "fishing" , but it never was sporting there.

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