02-13-2009, 06:25 PM
I've never fished for Salmon in Idaho. But I worked for a sport fishing lodge in Alaska for three years and caught thousands of Salmon up there. The biggest fish I caught was a 42 to 44 # king, and I caught it with a medium weight trout rod with 8 pound mono. If you know how to fight the fish right you can land them with light gear. The trick is to not pull up on the fish, the fish will use its weight to pull down. Instead hold your rod to the side and pull its head toward the bank. A fish swims with its head, meaning where its head is pointed its forced to follow. So if you keep pulling its head towards the bank you will wear them out much faster than pulling up on its weight. It helps to have high quality gear, if you have some good equipment that can take some abuse I would just put some real strong braided line on and go for it. If you decide you want to make it a regular trip, then fork over the cash and get the real stuff.
The guy who taught me everything I know about salmon fishing is Bobby Kratzer, he runs a salmon camp in Alaska and also a guide service in Washington.
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For the cost of getting new salmon gear you could go to washington and catch some once in a lifetime fish with Bobby and he would teach you everything you need to know about catching Salmon in Idaho. Good luck.
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The guy who taught me everything I know about salmon fishing is Bobby Kratzer, he runs a salmon camp in Alaska and also a guide service in Washington.
[url "http://www.anglersguideservice.com/"][/url][url "http://www.anglersguideservice.com/"]http://www.anglersguideservice.com/[/url]
For the cost of getting new salmon gear you could go to washington and catch some once in a lifetime fish with Bobby and he would teach you everything you need to know about catching Salmon in Idaho. Good luck.
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