River Salmon?

[intothedeep]

Heading up to a friends in north Pickering and thought I'd give Duffins a whirl next week. Never actually targeted river salmon before. I was thinking of micro tubes on micro jigs. Any other other suggestions? Spinners? Spoons? Flies? Blade baits? Pinkies? Spinners? Only ever targeted river steelhead...

[WalleyeMaster]

All those sound good, give roe bags a try too I usually get some on them

[FishingMonkey]

I've had luck with #3 or #4 Mepps Aglia.

[Joe61]

Do you guys think it's to late to keep any of the salmon? Will they be going white already?

[WalleyeMaster]

If they're not chrome don't take em home is what I say, but if they're still fresh they should be ok

[Habs]

A good starting point for bait is the fact that they don't eat in rivers....

[Fishenforcer]

Black streamer flies

[Symmetre]

Truth is that the vast majority of river-caught salmon are snagged/lined/flossed, intentionally or otherwise. Once they're in the river for a few days, and have been spooked out of their minds by guys trying to three-prong them multiple times, they clam up.

When they're fresh, small spinners and Flatfish will work. The trick is to get away from people and just be patient. Fish deep pools and remember, if you can see the fish, they can see you too so it's generally game over.

[intothedeep]

Thx for the tips. I've seen some YouTube videos and seems similar to steelhead.

A good one I heard was use a giant treble and braid and try and hook them in the back, that will be my go pattern at first!
(J/K)

I'll bring a drift rod and casting stick, fish should be very fresh now and an Atlantic would be a bonus!

[mark270wsm]

any salmon over 16 inches should not be eaten no matter what time of year it is ... charter boats are killing people leagley