fall salmon fishing

[MarkB]

I don't eat them, but I know a lot of people that do.

[Muskyhunter1001]

Eewwwwww LOL. Good for them for at least eating it

[grasshopper999]

you make a point they seem like swimming zombies they are big powerful fish put in a small river shallow holes they haven,t got the room to show their true skills they need room to show you a real fight and these small pools their easy targets and clear water where is a big fish like that going to hide no where , they will try to move away from lures or bait , in fast current hide along banks almost disappear ,follow these fish to their spawning grounds watch them for a while than judge them , i only catch near long deep sections so i know i am going to get a fight , as far as them closing places well if your a pig and disrespect places by leaving garbage ,they give you a toilet you fill it with fish heads serves you right

[grasshopper999]

yes lots of good points made this port hope thing is a sad state of affairs but maybe instead of closing if they made it a catch and release only that would solve some of the stuff , but people have to learn to respect property or this will happen ever where ,as far as salmon being okay to eat if you catch them when they just come up they should be fine i think some people might not think so

[pikeattack]

How many of you keep and eat the salmon ? If I was a betting man I'd say slim to none eat these salmon. They are full of holes and basically swimming zombies. Catch and release is the way to go. I haven't kept a fish in YEARS. I want my daughters generation and my grandkids to be able to go and catch fish.

If we keep this up the sport of fishing will be merely a urban legend and a story we tell our grandkids of what fishing was.

It's always after the fact that we realize maybe we should have done something. Reactive instead of being proactive. I'll do my part and keep this as a sport and hobby. Fish can stay in the water. The Idea of keeping fish for food to support a family is ludicrous and doesn't make any sense financially. After rods, reels, gas and various other costs to this hobby its not exactly ground breaking savings here.

Sorry for the rant, however, this topic hits a nerve for me and I got so sick and tired of the idiots littering, snagging, netting and generally being nasty people.

As for the MNR. Forget it. With lack of funding and shortages of conservation officers that is a losing battle. I haven't seen one in years. If you strive to become one you'd be better off trying to run for prime minister.

The responsibility falls on us

The "swimming zombies" are the easiest to catch and nobody eats them, however, let's not forget, there are coho salmon in the river and the "swimming zombies" are chrome until they are in the river for a long time. After they go in the river, you can still find chrome fish but of course, the half dead ones are the most plentiful.

[grasshopper999]

anytime i have seen salmon up in pools there on the go all the time and when you have 10 people fishing one hole its a chore just for the fish to swim around without getting hooked and when they try to leave the pool some people get in their way which is illegal and it takes skill to get them to bite you have to get the bait right in front of their face or sometimes they just take it or you can just draft in the pool , i always watch the fish their eyes you can tell when they want your bait or they just want to swim around it and thats how i catch salmon i don,t force the bait in the fishes mouth it their choice , i know lots of people who eat them , they do stay chrome for a while in fact 300 came up the credit their all gone male and female and not a mess there no garbage no dead bodies my hat off to them so i guess those people want the fish not just the roe

[Muskyhunter1001]

Sweet! Nice to see people respecting in the credit

[fishfreek]

anytime i have seen salmon up in pools there on the go all the time and when you have 10 people fishing one hole its a chore just for the fish to swim around without getting hooked and when they try to leave the pool some people get in their way which is illegal and it takes skill to get them to bite you have to get the bait right in front of their face or sometimes they just take it or you can just draft in the pool , i always watch the fish their eyes you can tell when they want your bait or they just want to swim around it and thats how i catch salmon i don,t force the bait in the fishes mouth it their choice , i know lots of people who eat them , they do stay chrome for a while in fact 300 came up the credit their all gone male and female and not a mess there no garbage no dead bodies my hat off to them so i guess those people want the fish not just the roe

They are gone but they will be back.

[Symmetre]

Salmon " fishing" that takes place in rivers is a complete joke. How can anyone get excited about snagging dying fish that are stuck in some ditch with a foot of water in it?

Let's be honest, at least 95% of the fish are either lined by accident or snagged intentionally. Maybe it is possible to catch unspooked fish on Flatfish etc but who does that? Hardly no one. You can't. There are so many people lined up to slice these things the only way you can "fish" is to drift and see if your line wraps around one's head. And before someone says "no way, all my fish are hooked in the mouth" let me tell you, anyone can line a fish and hook it inside the mouth. It's not like it takes much practice. Half the salmon are so deformed by now they can't even close their mouths any more. Any fool can hook one inside the mouth. Every single day, hundreds of people do.

Eat the roe? Are you kidding me? Ok, maybe a handful of people might try eating the stuff but the majority are grabbing it to use as bait, or to sell it as bait. That's fact.

Eat the salmon? Ha! That's a laugh too. You would be better off to eat your waders. They'd be less rubbery, have less chemicals in them, and probably taste better too. Anyone eating these things is shortening their life span with every bite.

[grasshopper999]

ha let me take you fishing sometime i will show you the real side of salmon fishing nice chrome salmon full of life who spook and take off when they don,t like what they see and yes they take the fly not line floss