I used to do all my salmon fishing from the Lake Michigan shore, but want to learn to creek fish since fish still show up in good numbers at the creeks around here. I spent all last week casting salt creek and had two fish to show for. Caught 1 on a spinner and one on a rattletrap. Even spent an entire day drifting spawn in front of a hole loaded with kings with no luck.Spent a fortune in snagged lures. The creek water ranges from stained to rather dirty depending on recent rainfall. Any advice would be greatly apreciated. I am only interested in actual fishing techniques and not bump snaggers tricks(you know who you are). Its a shame that more than half the anglers at the good holes are bump-snagging. Indiana DNR needs to do a sting operation. Had a few more hookups on rattletraps-does anyone know how to modify them so they hangup less?
Salmon stream fishing
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I think we should just close of the ladder on the st. joe and stop letting them go down to Indiana. We'll let your skamanias down but keep the kings up here fair? lolSchneider;3505478; said:
In smaller river and streams, here in California we use sand shrimp with a bobber and let it drift. Then cast it out again...works wonder.
Kastmaster in gold and chartreuse/nickel works wonder also.
Kastmaster in gold and chartreuse/nickel works wonder also.
Get up in front of a hole and cast into it with roe bags filled with cured roe (Look em up.) Tied to a weight that can move up and down the line. Make sure the weight goes on another leader off the main line in a swivel though. So if you snag up the weight you don't lose everything else and all you have to do it throw on another weight. The bite will be extremely light and you will want to make sure to set the hook hard as all they are doing is carrying the eggs in their mouth and not necesarily eating them. Although sometimes they will.
GL and tight lines.
GL and tight lines.
I am tired of watching all MI's stocked cohos and "wild" kings going up the fish ladder. Its all they do go straight up the ladder.Schneider;3505590; said:
Leave salt creek alone till november. There will still be plenty of steelhead in salt after the crowds get the dieing kings. I've been driving a bit farther to trail. Its still crowded in the easy to get to holes but if your willing to get off the beaten path you can find some great places.
I got an 18.5 pounder last week and several steelies.
And don't worry about multies posts he thinks every indiana stream is attached to the st joe for some reason.
Let me know or PM me if you want to discuss the creeks.
You should register at wolflakefishing.com look me up since I have the same screen name.
I'm well known at Mik-Lurch and fish the streams alot though my love is muskies out east.
I got an 18.5 pounder last week and several steelies.
And don't worry about multies posts he thinks every indiana stream is attached to the st joe for some reason.
Let me know or PM me if you want to discuss the creeks.
You should register at wolflakefishing.com look me up since I have the same screen name.
I'm well known at Mik-Lurch and fish the streams alot though my love is muskies out east.
I lived in WA state and fished alot up their. People snag them in the rivers because they're not real sport fisherman and they also know that its getting close to spawning season. The fish don't really bite as much anymore. They do their last feeding in the bay before they head upstream. I know guys though that had luck using large Bob Toman spinners. I think they mainly bite out of curiousity and aggression.