Yes, I, too, use beads, etc. On the trailing hook you frequently want to keep it off the bottom. That is the purpose of using L'il Corkie or Spin N Glo in this case. I am asking if someone uses something else to float the hook off of the bottom.

Sorry. SNG is Spin N Glo They are winged, floating attractors.

For salmon & steelhead - is anyone using something other than L'il Corky or SNG for their trailing hooK?

Welcome, you are in a great area as everyone has stated. I would also recommend you talk to Robert Bradley. He is the ODFW biologist in Tillamook. One of the most helpful people I have met in government service. He has always responded to my emails and messages and understands being new to fishing, salmon & steelhead or just to the area.

Thank you, everyone. Gosh if you know the name you can find them all over. Will pick up some after the ice storm is done with us. Since I fish for steelhead I use a smaller stop above my sliding float so it will go through the eyelets. This will be perfect below the float so I don't lose everything when I get the weight hung up.

By the way, I starting using this handle when I lived in North Carolina. Kept it while I lived in Texas and now here. At my age it can be hard to learn new call signs, much less passwords. LOL

These are the best bobber stops I have ever used. Am down to my last three but cannot find where to purchase more. Have searched the internet extensively with no luck. Does anyone know if these are still sold?

As the picture shows, they come in two colors. There is a slit in the middle that you squeeze and put your line through. Then just release the pressure and they tighten on the line. To adjust them just squeeze again and reposition. I have never had one slip whether holding a bobber or a barrel weight. They do not go through your line guides, so you are limited to six feet or less, but I use a 10'6" rod for steelhead and that is not a major problem. Any help would be very appreciated.

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I am glad that is your experience.

The ODFW recreation report even discusses this problem when it mentions fishing on the Kilchis and Miami during the time chum can be targeted. To them it is certainly a frequent and undesirable action. As I mentioned the Oregon State Police know snagging is a problem on the three rivers I referenced.

In my 65+ years of fishing I too have rarely seen unethical practices by sportsmen. That is why the practice and toleration of snagging is so befuddling.

I have contacted ODFW on two occasions, including at the Kilchis. They are aware and concerned. They even ask for assistance from anglers. The state police are responsible for enforcement, but they cannot be everywhere and this not the first priority. In Washington on the Columbia the sheriff departments are involved and appear to do a good job. I have heard many stories of Washington sheriff departments or game wardens setting up with binoculars, getting the evidence, and then confronting the individuals.

My frustration is that we, the anglers, condone this and now it is accepted practice in Oregon. I moved here from Texas, and I know the sportsmen police their own there whether it is poaching, trashing public areas or giving the public reasons to complain.

Frustrating, but I don’t have the answer. Thanks for listening.

Have fished around the world (retired soldier) but only came to Oregon recently. Went recently to Kilchis River to see & catch my first chum salmon (dog salmon). Where I was there was a tremendous number of fish. There were 4 or 5 fishermen who caught two while I was there. BUT there were 25 or 30 people just snagging fish. Chum salmon are all catch & release and there are only two rivers in Oregon where it is legal to target chum. These people, not fishermen, snagged at least 300 just in the time I was there. Took chunks out of their sides. You could see them relocate to a pool and try to recover. Some died right away, and I imagine the stress affected their spawning. I said something to a couple of them about the damage they were doing and the ethics. Wasted my breath. There were fathers teaching their sons how to do this and even a husband teaching his wife while the toddler played on the bank (no life jacket). Families with picnic baskets, too.

Went to Eagle Creek to catch coho. There were probably 15 people at the log jam snagging the coho. Legal limit is two. Most were taking four or five with them when they left.

To top off my adventures I went to the hatcheries on the Lewis and Kalama. Snaggers all over the banks at the Lewis and this is AT the hatchery. At the Kalama there is a huge sign stating that you cannot cast past this point even if standing below it. Watched one fisherman comply and four people casting beyond the sign.

What is it about Oregon that encourages this behavior. Is is because true sportsmen are being silent about fish and fishing? I have never seen this audacity anywhere else.

Nice work, Padrebino. Do the wires fold back when you retrieve the spider sinker?

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Now I would like to try above Bonneville. Any suggestions for plunking sites, either state? Thank you.

Here is her picture and the area I was at.

Wonderful day! My first plunking. Weighted 28 lbs when I got home that afternoon. Caught her on a size 6 Spin-N-Glo. She is a URB (her eggs had barely begun to develop).

Gordon, I could not fin d a reference for that method. Can you steer me to one?