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Topic: salmon rigging  (Read 5580 times)

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boxofrain

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  • Location: Brookings, Or.
  • Date Registered: May 2006
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How ya'll are?!,
  I have been wanting to learn how you are tying up the terminal tackle for salmon. I have been a lure for trout man most of my life and not sure what is meant when said "mooching rig". And how do you salmon fish with a bobber ? I hear some are being caught this way as well in my local river. Any drawings or pics would help me the most. ( not that good at cypherin' explanations)
 Thanks
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Pisco Sicko

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Up here, mooching is usually done with cutplug herring, but it can be done with other baits, too, often with a rotating bait holder. Check otu this tutorial. from Salmon U.  http://www.salmonuniversity.com/ol_htrh_pc1_index.html

The rig is very simple, just a mooching weight with a singe or double hook tie on a 5-7' leader. (Doubles are most common.)

River bobber fishing for salmon is probably using bait (eggs, prawns or ghostshrimp), or a jig under a bobber. There are regional and personal preferences for types of bobbers- fixed or sliding, foam or cork, etc. Sorry, no drawings here. If you have a library near by, check for STS magazine. (Salmon/Trout/Steelheader) You'll find lot's of info.

Good Luck!


Islander

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Here is a nice site for terminal rigging.  Pictures and all..  I just vary the hook spacing and leader length to suit the herring size.

http://www.grandslambucktails.com/tying_leaders.htm

Gary
« Last Edit: October 18, 2006, 03:01:55 PM by Islander »
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boxofrain

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Thanks guys!
 Now I have a clue.
 Very nice website for the ignorant fisherman.
 Big fish are in the Chetco allready, waiting for some rain. Friends caught a 38# and a 42# from the bank on Teu.
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