David Johnson
07-17-2009, 08:50 PM
I have been waiting all week for my order of spinners from Rob over at R&B. Yesterday they came.
I had asked Rob to whip up some weighted casting spinners for throwing out in the salt for off-shore coho.
The day started off slow. We didn’t get bit for the first hour but after a move of a few miles we were soon into a fish. And then another. It became feast or famine as we either we not getting bit or we had a double. Every fifteen minutes or less we caught two or three fish.
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And we hit the jackpot on keepers! Our first nine fish were all hatchery.
Amongst all the action I kept my light spinning rod, a GLoomis STR 1044-2 S, with 12 pound test ready and handy and I would fire it out there and start retrieving.
I ended up getting my three fish while my guys caught their three fish.
Mission accomplished! I wanted to experiment with casting light gear to these aggressive salmon and it worked first time out.
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There are more spinners and colors to experiment with so I can’t wait. If this works out well I plan on bringing along several of these rods.
Hopefully more details to come.
We finished up the day at 11 a.m. with a triple and then headed in.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00905-1.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/01311.JPG
I had asked Rob to whip up some weighted casting spinners for throwing out in the salt for off-shore coho.
The day started off slow. We didn’t get bit for the first hour but after a move of a few miles we were soon into a fish. And then another. It became feast or famine as we either we not getting bit or we had a double. Every fifteen minutes or less we caught two or three fish.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00862.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00844.JPG
And we hit the jackpot on keepers! Our first nine fish were all hatchery.
Amongst all the action I kept my light spinning rod, a GLoomis STR 1044-2 S, with 12 pound test ready and handy and I would fire it out there and start retrieving.
I ended up getting my three fish while my guys caught their three fish.
Mission accomplished! I wanted to experiment with casting light gear to these aggressive salmon and it worked first time out.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00923.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/0275.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/0216.JPG
There are more spinners and colors to experiment with so I can’t wait. If this works out well I plan on bringing along several of these rods.
Hopefully more details to come.
We finished up the day at 11 a.m. with a triple and then headed in.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00905-1.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/01311.JPG