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Originally Posted by bulletbob
. Have a good time, hope you guys do well.. . I live here, and never go.. went once , decades ago,caught a salmon first time out, and never went back.. too much of a madhouse for me, nasty selfish rude "anglers" using the f word loudly 10 times in every sentence. . Might not be that way anymore, not sure. Lots of good fishermen love it, so I might just have went to the wrong place on the wrong day... The DEC guys were everywhere , and from what I saw, those salmon simply did NOT eat, they were all snagged by guys with very expensive polarized sunglasses that have perfected the art of snagging them without looking like they were snagging, if that makes any sense. Lots of those guys would see the fish, and could drift the hook with some yarn wrapped on the shank right into the mouths of the fish as they were resting, facing up current with their mouths open.. Pretty impressive talent... Again maybe its not like that anymore, but from what I saw and from what others have told me, those spawning fish are really hard to get to bite... First thing I was taught was to open the hook up wide so it would be more likely to sink.. The DEC guys knew all the tricks though.. anyway, i hope things have changed.. ....
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I hope so too Bob. I've heard some of the same negatives about this fishery and the one reason I've not been up there before but figured I'd give it a shot.
I love to catch fish as much as the next guy but I'm not competitive or really serious about it. Fishing for me is a way to get outdoors, unwind and spend some time with my buddies. If we happen to catch some fish, that's an extra bonus.
Not sure if it's changed since you've been up there but I hear they have some specific rules as far a leader lengths to make it more difficult to snag fish but that doesn't change people's attitudes and manners. If it turns into Gorilla Warfare fishing, this will be my first and last time up there. Life's too short to be around those sorts of people.
Full report to follow....
