Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
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Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
How does one fish the rivers for silvers with cured egg clusters?
I got a pink female and the cured eggs will be done Saturday.
I got a pink female and the cured eggs will be done Saturday.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Plunking/Driftfishing/Floatfishing...They will all work. Tie a bait loop on like a 1/0 or 2/0 hook and put the egg cluster on..
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RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
I used the eggs today. Do we lose a lot of eggs?
I used a hook with a bait loop tied into it, so I put the cluster in the loop and tightened. I even put the hook through the eggs and the bait loop. It would only last a couple of casts. How big should the cluster be? I guess I want to know if I am doing anything wrong?
I used a hook with a bait loop tied into it, so I put the cluster in the loop and tightened. I even put the hook through the eggs and the bait loop. It would only last a couple of casts. How big should the cluster be? I guess I want to know if I am doing anything wrong?
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
No you shouldn't loos a lot of eggs. You could have bad cure on the eggs. They should stay on for quite a few casts as long as you hook and loop them.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Keep useing egg clusters! They can catch anything in the river from trout to char (Dolly's), to steelhead, to any of the five species of salmon.
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RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
I used them today without any success. The people who have seen them said they looked good. I haven't seen any one using eggs catch anything. The man who caught the silver this morning was using his handmade spinners. They were pretty neat.
One guy using eggs showed me his hook and it was tied different than mine. He had a bigger loop. It was wider. Therefore it didn't cut the eggs as quick.
One guy using eggs showed me his hook and it was tied different than mine. He had a bigger loop. It was wider. Therefore it didn't cut the eggs as quick.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
By the way, both the 8lb silvers in my avatar where caught useing egg clusters on a size 1 gammi with yarn, cartruse for high water and orange for low/medium water.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Is that 1 not 1/0? Are you talking about the flow of the river-Like after a rain and the river rises? How do you put the yarn in?By the way, both the 8lb silvers in my avatar where caught useing egg clusters on a size 1 gammi with yarn, cartruse for high water and orange for low/medium water.
I would really like to catch something on these. Yes, like those you caught!
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
size 1 not 1/0 when I saw high water I mean high flow with muddy hard to see through water, like on the Pualup. Clear water, natural is best, orange or pink yarn. you put the yarn on when you start tyeing the hook, underneath the wrapings.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Just a little correction to your post. Clear water is not the best in rivers, a nice emerald green color is perfect for salmon and steelhead. I don't know if this is what you meant by clear, but emerald green is the best color for a river.Derrick-k wrote:size 1 not 1/0 when I saw high water I mean high flow with muddy hard to see through water, like on the Pualup. Clear water, natural is best, orange or pink yarn. you put the yarn on when you start tyeing the hook, underneath the wrapings.
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RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Yep, thats the way I do it as well Derrick... Yarn underneath stays on good and always looks the same...
I use #2 or #4 hook size if its a small clear stream...
I use #2 or #4 hook size if its a small clear stream...
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RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
A spawn bag might work well too......tie 'em up so you don't lose them as easily.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
My next question is "How big should the egg sack (cluster) be?" I have heard 3 or 4 inches but this seems real big.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
the size of a quarter is good in clear water, some people use clusters the size of a golf ball.
RE:Fishing for salmon with egg clusters?
Gin clear water: Dime sized cluster
Emerald green water: Quarter sized cluster
Dirty/stained water: Quarter-50 cent piece sized cluster
Emerald green water: Quarter sized cluster
Dirty/stained water: Quarter-50 cent piece sized cluster