With a huge variety of choices available from various manufactures, salmon lures will always allow you to catch more salmon, be it king salmon or landlocked salmon and in a more comfortable and less strenuous manner.
Salmon lures are made from various creative designs that use movement and color to catch fish. Any lure that you decide to use should be able to move freely and be a reflective as possible in order to attract the fish. Common lures include spoons, spinners and plugs.
You can use a huge array of bait on the end of your salmon lure; however, most people have had the most success from herring and salmon eggs.
Depending on where your fishing, depends on which type of salmon lure you should be using. If for instance you decide to fish in the open ocean then spoons are probably your best choice. These are fluorescent in color and resemble baitfish.
If you’re attempting to catch salmon from river, then a plug is your best weapon of choice. Plugs have multiple hooks on them.
By far the best times of the day to fish for salmon are during the times when there is low light and so too, on cloudy days. On bright and sunny days, salmon will mostly collect and assemble deep in the holes.
Generally salmon will not feed whilst in the river. When they do strike, it will be a behavior that is learned. Salmons are known to be predatory and aggressive when in the lake, up until they go into the river.
Set the salmon lure by yanking downstream with your rod three times. To get a better set, pulling on the line with your free hand can help. Sometimes, when you lift the rod straight up, it will pull the fly out of the mouth of the salmon.
In order for the hook to go through the thick jaws of the salmon, you should always ensure your hooks are fully sharpened.
Fishing with a partner can be enjoyable and at the same time help each other to spot a salmon. While one is fishing, the other can be high up on the other side of the bank observing the reaction of the salmon and where exactly they are. Polarized glasses are very helpful when doing this and would bring satisfying results.
Finding a good hole where there are many salmon inside and you can fish there for the whole day!
Your weight as well as the length of the tippet should be adjusted so that it matches the holes depth and the depth of the fish. Your weight should not drag, but should only touch the bottom every now and then. Note that a tippet that is three feet long will set the fly six inches up to two feet off the bottom.
By adding a foam indicator at the top of your fly, you can get your fly higher in the water column.