Im going out in the morning for the planted salmon. I have never done this before. I am wondering if I would be better off fly fishing or using roe? any help would be great also I was thinking about americana but any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Derrick
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Get some tuna in oil and tie it up in little mesh balls. Then drift fish them. Thats what alot of people have been using around Challis. Good luck.
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I was finging corkies and yarn at them last night to no avail, but an old codger came up and talked to me at Barber Park. he'd been sight-fishing his way since first light forom one bridge in town to the next. according to him, he had caught one big'un and 3 jacks right at barber Park down the steps where all the rafters put in, first thing in the morning, before any rafters showed up to disturb the water.
He said small silver spoons were the ticket, and that's what F&G had also told him was working.
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I just stopped at Ann Morrison Park a bit ago, and watched a fly fisherman catch 3 salmon in a relatively short period of time. Mike
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I just returned from a family reunion in Boise and heard several relatives talking about the salmon in the Boise River; however, none of them knew the details. What species of salmon did they plant and what size were they?
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Chinook, size depends on whether or not they are a jack. They just planted more today (Tuesday), and as I mentioned above, I saw lots of action below the diversion dam at Ann M. Flies, worms, and tuna balls are all working. Hang on; the last fish I saw caught took the guy all the way under the bridge, and the last I saw of him, he was heading west!! Mike
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Do they raise these fish in hatcheries and if yes are they brood stock?
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Yes, these are returning hatchery chinooks, that are in excess of needs/commitments to both the hatchery for eggs and sperm, and to Native Americans.
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Thanks for your patience in answering my questions. How far do they have to truck the fish?
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Not a problem. These fish have been coming from the Rapid River hatchery by Riggins. The trip would be about 150 miles one-way.
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Kent, these are fish that went to the ocean, returned to the hatchery, and then were excess for the hatchery quotas. Since all the rivers are shut down, and most hatcheries had excess fish, the F&G transports them from the hatcheries on the Salmon River and plants them in the Boise to allow urban anglers access to salmon.
The adults are averaging 8 to 12 pounds and the jacks are averaging 3 to 5 pounds.
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That would be a great experience for the urban anglers.
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