~*~ Salmon River Weekends ~*~

[njflyfisher]

where were you fishing? I was up there saturday fishing lower river and stopped at compactor for a little. Fishing was slower for me than last weekend. Still managed to land about 6/7 fish with one pushing 30lbs. Few guys i talked to said that friday was on fire at the lower river.

[kcritch]

Way to catch em up Andre. Nice job taking advantage of the good reports and jumping on it. Glad you got into 'em.

[Matt A.]

i fished friday, saturday and sunday near the ballpark and all i saw was people literally chasing fish in the shallows and snagging them in the back. I fished a deeper spot just above the madness and managed to land 1 out of 6. aside from the one i landed i did not see one fish hooked in the mouth out of hundreds. (all were kept)

[Andrushkin33]

NJ,

I usually fish Trestle pool and Ellis cove. Those two are my go to spots. Got there at 2 am and saw fish moving so pretty much stayed there all weekend. After 5pm I move to Town pool since most of the clowns are gone and stay there until end.

Matt,

You right about ballpark. That's why I didn't even stay there. Out of 11 I landed only two were foul hooked and all except 1 are still swimming. Probably turning into zombies now with all that warm weather.

On a side note people just have to learn to get out of the way when you fighting fish. No matter how much directions you give them they still think that they have time to cast out. But worse ones are the ones that just stay there and let line wrap around their legs. Never wanted to bash someone in a head with a rock more in my life. And acting all surprised. Beh.

Back to grind next weekend.

Andre

[Mikey topaz]

Andre the giant for times like that best thing i found out works well is take mental note when u do hook a fish turn the rod opposite way fish is running and let it run into that guys line and tangle the shit outta evreyone around him too then cut ur line and retie! Unless its a steelie then start screaming evrey russian and polish word you know😝

[Humanzee]

Da comrads!

I gave up chasing salmon after 20+ years. The crowds get to me. Put the pursuit of steel will being in another month or so, and I'll enjoy my Dec/Jan/Feb trips up there.

Nice job guys! Good to see the salmon made a nice return this year, but was kind of expected given the runs back on 2012 and 2013.

[Andrushkin33]

Lol Mike,

Nuah. I don't think I have enough curse words in English, Russian ad Polish combined in order to convey my opinion. Need to brush up on my Spanish and French and then we can be talking. Usually I just switch to braid that I have just for occasions like that. But then I read about what they do to line of fighting kites in india and that sounds like an idea. Just coat the line in crashed glass and cut through everyone. Yeah buddy. Fingers included.

On another hand I would not be surprised if I start pulling out half of salmon like that. Hmm

Andre