by JD on October 31, 2003
Sometimes I wish I was a kid again. Sometimes I long for the days when I didn’t know so much.
Way before I understood the relationship between water temperatures and fish behavior, before I worried about run sizes, falling barometers, river levels, dry winters and reservoir storage, before I knew about sodium sulfite bait curing processes, chemically-sharpened hooks and Nano-Titanium rod blanks; prior to figuring out peak fish migrations dates and travel lanes and feeding patterns — back before it all, the river was always so full of promise and anything was possible.
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by JD on October 10, 2003
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a $40,000 jetboat or fishing off the bank, the key to successful king salmon fishing is finding where they hold. Fortunately, kings are actually quite predictable in that they’ll seek out very specific types of water. Find the right water and you should find the fish.
Deep, slow pools are also magnets for king salmon. The fish will use these areas to rest in as they recuperate from the rigors of their upstream migration.
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It’s not often that I get to spend a day on the water with my wife Tamara, but we do fish together on occasion. She’s by no means a die-hard angler but she has areal knack for the sport when she does it. In this video, she’s got a nice king salmon hooked up…
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