It's that time of year again. Every time the pinks run, I see the narrows just above the dollarton bridge lined with guys. They are ALL doing the same thing. The river narrows to about 10 feet across, and on an incoming tide you can see these vulnerable groups of pinks trying to make it up the 1 foot deep water then into the pool above and hopefully up river to spawn some where. These despicable wannabe anglers actually try to hook these fish as they shoot through. #1 It's not fishable water. And #2, Hooking a fish there.... does it make you feel good inside?? Gimme a break. I was driving over 2 nights ago, and you could actually see a couple of guys running with their eyes glazed over fumbling with their rods and trying to swing their line into the riffle.
If you took a nice little spinning rod, and a pink spinner, or a jig, and walked up stream and searched for pools where some of these fish actually make it and feel safe, you could sneak up on them and probably entice them to actually going after your lure! Lure having two meanings. A fishing "lure". Or, to "lure" something in. Both apply to the angler. But luring a fish in is definitely what these people are not doing. They are flossing and snagging. Don't get me wrong. When the tide is up, you can fish just below the bridge effectively, but under low flow conditions like it has been for the past week, trying to catch salmon at arms reach in less than knee deep water is wrong.
Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest. It's been bugging me all week.
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Topic: Seymour River Losers (Read 12378 times)