This hands-on guide shows how to build salmon rigs for bank fishing for plunking and drift fishing. Plunking is a fishing method in a fixed location in a migration path of upstream swimming fish. Anglers cast and holster their rods in rod holders and wait for bites.
Rather than waiting for the fish to come to them, plunkers cast their line into a migration path and wait patiently. Cured salmon eggs are typically used for bait rigs while anglers keep an eye out on a rod holder that acts like fixed fishing poles with lures at the end. Salmon Drift Fishing. Drift fishing is an effective way to target specific species of salmon such as Chinook or Coho. You can do it either by trolling with a boat and rod, using live bait, casting plugs into the water from shoreline areas, wade fishing in shallow waters at night; there are many techniques that work well for targeting these types of other salmon.
The resistance from the current allows for our bait rigs to drag across the bottom as it drifts along. You will be casting your drift fishing rig against the current at a degree angle. The T-Spreader has advantages in allowing the bait to rotate without causing main line twist and movement in the current.
The T-Spreader and Y-spreader for these bait rigs allow two baits to rotate without causing main line twist and movement in the current. This bobber rig is excellent for fall salmon fishing. You can rig this with cured salmon eggs bait or jig lures.
This rig specifies an egg hook, but you can replace this hook with an octopus hook for other baits. The difference between flashers and dodgers is how they move through the water. You will have to experiment as to whether you start reeling immediately or wait until the lure has sunk to a desire depth. Also you will have to determine just how fast you reel back in. Remember that all reels are not using the same gear ratios, so if one reel retrieves at a proper speed, another may be faster or slower.
Cast closest to you first, progressively moving away each time. This allows you to not spook a nearby fish by casting over them. The thing about this type of fishing is that when the fish hit the lure, they hit it hard enough that you are fully aware of what is going on. A variation of casting would be Bobber fishing. Here you use a bobber that holds you lure, eggs, jig, etc.
You may have to adjust the bobber height from the bait, until you find the right depth of the water for the particular drift you are doing. Flipping : This is a term many fisherpersons may not be familiar with. It can be more productive than the methods as long as there is sufficient current to allow a good drift. This method is a valuable technique to learn because it works on any stream that holds salmon or steelhead.
This simple rig has a proven track record for taking more salmon of all species than probably any other setup when used by knowledable fisherpersons. Another variation used for Chinook salmon is to rig using two single hooks. In between the two hooks place two of the smallest size little corkies with florescent chartreuse, orange or red being the favorite colors. Once again, always use a piece of florescent chartreuse yarn. The above setup is then attached using about 4 to 6 inches of a lighter leader running up to a sinker.
This then acts as a breakaway if you get hung up. Also some fishermen prefer the surgical rubber tube lead on a three-way swivel.
The longest leader you can handle seems to result in more hook ups. But you need to be able to control the flip. The technique is a little more complicated then just throwing the hook upstream and letting it bounce downstream.
For a right handed person, hold the rod in your right hand. Now with the left hand strip off more line so when you extend your left arm while holding onto the line, you can still hold the lure off the ground. Now just flip the lure out, lower the rod tip and let go of the line. The lure should flick about 15 to 20 feet in front of you depending on your rod length. Usually a 45 degree cast upstream is a good starting point. Salmon run up river along the edges for the most part.
Casting upstream a little bit, starting at about 45 degrees, varying it as you go, you need enough weight that you can feel the weight bouncing along the bottom.
As soon as the lure hits the water lower your rod tip to just above the water level by a foot or two. Not too much that it will hang up though. At the same time, with your left hand grasp the line at the rear guide, and as you allow the rod to follow the current, slowly pull the line in to take the slack out of your line to the lure, so you will have constant tension on the line.
This jerk will at times set the hook if the fish has just picked up the line on the last of the drift, and has it running thru his open mouth, but has not actually hit the lure. This is the method of catching sockeye in Alaska, in or near his mouth.
The idea is to keep the line all the way to the lure as perpendicular as possible to the bank. Spoons are very effective on pink and coho salmon. Popular colors are chartreuse, fluorescent pink, and fluorescent orange.
Where in a river to set your gear is a critical element of plunking. On larger rivers, try to set up on an inside curve where any fish migrating up that side have are forced around the point. In smaller rivers, look for tail-outs just upstream of riffles. These are areas that fish will rest in after swimming through the riffles. At low flows in small rivers, stay towards the main current, and look for areas where the current starts to slack up a.
Remember that upstream migrating salmon are looking for the easiest route up the river that offers enough cover that they feel safe from predators. That cover may be deep water, logs, boulders, a bubble curtain, or even the white water in a riffle. Bobber or float fishing is often used in situations where water is very slow moving or even stationary, such as in a big eddy or tidewater at slack tide.
The bobber stop can be reeled through the rod guides if necessary for easier casting. Bobber stops can be. Very early in the morning, you might find fish suspended off the bottom and will want to set your bobber stop so that your gear is at the depth you think fish are suspended at.
Once the sun hits the water, salmon tend to move to the bottom and you should adjust your bobber stop so that your bait or lure is within a foot of the bottom. Serious bobber anglers use a longer rod than drifters or trollers, and switch their mainline to a no-stretch Spectra based line. See diagram of a common slip bobber set up. The line needs to be mended to ensure a good hookset if the bobber goes down. Spectra based lines float and are therefore easier to mend, and their lack of stretch ensures that all of the hookset is transmitted to the bait or lure.
Salmon eggs are the top choice for bait, although sand shrimp are very popular for chinook salmon. Some anglers like to fish both at the same time. Marabou jigs Photo 10 can be used instead of bait and can be especially effective on pink salmon, or other salmon when the water is very low and clear.
Trolling consists of fishing out of a constantly moving boat. Trollers will use weights, divers, or downriggers to achieve a desired depth to present their bait or lures. Freshwater trolling for salmon is conducted primarily in the lower ends of larger rivers, such as the Columbia River, where incoming tides cause river flows to slow down or even reverse such that the flow is upstream.
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