04-13-2008, 12:30 AM
TD,
I too used this technique a lot in Cali for salmon and steelies. Used to fish the Feather River a lot during the chinook run when I was in college. Mostly foul-hooked the beasts (still a blast!), but I even managed a few fair-caught ones. I was surprised how many fish I snagged, even using short leaders and tiny hooks. Deadly technique! Too bad the salmon numbers have dwindled so severely in the Sacramento system....
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I too used this technique a lot in Cali for salmon and steelies. Used to fish the Feather River a lot during the chinook run when I was in college. Mostly foul-hooked the beasts (still a blast!), but I even managed a few fair-caught ones. I was surprised how many fish I snagged, even using short leaders and tiny hooks. Deadly technique! Too bad the salmon numbers have dwindled so severely in the Sacramento system....
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