04-07-2004, 09:41 PM
I don't know how many fishing stores have pre-made salmon egg sacks but check at Sportsmans warehouse because I found some in a bottle there. I tried one of these and didn't have any luck. While there I also picked up a pack of square pre-cut red mesh for only a couple of bucks. The squares are about two or three inch squares. I take a fingerfull of trout eggs, I don't know how well salmon eggs will work, and put them in the middle of a square of mesh. I then take all the edges of the mesh and pull them together so the eggs in the middle of the mesh are then in a ball. I take a light piece of fishing line and tie all the edges of the mesh together to hold the eggs in. The easiest way to understand it if you haven't done it is to find a bottle at Sportsmans and then copy it when you catch a trout with eggs. At least three of the trout from last night, that is all I kept and didn't send with my grandfather, had eggs in them. If I would have known they were all females I would have kept one and let the other two go to do their thing.
The people next to us were using some medium sized treble hooks which I think hooked the fish better than the singles we tried. I tried a circle hook but it's just not the right shape for this type of egg sack. They did work great on the worms I used at first but not as well for the egg sacks.
We didn't cast very far to catch the fish. I would put on a small split shot, then a swivel, and then a foot or two of leader to the egg sack. We didn't cast out more than 20 yards when we caught fish. Much farther than that and we didn't get anywhere near the bites we had in closer. Put on just enough weight to cast so when the fish pick up the bait they can't feel it as well. We had tons of small bites that would barely straighten your line. When we tried to set the hooks on these we missed all but two. We had to wait until they really pulled your rod tip down and then we set the hook.
When we started using nothing but a worm we had occassional success. I tried floating a worm up with a marshmallow and never got a bite on that one. I did try tipping a worm with a salmon egg and noticed a little bit better action than just the plain worm. That is how I caught the first fish with eggs.
I am looking to go back up some evening, because all I have left are evenings, so if anybody wants to hook up I have tons of eggs and mesh to go around. I get off work at 4:00 and can be ready to go.
As far as the salmon roe goes I don't know how well they would work. I'm sure they would do ok. The only time I have used salmon roe is in oregon fishing for other salmon. I know the scent of these eggs is a big factor to trout because the water was amazingly murky and brown. I don't know how the salmon roe scent would affect the fish. Can't hurt to try. If you go, ask around because tons of people tie these little egg sacks and can give pointers.
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The people next to us were using some medium sized treble hooks which I think hooked the fish better than the singles we tried. I tried a circle hook but it's just not the right shape for this type of egg sack. They did work great on the worms I used at first but not as well for the egg sacks.
We didn't cast very far to catch the fish. I would put on a small split shot, then a swivel, and then a foot or two of leader to the egg sack. We didn't cast out more than 20 yards when we caught fish. Much farther than that and we didn't get anywhere near the bites we had in closer. Put on just enough weight to cast so when the fish pick up the bait they can't feel it as well. We had tons of small bites that would barely straighten your line. When we tried to set the hooks on these we missed all but two. We had to wait until they really pulled your rod tip down and then we set the hook.
When we started using nothing but a worm we had occassional success. I tried floating a worm up with a marshmallow and never got a bite on that one. I did try tipping a worm with a salmon egg and noticed a little bit better action than just the plain worm. That is how I caught the first fish with eggs.
I am looking to go back up some evening, because all I have left are evenings, so if anybody wants to hook up I have tons of eggs and mesh to go around. I get off work at 4:00 and can be ready to go.
As far as the salmon roe goes I don't know how well they would work. I'm sure they would do ok. The only time I have used salmon roe is in oregon fishing for other salmon. I know the scent of these eggs is a big factor to trout because the water was amazingly murky and brown. I don't know how the salmon roe scent would affect the fish. Can't hurt to try. If you go, ask around because tons of people tie these little egg sacks and can give pointers.
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