Columbia Sturg/Salmon

FishTech101 · 10-20-2005, 05:32 PM

Heading out tomorrow for a nook and some sturg up around Mult. Falls from what i have heard dalton point is low and rocky hows the fishery boat ramp looking anyone been out there lately. Havent been out for sturg in awhile whats the hot bait. smelt,shad,crappie,roll mop, squirell lol my dogs got 2 in last hour think it would work BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa. J/K

dcgrav · 10-20-2005, 06:15 PM

crappie and roll mop or shrimp. Iv'e seen all 3 of them work very well!

LabMan · 10-20-2005, 06:18 PM

I have never heard of crappie and roll mop. Can you please describe how you rig this bait up?

I was out by Mult. Falls last week and it was pretty slow. Admittedly, I am very rusty at setting the bite, probably need some help with that. I used smelt, both frozen and pickeled and it seemed like the frozen worked better.

FishTech101 · 10-20-2005, 07:23 PM

roll mop is pickeled herring and crappie is a fish hook it up just like smelt but roll mop i use nylons and put night crawlers on the outside for texture

Lazersharp · 10-20-2005, 07:35 PM

Roll mop is a great year round bait. But the company who makes it will no longer be doing so. Which means i need to find a new productive year round bait. I was out today, lower in the than you will be. My buddy and I got around 35 fish to the boat. And we managed to each get a keeper

and released four other keeper sized fish

. the fish were all caught on sandshrimp or squid. What a great day on the water. Hope you get into some fish tomorrow

Good luck and tight lines

river rat · 10-20-2005, 07:36 PM

You can catch them on an old stinky shoe fish tech.

river rat · 10-20-2005, 07:37 PM

pickle some shad, works just as good as mop.

Fshklr · 10-21-2005, 05:16 AM

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Roll mop is a great year round bait. But the company who makes it will no longer be doing so.

Not likely...... :whazzup:

but if they do quit supplying the product buy plain old pickled herring CHUNKS..same product..without the pickle inside.(well it's label says wine pickled or something)

the only problem is the enhanced price and a smaller jar :tongue:

fishtat · 10-21-2005, 05:24 AM

Roll mop, sand shrimp and worms. Keep the bait the size of your pinky and wrap it tight. Fish'll almost hook themselves if you wrap your bait right. Remember, you don't want any spin. Keep you lead line long enough to keep from bouncing off the rocks on the bottom up there. Three and a half feet oughta do it.

PapaHog · 10-21-2005, 06:05 AM

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roll mop is pickeled herring and crappie is a fish hook it up just like smelt but roll mop i use nylons and put night crawlers on the outside for texture

Crappie is not a fish hook but a fish. They are caught around structure like docks and bridges. I have caught them at St Johns bridge and they work great as sturgeon bait.

papa

Fshklr · 10-21-2005, 06:08 AM

Papa..

Insert a comma, or period after Fish and before hook

"roll mop is pickeled herring and crappie is a fish, hook it up just like smelt but roll mop i use nylons and put night crawlers on the outside for texture"

pickle juice

hawgsnhogs · 10-21-2005, 07:32 PM

Fished that area today using smelt only. No trouble at the ramp (Fishery). Water is low though. Very windy today. Couldn't keep the shakers off. No keepers. Didn't see or hear of a keeper. Saw a guide at the cleaning station in the campground cleaning and filleting a 30" and 20" sturgeon...maybe he knows something I don't???