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#939934 - 09/28/15 07:04 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: yellowsevenpot]
Piper
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I've caught more salmon on a plug cut herring and a 4 oz lead than any other combination combined...

if I don't know what to use, that is what I fall back on!

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#939938 - 09/28/15 07:58 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: yellowsevenpot]
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Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 3068
Loc: Browns Point,Wa. USA



Here is a great opportunity. All you have to do is show up!









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#939947 - 09/28/15 11:47 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: WDFW X 1 = 0]
RobertF
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Originally Posted By: WDFW X 1 = 0
Fish with killers of fish.


May be the best advice on here. Find someone who is an accomplished fisherman and watch them like a hawk,try and mimic what they do,and ask questions.

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#939949 - 09/29/15 12:01 AM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: JTD]
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Registered: 01/11/07
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Loc: in the mass production zone
Originally Posted By: JTD



Here is a great opportunity. All you have to do is show up!











this seems to be the best advice so far! bring a couple 40s old English 800s .
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#939953 - 09/29/15 07:07 AM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: yellowsevenpot]
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Registered: 08/21/13
Posts: 389
Loc: Tri-Cities, WA
Originally Posted By: ReefSkunk
You should try one technique and stick with it until you catch a fish.


Originally Posted By: WDFW X 1 = 0
Fish with killers of fish.


+ whatever we're up to now.


McNary isn't bad because there should be a lot of boats down there (if the fishing is any good). Hopefully you paid attention to what the boat that got a fish was doing.

I'll elaborate on the "fish with killers of fish" part. You don't have to know these people. As much as a I HATE crowded fishing, that's where you'll learn the most.

The Ringold bank will be busy and a good place to learn. There will be guys drift fishing, maybe bobber fishing, fly fishing, and plunking. Pay attention to where people are using each technique.

Nothing wrong with a shotgun approach at the start to figure out what you like, but you would do well to pick a spot and a technique.

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#939977 - 09/29/15 06:50 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: yellowsevenpot]
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Registered: 10/31/02
Posts: 1341
Loc: Monroe,WA.
It won't be a cheap date, but check out some good guides that are fishing the Reach at this time. There are several. You might check with Austin Moser, check him out on the Internet, he knows his stuff, but many guides do that fish that area. You probably will need to get some buddies to join you as guides are not inexpensive, but worth the money and in the long run may be less expensive that several fish less trips on your own.

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#939983 - 09/29/15 08:28 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: Sebastes]
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Registered: 11/10/09
Posts: 8060
Loc: Vancouver, WA
Good advice ^^^
When yer beatin yer head against a brick wall 'til it's bloody, pay the man and learn how to do it.

I took my first guided trip in '85 and learned things that I still use today.

And yeah, I know your first guide experience didn't pan out.
Might have been the guide.
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#940016 - 09/30/15 03:04 PM Re: Still looking for my first salmon. [Re: yellowsevenpot]
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Registered: 08/21/13
Posts: 389
Loc: Tri-Cities, WA
If you want to catch a salmon on the Reach, a guide will do that. You'll learn little to no technique you can apply from a canoe or the bank. If you can do superbaits, you could learn a bit. Find someone who isn't running downriggers since you won't be either.

Closest thing to learning bank and forebay technique would be an October/November steelhead trip with Hester.

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