Look at this amazing fish! It’s a native springer Chinook
that was caught using a drift-fishing technique of mine called “Seam-riding”.
This newly created fishing technique garnered the hard hit within two
minutes of using it. The gorgeous salmon was running deep enough in
the slot of a pool that traditional drift-fishing methods did not inspire
it to strike. The reach of water it was holding in was about a hundred
yards long with visibility less than three inches due to it being a
glacially fed system where turbidity prevails most of the year.
After using other profiles that offered sound, scent, size, and color
what got this fish to bite was the ability of my spinner being able
to dart in and out of seam at the head of the hold drawing the attention
of this salmon with pigment, acoustics, and profile presentations of
the lure, which varied dramatically from all the others. The different
combination of these four elements was too much for this chrome-bright
salmon to pass up…but most fishermen don’t know about these
critical constituents that get fish with lock-jaw to bite. That’s
what this site and all the information is about; getting reliable fishing
data to those anglers who want to be in the know. Each premise of these
fishing methods is easy to appreciate without insulting the intelligence
of anyone who wants to understand advanced, yet simple, fishing techniques.
Baits and lures can be intermixed with various fishing
styles; however, anglers should be constantly aware that baits often
fall apart after a few casts or nibbles from smaller species of fish.
Care can be taken to ensure that baits last for an optimal amount of
time when background research is applied e.g. herring, smelt, shrimp,
eggs, worms, and crayfish. While some baits will last longer with each
discipline, more than others, it behooves anglers to use this general
rule of thought: the harder the cast is the sooner you’re going
to lose the bait.
As a side note, take care not to confuse what’s
a bait versus what’s a lure. If the lure you’re fishing
with offers any kind of natural physical presentation such as scent,
fur, hackle, and feather then it becomes a bait, for instance, lures
that have scent applied to them become a bait due the olfactory attraction
of fish. If ever confused about what is a bait versus what is not then
consult a regulation handbook to be crystal clear. In many areas the
determination is set locally and supercedes all other regulations.
