No pink salmon survive after they swim upstream. Chum salmon are probably the least targeted species by sports fishermen, but they also migrate upriver to spawn. They grow larger than pink and sockeye salmon, with their average adult weight clocking in at around 12 to 15 lbs. Now that you know why salmon congregate in mass numbers each fall, you probably want to know how you can catch them.
There are many different ways to catch salmon. If you want to learn more check out the articles we linked above. Troll for salmon in the inlets and bays that the salmon spawning rivers dump into. These areas are usually great for salmon from late August to early November depending on when it starts to rain frequently. Use a hoochie squid or a cut plug herring and drop your bait down to 20 feet.
You can do this with weights or a downrigger if you have one. Troll at 2 to 3 miles per hour, or slightly faster for coho salmon. Once you start getting bites a certain depth, switch them all to that depth. Once the salmon run season gets going usually in late September through October , we like to switch to back trolling in rivers with a jet boat.
When back trolling, you can skip the downrigger for weights or a diver. We like to back troll with either a Kwikfish or salmon roe.
Check out our detailed article on how to fish with salmon roe as bait as well as why salmon eat salmon eggs for more info. When salmon are in high numbers in rivers, you can also cast for them with beads or bright colored spinners. They are very territorial during this time period and will lash out at annoying lures. Salmon are powerful fish and will easily overpower a small spinning rod and reel.
For both king and coho salmon, we recommend a medium to heavy saltwater spinning reel with 30 lb test braided line. Check out our guide on the best saltwater spinning reels for more info. Using a long rod 8 ft and over give you more leverage to fight a strong salmon while trolling.
It also adds to the flexibility of the rod so when a salmon bites your lure while trolling it gets hooked effectively. Salmon rods need to be more flexible than other rods, especially at the tip. This allows the salmon to take the lure and get hooked without having the lure ripped out of their mouth by the boat. The softer tip also allows you to get more flex in the rod when casting, and effectively cast the lure farther distances.
It ranges from 20inin and can weigh up to 12 lbs. The American Shad is scientifically known as Alosa Sapidissima. Aside from its place on plates, this particular fish is unusual because it can migrate upstream from the coastal waters to their origin and re-spawn multiple times.
The third fish on our list is the Seatrout. Although trout is in its name, it is not a trout at all; instead, it belongs to the drum family, Sciaenidae. Fisherman appreciates the fish on slow days in the water because they will bite when nothing else will. The fish is native to the East Coast, inhabiting waters from the Gulf of Mexico to the Cape Cod shore of Massachusetts; the fish do not thrive past Delaware. The Seatrout averages about 3 lbs — 6 lbs but can get bigger in warmer areas like Florida.
They average 20inins in length. Seatrout usually starts to spawn between May and September and follow the connecting rivers to the place they were born. Now we will talk about the Hilsa fish. Hilsa is a widely distributed species that inhabit the coastal waters from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal. What name is used for fish that leave freshwater to spawn in salt water? What are the types of fish migration? Which fish migrates from river to sea? Are humans Stenohaline or Euryhaline? What fish can swim in fresh saltwater?
What happens if you put freshwater fish in saltwater? What is the hardest freshwater fish to catch? It can take more days if the fish encounter plenty of obstacles on their way up and fewer days if the river current is below average. In smaller streams, the salmon may reach their destination in only a couple of days.
On the contrary, really large river systems of several hundred miles naturally imply a longer migration for the fish. For example , it takes an adult chinook 19 to 20 days to swim from Bonneville Dam all the way up to Idaho in average flow.
Pretty fast, if you ask me! If we take the example above, and given that the conditions are optimal, a salmon can cover about 14 river miles per day.
But, once again, factors such as flow strength, river depth, and possible obstacles along the way must be taken into consideration here as well! In a river free of obstacles such as dams, sunken trees, big stones, etc and with a lower than average flow, a salmon might manage to swim 20 or more river miles upstream in one day. Then check out this interesting and well-written book on Amazon. During their way up the rivers, salmon reduce their feeding activity to a bare minimum and instead focus all of their attention on reaching those spawning grounds.
If they eat while swimming upstream, it will only be sporadically and during very short periods. As they burn through most of their energy during their migration upstream and their bodies start to deteriorate, food is naturally not of much importance to them anymore, as they are programmed to die after spawning. Whether or not this is due to actual hunger or a mere habit or reflex is not certain, but as the next section will explain, the reflex theory is probably the most likely one!
While not being in much of a feeding mood, it is possible to catch salmon while they swim upstream in rivers. Many salmon are caught on dry and streamer flies during their journey up the rivers. If they see an insect your fly passing by, they will simply open their mouths and inhale it, mostly out of sheer habit.
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