gmfishon

Ok thanks for sharing. I bet we would be surprised to see what our lures were doing at times. If they were watched all the time, with currents and such.

Looks like the spoons were spinning like crazy at times. Did you catch any fish and did you have speed at the lure monitored?

Sounds cool, thanks for the idea. We need to organize the same up north here. Keep us updated.

What does it matter. Killing adult salmon means they never spawn which means in 3 years there's no offspring from that fish. Killing a 16 inch king means that fish never grows up either.... boats go out in October and slam young of the year fish yet we still have adult fish....

You can't wrap your mind around the fact that maybe some of the released fish would even grow up to a 2 years stage and be fun to catch. Everyone knows an adult salmon is done, but come on a 12 incher ? Let em go, let em grow. This may be a touchy, no good answer topic

Indiana already does it. Thrown back plenty of dead 13.5" coho.

I knew it would only take a short time before someone responded this way. Yes some are gonna die. Lets say we do a slot with only one or two below 18 . If its bleeding through the eye ,keep it if its healthy as can be flip it off without even netting it or anything. I think in the long run its the best option. We used to think that all the lake trout that floated were dead til a seagull came around and they swam away. With the slot we have had for years in the bay, the lake trout fishing is at a high for both size and numbers.

Now if we could convince the guys that are killing 10" to 12" kings to just let them go. You are killing your fish for 2 years from now. Please DNR put a 15" minimum on Kings and Silvers.

I'd throw my hat in on that one, hell make it 18 or 20 inches and get the surrounding states to follow suit.

10 fish plus the small shaker he said they had to let go sounds good to me thanks for the report

Sounds good to me also. Way to go and thanks for posting. Heard some grumbling from down that way, this should give some optimism.

Nice report, thanks.

Nice report for your first post, thanks.

Very good 2hrs for the middle of the morning. Hope the daughter got hooked too and that they know its not always that way. Good job

Thanks for posting the bad with the good.

I second fbd. Drag the cannonballs right on the bottom if you are in a area that you can get away with it. No rocks or as the case here in the bay a lot of green slime, really cut down on this technique. You can put a release a bit above the ball. We used 6lb balls and would drag them so the rigger arms and rod tips were always bouncing. I also second the idea of running a speed relative bait if you suspect any kings are around. I have cought a bunch of kings on spoons that run at different speed ranges as well as attractor/fly setups. In over 30 years of my boat and being a mate ,I have only witnessed a few shaker and 1 mature king on a spin and glow.

Welcome to the sport and the site. Tell us more info. Have you been salmon fishing before, are you familiar with any of the tackle and techniques, do you have any equipment and lastly any specific questions????

I was a first mate for a charter captain that had one. We used it for tournaments also. What kind of info you looking for?

My son was mating on a charter down in South Haven today, and they got a bunch of Kings. Nice job, and thanks for the update.

Just the other day a popular thread on this site was where are the silver fish. Keep the faith all.

I would say more boards. Divers can still work. Could give a better answer knowing what kind of boat,how many rod holders, gear, target species, etc., etc., etc.

Nobody wants to talk about nets. I will throw my hat in the ring. Lots of salmon still going in tribal nets. I live by the Indians they take fish we plant and spend $ on

nobody can dispute this see it first hand

sure would be good if they stuck to the fish the great spirit planted vs the ones our license $ planted

I fished browns a few times, but have not been out in a while because i have been fishing steelhead non stop. The first king of the year in frankfort was caught today. Brown and lake trout fishing has been ok.

Thanks for the report. It must be something with the way you are making the twist before you put it in the release.

I would have to watch you. I use them and have not had line twist. Side note you been out of Frankfort yet and if so how was it ?

Nice way to change it up and take advantage of a great day. They will remember it forever

Lots of potential headaches and a giant pia. The water and pine trees look the same to me as they do here.

I say lots of fish here in the good old USA piss on and the hell with canada

Went at least 10 years ago and heard it was a concern

Probably more than 10 meat was kinda new here and we took a chance on getting herring and a drunk driver across. Made it but could have been turned away

I think for the most part what u hear g

Has some truth to it

Wife, wine, pizza,sunset,boat ran great, and fish! Awesome shakedown cruise

I am just surprised by the charter captains who post things like hurry prime dates going fast. Were hammering them call us now. We just had a cancellation. You get the picture. Not sure how many on this site would take a charter but they come across as we are all chomping at the bit to drive 500 miles to somewhere new. Or that we would love to leave are own boats sit and go throw more money for an already expensive hobby. I know guys occasionally go on a trip where they can't take there boat and or want to learn something new but not that many. The ones who do when it comes up usually just ask for a recommendation.