Here’s a little video I shot to kinda get you started understanding how float fishing for salmon & steelhead works…
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Salmon
Salmon Season opens July 16!
• BASIC SARDINE WRAPS
A step-by-step guide to wrapping up your plugs.
• PLUG WRAP VIDEO
Instructional video with cheesy host!
• DIVER & BAIT FOR KINGS
How to get your eggs down to where the fish are!
• SLACKWATER TROLLING
How to pull spinners and plugs in those slow water spots…
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Not many things work better for river kings than a sardine-wrapped plug!
For some reason, there seems to be a lot of mystery out there regarding sardine-wrapped plugs for salmon. It may be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated, but there’s really nothing to it. Here’s a quick crash course on how to do it… [click to continue…]
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The Westport cut-plug is deadly
Before I begin, a quick word on bait selection. Regardless of the rig, you need good, quality bait. Buy only the tray variety if it’s available! There are lots of trick things you can do with baits like brining and dyeing them, but this time around, let’s stick to the basics. The anchovies this year are pretty small, so herring or small sardines are going to be your best bets.
The rig above is a basic “Westport” cutplug rig. Starting with a whole fish, make a “double 45″ cut just behind the gill plate. Place the knife on the fish and rotate your wrist so the blade is at a 45-degree angle to it’s body at the same time, remove the head with a cut that angles 45 degrees from top to bottom. Remove the guts and you’re ready to follow the instructions above. [click to continue…]
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Okay, so what do Jessica Alba and a driftboat on B.C.’s Kitimat River have in common? Well, aside from a nice fantasy I just had…nothing. It’s just that we’re going to talk about sinkers for drift fishing this time around and I knew I had to get you sucked in somehow! Sinkers aren’t exactly the most exciting topic on the planet, but there’s a lot you really need to know.
So, my cheap advertising campaign aside, let’s get down to it. A lot of getting a proper presentation when drift fishing stems from your sinker selection, so you really need to pick the right stuff. In the old days, choosing which sinker to use was simple – there was pencil lead and, well, pencil lead and that was it. Now, we’ve got quite a few options to choose from. Let’s take a look at the three I use and the pros and cons of each. [click to continue…]
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Sometimes you’d swear coho salmon are related to piranhas..they’ll attack anything you put in their collective paths with reckless abandon. In other instances, however, they can be the most coy, brooding and annoyingly moody critters on planet earth.
Luckily, there’s a little secrete weapon you can hit ‘em with that seems to turn on even the most lockjawed silvers…
Read all about it in my article in the current issue of FISH ALASKA Magazine
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The General and a mooched-up slab of yum...
Bill Herzog wants to make you a better salmon moocher, and when General Zog’s in a lecturing mood, you’re gonna want to pull up a chair and take some notes, son!
So, without further adieu, click over to our pals at Northwest Wild Country for the scoop…
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Kinda like peanut butter & chocolate…”two great tastes that taste great together,” the herring and Spin-N-Glo rig combines two of the best all-time salmon producers into one package…and is the hottest thing going right now for Columbia River spring Chinook.
Northwest icon and fishing god, Buzz Ramsey shows us how to rig this clever springer killer over at Northwest Wild Country.
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