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Post by SPLASH on Aug 12, 2011 22:25:21 GMT -5
Anyone do this? I started as a teenager surf fishing the Singing bridge and off of a private beach in Au Gres and caught kings my first time trying. I was hooked after that. I never bought a "salmon rod" I just used my 10'6" noodle rod I bought for steelhead off the pier (never had much luck doing that) with 10 or 12 pound mono. That limber rod fights the fish well so I never needed the heavy line.
As we all know, the salmon fishing went to pot on Huron for some years, but seems to be doing better this year Oscoda and further north. Some south of there. Going to the westside isn't too economical for me and after this spring in Harrisville I found my waders were shot and I'm not in the market financially for new ones. I was thinking of trying piers this fall. Surface temps have already started to fall and a few early kings have been caught on both west and east sides. Just wondered if anyone does this or has and what their experiences were.
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Post by cp on Aug 13, 2011 16:45:50 GMT -5
Ive done it a few times with Shaggy but we never had much luck, we used casting spoons. Last time we went he hooked into a nice king but it ended up breaking his line and I never touched a fish. When were out there however we did see quite a few fish hooked and a couple actually landed. The guys that were having the most luck were using almost like a perch rig. The had a sinker on the bottom and a hook about 2-3ft above that and they were using live alwifes about 3 inches long.
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Post by cp on Aug 13, 2011 16:54:21 GMT -5
My dad and I used to surf fish quite a bit when I was younger...North Park Beach was the spot. We used our driftrods with 10lb main line to a leader and we used a slip sinker. We tied spawn bags with floaters in them. We never caught salmon but did alright on steelies if the weather was right. I remember one trip when I was like 10 that my dad and I and a couple buddies went out and we went 8/10 on steelies. Theres a picture back home somewhere. Just a side note...Splash have you seen those "US Reels" with the wide spools. There supposed to cast farther, hold more line, and reduce line coiling. I think they would be great for surf/pier fishing. They are a bit on the pricy side though.  |
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Post by SPLASH on Aug 13, 2011 19:08:38 GMT -5
I've only seen them on the internet, never in person. As for the spawn sacks, I learned long ago they aren't good for fall salmon. Those salmon are staging, shooting in and out, or running up stream all for one reaon, MATING. I had those oldschool straightliners out there getting their lines in the way hogging too much space, bitching about having to reel in when I'd hook a fish. They never got a salmon. Only reason they hit the spoons or cranks is out of anger. A couple of those guys once said to me "you need a stronger rod to control the fish so we don't have to reel ours in". Not rude, I replied something along the lines of "Why?, I'm catching fish and the straightliners aren't".
I need some eastside info. I need to know what nets for what piers. I know Oscoda needs a drop net which I don't have, but I do have your average long handle salmon boat landing net.
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Post by Fobbitcrusher on Aug 13, 2011 21:23:49 GMT -5
I agree with you on the salmon not wanting to eat spawn sacks...However, the main runs won't start for another 3 weeks or so (on this side of the state) The salmon do start sniffing out the rivers tho....And they are feeding like crazy. In the mornings and evenings, they can be had by pier fisherman. Try an alewife on the bottom. If you can't get any for bait, try large shiners. I know they work for coho in the spring. so who knows...Might be worth a try. I've also seen people on the piers throwing deep diving crankbaits, and they seemed to catch just as many fish as live bait fisherman.
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Post by davess1 on Aug 14, 2011 8:19:26 GMT -5
Ive seen a lot of guys use a 3-way swivel with 2-3 ounce sinker with 3-5' leader with alewive or shiner. They then use a 2nd rod for casting large crank-baits or heavier spoons like daredevils. I havent fished this way much but when i go I always used a 10' spinning rod that i use for steelhead, and have been lucky enough to have someone around with a long-handled net.
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Post by cp on Aug 14, 2011 11:48:20 GMT -5
I made a long handled net a couple years ago using a 10ft piece of conduit pipe and a regular salmon net. I took off the old handle and screwed the basket onto the the new pipe I bought and then spray painted the pole lime green! I taped a small l.e.d. flashlight near the end so you could see the water when netting in the dark and then I took some thin rope and and wrapped it in a spiral at the very top and about half way down and then I covered it with that white cloth medical tape for grip.
It was a bad @$$ net...Lime green pole with a black net at the end, 2 white hand grips and a flashlight too boot!
It worked great for pier fishing. I used it for whitefish off the pier and it worked great only problem was that it was about 12 foot long over all and the only way to transport it was to strap it to the luggage rack on top of my explorer lol...
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Post by SPLASH on Aug 14, 2011 14:27:24 GMT -5
I got Grandpa's salmon net and it will work great on the piers where I can get off the pier and on to concrete slabs near water, but off the very end of the pier in Oscoda you have to have the dropnets. I will try the live bait rig. Never seen alewives for sale around here inland, maybe I need to call a couple places near the water along the way. Shiners shouldn't be a problem though.
I like the idea of one live rig and casting another rod. I can't just sit and watch a rod.
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