Salmon River Advice

[OMC]

When I use a spinning outfit up there for Brown's and Steel it's a 10 ft Loomis, I believe the line rating is 4 - 8 lb. With this you can both bottom bounce or float fish. Make sure the reel has a very smooth drag and load it up with 8lb mono. Please don't use braid on the rivers up there.

[15FOOTER]

The steelhead/brown/rainbow run is really off and has been for about 3 years now. I think they are going to.find that there is a serious problem with 1) the lake and 2) the fact that that run has become insanely popular, over fished and under stocked. Forget the Salmon River and head west.

[Delawareriver]

Some good advice so far. If it's your first time up there and not familar with the river and the tactics I highly recommend fishing with a guide. A drift boat will let you cover a lot of water, the guide will have the proper rod and reel setups plus what you can learn in one day with a good guide would take many trips to learn on you own

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by Delawareriver

Some good advice so far. If it's your first time up there and not familar with the river and the tactics I highly recommend fishing with a guide. A drift boat will let you cover a lot of water, the guide will have the proper rod and reel setups plus what you can learn in one day with a good guide would take many trips to learn on you own

I have to wholeheartedly agree with DR on this one. A good guide will dramatically shorten your learning curve for this fishery and be money well spent! I have over 30 years of fishing up there and truly wish there had been the quality, knowledgeable guides around way back then that there are now. I could have saved many fruitless hours learning what NOT to do!

[OMC]

Yep agree get a guide with a boat and don't just fish ask a lot of questions. The trip with the guide should be used for learning the section of river not about sitting in one spot trying to get numbers. I have fished with plenty of people up there that went with guides and still had no clue. Most guides are there to get you fish and a good one should get you some hookups. However if you launch and drift 1/2 mile in the dark to get a spot then sit there all day. At the end you pick up and fly down to the takeout. What did you learn not much . That is a typical trip right now because of the time of year. Instead tell your guide I want to see a certain section and learn it for the future and if we hook fish great , but understand it about picking his brain on holding areas and technique. A trip like that will put you so far ahead of DIY.

[bigboy5522]

Get a guide if you have the money but it's not necessary. Learning yourself is much more rewarding in my opinion. I started out without a guide and it was tough but some of my favorite experiences. Basic rigs and bait can be researched online and also the stores up there can be a big help including spots and areas to fish.

For targeting trout from November threw April -long rod around 10ft, light line 6-10lb, small hooks size 6-10, lures anything from pink worms, egg sacs, beads, and jigs. If you want to miss the craziness and don't mind the cold , winter can be a great time.