Sailor Bar Salmon Chasing

[Buddy]

Don't know who this is, but it was taken at the top of the big island.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Not a "Half=pounder".........

[Terry Thomas]

Cal Tip?
I keep the number in my cell phone and have called in a couple of times. They have been good about getting back to me to try and correct the problems.
1-888-334-2258

[chapmag]

I had the misfortune of hooking a salmon while fishing for steelhead on the Feather River last fall. I was targeting steelhead at the riffle by the cement plant.

Once I hooked it I had to land it. I tried to break it off, but 12# Maxima (for the big steelhead I'd hoped to hook) and the spey hooks by design don't give up easily.

I got a nasty note from another fisherman who saw this and accused me of breaking the law and targeting salmon.

Besides just not fishing when there are salmon in the river, how do you keep from hooking them while steelheading? Thanks.

[Scott V]

I had the misfortune of hooking a salmon while fishing for steelhead on the Feather River last fall. I was targeting steelhead at the riffle by the cement plant.

Once I hooked it I had to land it. I tried to break it off, but 12# Maxima (for the big steelhead I'd hoped to hook) and the spey hooks by design don't give up easily.

I got a nasty note from another fisherman who saw this and accused me of breaking the law and targeting salmon.

Besides just not fishing when there are salmon in the river, how do you keep from hooking them while steelheading? Thanks.

What you wrote is what makes me upset about people jumping to conclusions. Imagine if someone called Cal Tip and an officer came out and gave you a hard time and possibly arrested you for something that you did not do on purpose. You would have to prove that what you did was correct and not wrong, just like the guy in the picture above. I hope I never hook into a salmon, because I would hate to get put down by people on a board for something I did not try to do.

[OceanSunfish]

What you wrote is what makes me upset about people jumping to conclusions. Imagine if someone called Cal Tip and an officer came out and gave you a hard time and possibly arrested you for something that you did not do on purpose. You would have to prove that what you did was correct and not wrong, just like the guy in the picture above. I hope I never hook into a salmon, because I would hate to get put down by people on a board for something I did not try to do.

I agree.

Honestly, posting this picture and implying some sort of illicit activity without getting all the facts, is kind of slanderous.

[DFrink]

What you wrote is what makes me upset about people jumping to conclusions. Imagine if someone called Cal Tip and an officer came out and gave you a hard time and possibly arrested you for something that you did not do on purpose. You would have to prove that what you did was correct and not wrong, just like the guy in the picture above. I hope I never hook into a salmon, because I would hate to get put down by people on a board for something I did not try to do.

Seriously, sometimes people get a little high and mighty on this board (Not complaing about the board because I really like it and the people here have always been very helpful). I try not to say anything, but sometimes it just gets old.

[WinterrunRon]

I had the misfortune of hooking a salmon while fishing for steelhead on the Feather River last fall. I was targeting steelhead at the riffle by the cement plant.

Once I hooked it I had to land it. I tried to break it off, but 12# Maxima (for the big steelhead I'd hoped to hook) and the spey hooks by design don't give up easily.

I got a nasty note from another fisherman who saw this and accused me of breaking the law and targeting salmon.

Besides just not fishing when there are salmon in the river, how do you keep from hooking them while steelheading? Thanks.

I hooked one last week swinging a fly. I let it nearly come to rest out of the current and into holding water behing and obstruction in the river where I hoped Mr. Steelhead was laying. A salmon was apparently laying there instead. I innocently snagged it (jumped out of the river several times, this is how you know you snagged it, they won't jump if hooked in the mouth).

I don't know how you can keep from hooking them, but I never fish a tippet stronger than 8lb Maxima on the American. Strong enough that I've never lost a fish by breakage, weak enough that a quick pull on a taunt line will break it. That's been my answer to this issue and it has worked for me more than once.

BTW, I only use 12lb Maxima to winch up my drift boat! That stuff is incredibly STRONG!

[Mike R]

In AK, we would foul hook so many sockeye that I would start the day out with a 100 pack of bead hooks and hope that my 2 clients would have enough to finish the day. I was retying all day....what got annoying was when they wanted to fight the sockeye because allthe bows and dollies were getting boring.

When the salmon used to be thick on the Feather (think 2002), we would accidentally snag several salmon every day. Just point the rod at the fish, hold tight, and get ready to retie. So, seeing one guy hook a salmon ain't that big of a deal.

Mike

[Ned Morris]

Not cool at all.

Don't know who this is, but it was taken at the top of the big island.