Also you can target Sea-run Cutthroat, resident silver salmon, and migratory salmon from many of the shorelines in the Puget Sound. Wait, on a second glance, I see you are from Ireland. Look around, if there are some points near where you live that are near a river with Atlantic Salmon runs, at certain times of the year you might be able to hook one in the salt. You just need to know when and if the salmon are reachable from shore. Try some large orange shrimp and baitfish patterns.
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They say that the man that gets a Ph.D. is the smart one. But I think that the man that learns how to get paid to fish is the smarter one.