I only eat salmon swiming UPRIVER not down. When a salmon enters fresh water their feeding shuts down and they get ready for spawning. Sure they will strike at lures and you can catch them on bait BUT after the salmon has been in the river so a period of time the flesh becomes white. ALL the nutrients are gone. I strongly urge you to pass up the SKELATORS and try to catch fresh fish. You sound like a beginner who is frustrated on trying to catch anything.