Poll: Do you catch

Smily · 07-13-2001, 08:33 AM

Salmon and Steelhead more on Bait or Hardware?

Me:
Salmon on bait
Steel head 75% hardware

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ampersat · 07-13-2001, 09:05 AM

can't say that i've ever had much luck on pure hardware. most of my fish have been taken while drifting corkies and yarn, with either smelly jelly or shrimp scent applied. since i'm put smelly stuff on them, i don't consider that as pure hardware. i've gotten a few with sandshrimp under a bobber. i've pitched plenty of spinners and a few spoons and all i've gotten with them is ********* and smolts. i'm going to try to hit the deschutes in august and see if i can get a steelie on a spinner. from what i hear, the take is akin to foul hooking one of those sport bikes.

Eric · 07-13-2001, 09:12 AM

BAIT.....PERIOD!

Salmonator · 07-13-2001, 09:15 AM

70% bait, but there seems to be times and places where nothing but hardware will do.

Tanner · 07-13-2001, 12:17 PM

Steelhead - 60% jigs, 20% plugs, 10% Diver and Bait, 10% Drift gear and Bait.

Chinook - 70% Bait (Bobber Fishing, BackBouncing, Drift Fishing), 30% Kwikfish

Crusin · 07-13-2001, 03:43 PM

Well I dislike Plunkin, if Im gonna sit and watch my pole through a windshield waiting for a steel to run into my bait I may as well be at home watchin the tube.....spinners...now...thats enticing a fish to bite...but..different strokes for different folks...

Snapset · 07-13-2001, 04:13 PM

Winter Steelhead:
70% Corkies-Plain
5% Jigs
5% Spinners
20% Eggs or Sand Shrimp

Summer Steelhead:
95% Corkies
5% Sand Shrimp (Incidental to fishing for Springers)
Spring Chinook:
75% Sandshrimp
25% Corkies (Incidental to Steelhead fishing)

Mrdorkfish · 07-13-2001, 04:19 PM

In the the smaller streams i tend to use plastic-ware...spin-n-glo's/bait, mostly in the winter....Any time i can get the boat out i use hardware,spinners and Brads/kwikfish/flatfish. I like using hardware better because when you get a strike ....you know it [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Today....using a kwikfish....My pole went down hard...i mean
HARD, The fish was leaving the water right as i was taking it out of the holder !!

No nibble about it [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

sorry guys....but it felt SO good !

Mrdorkfish
oops ! got off track....winter time steelhead/bait spring salmon/bait and everthing else...hardware !

[ 07-13-2001: Message edited by: Mrdorkfish ]

Wog · 07-13-2001, 05:50 PM

Salmon 100% Bait:
When the Salmon River on Mt. Hood used to be open for Summer Steelhead I used to hook alot of Salmon on Marabou jigs. (Released of course.)It's a bait show for me. Eggs, Prawns, or Shrimp.

Steelhead 60% Hardware, 40% Bait:
When using hardware most of the Steelhead I catch are on Marabou Jigs, some are on Spinners. When using Bait, Sandshrimp has produced the best for me followed by Eggs and Worms.

[ 07-13-2001: Message edited by: Wog ]

rob allen · 07-13-2001, 05:56 PM

Steelhead 100% on flies
Salmon 100% spin-glo's

chuck 'n' duck · 07-13-2001, 11:45 PM

Salmon: 99% bait. Although, this is really a function of how often I use bait vs. hardware. I am going to try more kwikfish and spinners when the conditions are right.

Steelhead: 75% bait. I rarely pull plugs for steelhead, usually go with diver/shrimp (except for native winter runs). When I drift fish for steelies, I often use just corkies and yarn (I consider that hardware). I think that if the conditions are right, there is no need to add bait. I also use spinners for the summer runs.

CnD

FishinMission · 07-13-2001, 11:49 PM

I'd have to say about 50-50 for me. Depends more on the run, and time of year.

willierower · 07-14-2001, 05:39 AM

Salmon: 95% bait (eggs and or sandshrimp) The other 5% on spinners plugs and a couple now and then on flies.
Steelhead: 70% on drift bobbers and yarn. 10% on Diver and sandshrimp, 10% on drifting bait. and the las 10% on plugs.

HOGTIDE · 07-14-2001, 06:30 AM

50%/50% & 50%/50% Generally Speaking

Fall Salmon - Wobblers & Spinners
Spring Salmon - Herring & Prawns

Winter Steellhead - Eggs & Shrimp
Summer Steelhead - Flatfish & Spinners

WheresMyBobber · 07-14-2001, 07:50 AM

Just like Hogtime, because of the water temp.

Warmer water calls for more hardware, while bait works well in cooler water. For me the cutoff point is approx 60 degrees. If the temp gets above that I generally use hardware.

birdhunter · 07-14-2001, 09:02 AM

Steelhead: 80% bait (diver and shrimp); 10% spinners; 10% plugs

Salmon: 60% bait; 30% wobblers; 10% spinners

Have yet to catch squat w/ the dreaded pink worm. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

urb · 07-15-2001, 07:40 AM

springers 80% plugs 20% bait, summer steelies 100% artificial with smell, fall salmons 80% bait 20% spoons

Rauly · 07-15-2001, 05:47 PM

If you wrap your Kwikfish with Sardine is it considered bait or hardware?

Rauly

Smily · 07-16-2001, 06:22 AM

Hi Rauly,
I would think that if you wrapped Sardines on a Kwikfish, the Sardine would be considered Bait. It's a perishable. Kwikfish lasts a long time in the tackle box without freezing them and Sardines will have a Terrible Stench if left out of the freezer by the 5th day. [img]images/icons/blush.gif[/img] I still think scents are hardware cause of it not perishing as rapidly as baits and I have had scents last longer than some hardware. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Due to losing them of course.
Kwikfish= Hardware ( Non-perishable)
Sardines= Bait (Perishable)
Scents= Hardware (addatives for extra mileage)

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[ 07-16-2001: Message edited by: Smily ]

Roeboat · 07-16-2001, 08:22 AM

Ocean salmon: 50% herring, 30%jigs, 20%plugs
River Salmon: 99% eggs

Steelhead: 50%plugs/etc. , 50%bait

Hawgwash · 07-16-2001, 08:32 AM

Depends where I'm fishing.

Salmon in the ocean: 100% bait
Salmon in freswater: 90% lure, 10% eggs
Steelhead in a large body of water: 100% lure
Steelhead in river: 20% eggs, 80% lure

I'm a Kwikfish and Wiggle Wart believer!

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