I keep seeing on the news about the great Sockeye run going on so I thought I might dust off the old salmon gear & give it a shot. Here are some tips for you if you decided to give it a try.
First the gear you will need. Remember you’re catching Salmon so big gear = big fish.
1. You need a pole but not just any pole .Go to your yard & cut down a tree, shave off the limbs & put some guides on it.
2. Get a huge reel & spool it with some rope - we don’t want to break off these monsters
3. Go to your car & cut the chrome bumper off. You will need lot of flash to attract these fish
4. 1 red hook yes that’s it a hook no bait needed these fish are smart they don’t fall for those real looking baits.
5. Go to a civil war supply store & pick up a cannon ball you’re going to need some weight to get that gear down deep where these monsters live
6. Load up the boat & head out early 2am, 4am at the latest to get in line at the boat launch. Remember its not every day of the year you can fish for these guys, or any time of day even. These fish only eat once a day, between 6 and 7 am..
7. Drop all that gear into the water & start trolling nice & slow
8. Now here is where the skill comes in (warning: this takes practice) Stand on your boat with your hands in your pockets stick your gut out as far as you can & stare off into the horizon.
9. Etiquette: When passing other boaters you are to shrug your shoulders or throw up your hands & repeat the phrase “got any” or “where are they”
10. After many hours of trolling you may snag a fish but in the event you don’t just proclaim to the boaters around you “damn game department doesn’t know what they’re doing”
11. The excitement comes when you snag other boaters’ gear & break off all your stuff donating all the $$$ to the bottom of Lake WA.
Sounds like so much fun why would you want to go Bass fishing any time you want.