Non-Fly Dirtbag river Coho '24'

In the spirit of the thread...

BnR Tackle will custom label a "Pro Pack" Soft Bead selection if you order it from their site. Here's mine:
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Further proof that I will do ANYTHING to get a bite during dirtbag season (though I rarely have to move beyond a jig or spinner to do so). I think I've officially arrived at the "gear junkie" stage of an angler's journey, as obtaining the very best tackle for all pursuits is becoming an obsession.

That said, I think the beads have potential to replace the occasional, guilty, messy pleasure of bait fishing (particularly roe) for finicky salmon. What I like about roe fishing is watching the bobber, and bead fishing gives us a way to do that without risking deep hookings on fish we might need to release, and it keeps our hands and gear a lot cleaner.

Feels so dirty....
 
charles sullivan said:
We will see how that shakes out.For our local river, plugs in orange and lipstick red have really been good for me over the years. If you see a fish role fish that hole. If you catch a fish or hook one, continue ishing that hole.

I am hunting and concerting for most of Sept. If you wanna fish in Oct. let me know. I can always get sick if need be. I havea drift bost and 2 watermasters.
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If you wanna meet up on the big river and need someone to help run shuttle or take pictures of your Big Limits, you have my number.
 
Matt B said:
If you wanna meet up on the big river and need someone to help run shuttle or take pictures of your Big Limits, you have my number.
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I like all those ideas.
 
Shad said:
In the spirit of the thread...

BnR Tackle will custom label a "Pro Pack" Soft Bead selection if you order it from their site. Here's mine:
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Further proof that I will do ANYTHING to get a bite during dirtbag season (though I rarely have to move beyond a jig or spinner to do so). I think I've officially arrived at the "gear junkie" stage of an angler's journey, as obtaining the very best tackle for all pursuits is becoming an obsession.

That said, I think the beads have potential to replace the occasional, guilty, messy pleasure of bait fishing (particularly roe) for finicky salmon. What I like about roe fishing is watching the bobber, and bead fishing gives us a way to do that without risking deep hookings on fish we might need to release, and it keeps our hands and gear a lot cleaner.

Feels so dirty....
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You need to write up a rigging tutorial!
 
speedbird said:
Any particular technique with spinners? I know lots of people hate em. More of a swing or just a strip?
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I catch most of my spinner fish swinging across a run... I try and keep the tension/angle of the line such that the blade spins as slowly as possible (but still spinning!) and the swing slow as well. Cast a bit upstream, let it tumble down freely to the rocks and then tighten up to swing low and slow across.
 
_WW_ said:
You need to write up a rigging tutorial!
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Yeah... The only thing that makes me a "Pro" is the quantity I bought. YouTube has plenty of tutorials to confuse anyone and make sure you never find the right setup to catch fish...
 
speedbird said:
Any particular technique with spinners? I know lots of people hate em. More of a swing or just a strip?
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They'll catch fish just about any way you can imagine fishing them. You can even bounce them like jigs and catch coho, and the folks in BC fish them dead drifted under a float for steelhead.

My personal standby is a combination swing/retrieve when there is some current, but any presentation through frog water often works, and sometimes, retrieving downstream along a current seam will produce awesome strikes. I fish them like streamer flies....
 
Beads rule. There are few things more gratifying then draining bobbers with a stupid little bead at the same rate as the guys who have pink splotched waders and triple secret roe cures they swear by. Good roe is pretty badass stuff I admire the dedication to the craft, but I’m not making it. I’m not killing salmon for their roe. I’m not storing it. I’m not turning my boat pink fishing it. And I’m definitely not unhappy with the rate at which I toggle bobbers with an unscented plastic sphere that lasts all day and has never ever mortally wounded a fish on the end of my line. There are a lot of little nuances to bead fishing, ways to rig for different conditions and so on. But they definitely crush fall salmon. I love them.
 
The extended forecast for the coast starts to look very fishy around the 11th. If it actually materializes (way too soon to be a reliable forecast yet), it should be "on" by mid-month (where it's open, anyway).:unsure:
 
Pink Nighty said:
I catch most of my spinner fish swinging across a run... I try and keep the tension/angle of the line such that the blade spins as slowly as possible (but still spinning!) and the swing slow as well. Cast a bit upstream, let it tumble down freely to the rocks and then tighten up to swing low and slow across.
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This guy knows how to fish spinners. Swing it slow and low, bump the rocks.
 
Just looked over the regs for the Skagit, in fact I printed a copy to have with me. I fail to see anything about releasing wild coho. I looked over the statewide freshwater rules and didn't see anything there either. So, you can keep them?
 
My gear fishing to date has been limited to little 4 lb test spinning rods. So i’m curious what y’all use on these river cohos.
 
David said:
My gear fishing to date has been limited to little 4 lb test spinning rods. So i’m curious what y’all use on these river cohos.
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For chums I run a 6-12lb Okuma SST spinning rod and get a great fight while keeping control of the fish. The chums I fought on it were similar sized to our coho, so I imagine it would work great. Although nowadays for float fishing I far prefer my GSP baitcaster, controlling drifts is so much easier. Only 9 foot though, I bought the medium model for tributary Kings, specifically the now non existent fishery for Skykomish summer Kings. At some point I need to get a longer lighter casting rod
 
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