River Salmon?

haven't been online in a long while... i see i've been missing more of Fishman antics ;)

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Originally Posted by christotheashto

haven't been online in a long while... i see i've been missing more of Fishman antics ;)

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Long time ....,are you still river fishing or the kayak took over?

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Originally Posted by fishfreek

Long time ....,are you still river fishing or the kayak took over?

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Both, the kayak definitely took over summer fishing, but fall/spring i'm still on the rivers :goodstuff:

Are guys eating the river monsters they're hauling back to their vehicles or are they just removing the eggs when they get home?

My personal favourite was seeing guys fishing in Bowmanville using bare hooks with weights. That and the weighted but otherwise bare jig head. The best quote I heard yelled there this weekend was "if you can get those fish, right now, to bite your walleye jig, then you are an amazing angler".

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Originally Posted by Pondo

My personal favourite was seeing guys fishing in Bowmanville using bare hooks with weights. That and the weighted but otherwise bare jig head. The best quote I heard yelled there this weekend was "if you can get those fish, right now, to bite your walleye jig, then you are an amazing angler".

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At least the one guy asked where he could find the rules.... that guy was using a sinker for bait on his 5/0 worm hook

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Originally Posted by Habs

His buddy had something interesting as bait on his 5/0 worm hook.... a sinker.....

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Holy crap :scream:

Amazing angler! :(

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Originally Posted by BlackandTan

Chinooks get dark because they stop eating, it has nothing to do with them coming in and out. The colour of the fish depends on how long its been since its stopped eating. Hence why some salmon are jet black in october and november. That's my point when they stop eating they enter the spawning stage and darken to me that fish that has entered the spawning stage is no longer fresh, it may be fresh from the lake but its been staging for a couple weeks at that point. Also to marksbellino I fish in the lake from early to late august and 90% of the fish we get on riggers are chrome. Also it takes me around a half hour to land a chrome salmon on 10 pound line unless its a coho. Almost all salmon jump when you are fighting them especially males if you are judging that they are fresh by the fact that they jump you are hugely mistaken.

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LOL 10 Lb test on riggers, no wonder we get fish with spoons and lines stuck in their mouth

Almost all Salmon Jump? out of the 40 + Salmon i've got this season, not one has jumped. And this late in the year all our fish have been Dark.:ninja:

I think you are confusing Bows with Kings, cause bows are aerodynamic athletes in relation to Salmon:silly:

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Originally Posted by JeffBondar

wow, I have looked at the guide yearly for a long time now. Don't ever recall seeing a statement not to eat salmon over 16 inches.

Also, when the readings are being taken it is from a whole fish, head guts stomach. Typically the parts you eat have very little toxins in relation to the rest of the fish.

Anyways, to each their own. I've been eating 40"+ salmon out of the lake now regularly for years and haven't started glowing yet...

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You might not be glowing yet, but I think its affecting your judgement.