Re: Salmon river.... fishing or glorified snagging?
I live here in NY state.. Just a couple hours from Salmon River.. I went once in the 90's.. even caught a salmon my first trip... to me personally, it was an awful spectacle.. Those fish were all snagged, each and every one.. The guys that caught fish in the mouth simply had better polarized glasses, and more adept hands and skills, and had an uncanny knack for drifting the hook very close to the mouths of fish facing in to the current.. I guess some fish are hooked legit, but those spawning salmon do not eat, and if everyone were fishing as the law says we should be fishing, there would be very few stream run spawning salmon caught, and the "fishery" wouldn't really exist.. I begrudge no one enjoying and utilizing these fish, they are as good as dead anyway as soon as the drop their eggs or milt, but its not for me by any stretch.. I didn't care for the mayhem, and I deemed it "fishing in a combat zone". Never went back, never really had the desire.. For the guys that enjoy it, more power to you! bob
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