SALMON RIVER

[SLEDDER]

Anybody what is going on in the Salmon River esturary, near Lincoln City?

[Lipripper]

Heard from an old commercial fisherman that they were picking up a few. Nothing hot yet.

[TheRogue]

Was at the 101 hole (Blackberry Hole) on the Salmon today (9/10). There were more than a couple of fish moving around....just one landed by 9am when I left. Apparently there were a lot of fish upriver in the Barn and Bray hole, but fishing slowed down in the last few days. Seals cornered a bunch of jacks way up high in tidewater, just a bunch of carcasses now. There's definitely more fish to come, OSP game cop said they're doing well down low out of the boats.

P.C. boat ramp was dead!!!! Actually started there, pulled in the lot at 5am....and there was No-one there!!! Not a good sign, been 1 or none fish caught the last week or so.

T.R.

[dusty4]

What meathod is used in this river?
Thanks, Dusty

[TheRogue]

In tidewater, the majority of people plunk corkies. There is a HUGE amount of sculpins (pogies, bullheads, whatever) in this river, so plunking bait is almost impossible. When the salmon are congregated, the trash fish seem to stay down, so there are quite a few bobber fishermen. However, there's probably $500 in sand shrimp fed to the sculpins for every salmon caught.

Do NOT listen to all those who trash the corky fishermen and say they're just a bunch of snaggers!! Yes, if you jerk at everything you feel, you will snag fish. But it's generally pretty obvious what is a line rub and what's a bite. Most of the fish caught are fair hooked, it's pretty easy to single out those people who are either trying to snag the fish, or really don't have a clue. Be nice, and try to explain the differences to someone who really doen't know.

T.R.