Go Salmon Fishing- Techniques

		Salmon Fishing Techniques Let’s face it. You suck in salmon fishing. It annoys you how those salmon tend to shy from your meticulously tied flies while they gobble at other’s lines like flies on a meat pie, or salmon on a fly. Maybe it’s your luck setting in. But maybe it is because of your salmon fishing techniques, which may need considerable refinement. Tempting the salmon to bite is overly tricky. Sometimes they bite hard and sometimes they never bite at all. Many experts have attributed the non-bite activity to its migratory purpose (being that salmon stop feeding until the spawning period is over) but there are some reports that salmon do bite hard even on spawning grounds. One theory says that salmon often take in each others’ eggs, therefore using salmon roe as a bait can result in a more successful situation. Salmon enclose the roe into its mouth and deposit it where it would be safer. Others believe that a salmon tends to bite because it is protecting its breeding vicinity, which could also be true given that salmon are often seen snapping at each other at the breeding grounds. But if the salmon are biting, it’s best to tip the chances in your favor. A salmon biting is dependent on several factors, one of which is the skill of tempting the fish to your bait, a method known as “jigging”. Read about these salmon fishing techniques and learn how to jig for your salmon. Jigging for your Salmon What comes first is to know where those fish lay. A good fishfinder can do a great job for you. Sonar equipment can show you details of the depth below you and the crevices in which fish hide. Next is the color of your jigs. As the migrating salmon prepare for the spawning season, their vision becomes sensitive to shades from green to blue, so having jigs of these colors increases the chances of biting. Though sometimes you can land a perfect fish, odds are slimmer if you are trying to jig a fish out of nowhere. Be sure you either jig through a bait school, particularly a school of minnow, or jig through a school of salmon. Jig the rod and always follow it with the rod tip as it drops. The purpose of this activity is to make the bait move more realistically, so cast the line and let the jig fall on a tight line. As it sinks and falls, follow it with the rod tip. After a pulse, reel up the slack and draw it back and let it fall again. Slack and draw. Slack and draw. A strike can be determined if the line twitches. In that case let it fall back a bit before setting the hook immediately. Water skimming is another salmon fishing techniques and it is especially effective on flats. Cast out, and without waiting for the jig to sink, start a deliberate and steady retrieve using the reel or with the rod. This would make the jig skim the top (or near the top) smoothly through the water like a minnow.