Fishing has been good the past few weeks. Santa came early last week and brought me a new rod and reel and its a good one. It caught fish both days I used it.
Got one keeper Friday afternoon and another Saturday morning. The female was 26" and the male 30". I caught them both up-river from Salmon. I was using a black jig tipped with shrimp under a float. Sunday was just too windy and rainy for me to go out so I stayed home and kept close to the fire.
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+1 Crowds are finally gone and the fish are still here. Saturday and Sunday were both mediocre to fair...... Had a buddy come up to Salmon to steelhead fish for the first time in his life. Saturday he got a few pointers and learned how to cast a baitcaster. By the end of the day Saturday he hooked a few steelies on his own. By the end of the day Sunday he managed to limit himself out. Highlight of the weekend was watching him catch and release a "hatchery fish with an adipose" with a super torn up corner of its mouth on eggs. On Sunday he caught and released the same fish again in the same spot using the same setup.
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awesome reports. hoping to be up in salmon fri sat and sunday. looking to float around the salmon area. pics and report to come.
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Get an update before you head out. Fished in the mud today. Dirty water tactics didn't do squat and nobody else I spoke with touched a fish all day. Fishing was so off that we couldn't even get a cutty or bulltrout to eat a nice glob of eggs.
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Boy its been cold and icy up here in Salmon....... believe that! Despite the cold and the constant parade of ice floating down the river fishing has been up and down. Fishing way below N. fork I've been getting into fish one day and totally blanked the next. I attribute this to the fact that the few holes that remain "fishable" and I use that term loosly are getting pounded. Looking forward to spring!
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Thanks for the update! Been thinkin about heading that way in the near future... Next holiday at work for me is Feb 18th, so it may be a few weeks yet. Glad to hear that you are at least having some success. Stay warm!
Paul
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