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Your Opinion and your experience

Chinook
- 17 (29.3%)
Chum
- 3 (5.2%)
Coho
- 31 (53.4%)
Sockeye
- 6 (10.3%)
Pink
- 1 (1.7%)

Total Members Voted: 56


Author Topic: Highest fail to successful landing ratio when river fishing for salmon and steel  (Read 6186 times)

Sterling C

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Re: Highest fail to successful landing ratio when river fishing for salmon and steel
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2010, 12:02:15 AM »
Quote from: Richmond on September 29, 2010, 09:11:01 AM
sockeye was tough, if you were averaging 50% you were doing good. soft mouths and light bites.
rearly loose chinook or coho.

Gotta agree...sockeye do have soft mouths. Maxillaries on the other hand  ::)


As for me I have to say coho. Nothing to do with the way they fight but just the bites are often quite soft.
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Re: Highest fail to successful landing ratio when river fishing for salmon and steel
« Reply #16 on: October 01, 2010, 12:36:51 AM »
i will say coho because i have personally landed a 20 + pounder actually it jumped out of the water and beached itself and spat the hook she was hatchery and she was from stave last year.oh yah she tasted great.
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Re: Highest fail to successful landing ratio when river fishing for salmon and steel
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2010, 12:41:00 AM »
i would say chum and chinooks only because i use gear lighter than what is needed to land these brutes.
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Re: Highest fail to successful landing ratio when river fishing for salmon and steel
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2010, 03:06:37 PM »
Quote from: Sterling C on October 01, 2010, 12:02:15 AM
Gotta agree...sockeye do have soft mouths. Maxillaries on the other hand  ::)


As for me I have to say coho. Nothing to do with the way they fight but just the bites are often quite soft.
rolling eyes? thats not nice. :)
all my sox bit the hook.  :P
I didn't participate in the flossery.
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