Ian wagner
Active Member
All a great sounder will do is pissed you off more when you can see the fish better but still can't catch them :-D
sly_karma
Crew Member
That is when you pull in the trolled lines, circle back into the stacked fish and drop jigs. They may not be feeding, but will snap at a well presented jig - the classic reaction bite.
Squire
Well-Known Member
I often find the flasher to be a catch 22 situation. Many times I’ll get more action than without but I’ll lose more as well. The point the flasher first breaks the surface is critical and accounts for as many lost fish as the netting/landing process for me.
I second the poster who said presenting something different than everyone else in the crowd can produce results. The weekend before last I fished in the pack at Entrance for a couple of hours from 150 to 200 ft with nothing but shakers to show for my effort in spite of marking lots of bait and fish. I moved to Thrasher and changed one side to a Little Cleo tied straight to the mainline and set it 30 feet behind the ball. I was targeting coho at 70 ft and picked up my only keeper of the day; at fat 73 cm Chinook with a girth of 19” which makes it a 13-14 pounder according to the formula. This fish scrapped like crazy, making several acrobatic tumbles with darts and turns at the surface and I doubt I could have brought him in with a flasher in the mix.
I second the poster who said presenting something different than everyone else in the crowd can produce results. The weekend before last I fished in the pack at Entrance for a couple of hours from 150 to 200 ft with nothing but shakers to show for my effort in spite of marking lots of bait and fish. I moved to Thrasher and changed one side to a Little Cleo tied straight to the mainline and set it 30 feet behind the ball. I was targeting coho at 70 ft and picked up my only keeper of the day; at fat 73 cm Chinook with a girth of 19” which makes it a 13-14 pounder according to the formula. This fish scrapped like crazy, making several acrobatic tumbles with darts and turns at the surface and I doubt I could have brought him in with a flasher in the mix.
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Lots of great info on here. amazing the variety of opinion.
No guy I've talked to has the same formula for success when it comes to hooks, flashers, leader types... etc. Not even the guides. Pros and cons to everything. If I've learned anything fishing here and there on VCI its that the "make or break" is all different....Learn your gear, put in the time. Try new stuff out and build your confidence.
Base what you try on what you learn from guys who are successful in your area. Haida gwaii salmon fishing is so much different than Bute inlet salmon its not even funny.
regarding electronics - it depends as well, but its mostly getting used to an area. I love the navionics app. With a battery pack and holder you can save big money on a GPS system, and take it in anybody's boat. I also agree, you dont need a crazy good sounder. they are nice. Get something reliable. Between navionics and a sounder I trust I can fish structure tight to bottom confidently.
No guy I've talked to has the same formula for success when it comes to hooks, flashers, leader types... etc. Not even the guides. Pros and cons to everything. If I've learned anything fishing here and there on VCI its that the "make or break" is all different....Learn your gear, put in the time. Try new stuff out and build your confidence.
Base what you try on what you learn from guys who are successful in your area. Haida gwaii salmon fishing is so much different than Bute inlet salmon its not even funny.
regarding electronics - it depends as well, but its mostly getting used to an area. I love the navionics app. With a battery pack and holder you can save big money on a GPS system, and take it in anybody's boat. I also agree, you dont need a crazy good sounder. they are nice. Get something reliable. Between navionics and a sounder I trust I can fish structure tight to bottom confidently.
Island Fish Lifter
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Right hand to the rocks. Don’t be a Googan
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