Dead pike

[Bangersanmash 6,005]

2 hours ago, steve66 said:

How are they used as bait Mack , something i know nothing about 

Same with me. I'm guessing you could glue them onto some cotton put them on a rig. I like to use a sowing needle ,  thread of cotton 6 red maggots on the end of the hook. Make like a hair rig. Score every time. 

[mackem 30,537]

2 hours ago, steve66 said:

How are they used as bait Mack , something i know nothing about 

Easiest way is roe or egg bags trotted through a swim under a float steve,doesn't take long when the pools are packed.

[mackem 30,537]

13 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said:

Same with me. I'm guessing you could glue them onto some cotton put them on a rig. I like to use a sowing needle ,  thread of cotton 6 red maggots on the end of the hook. Make like a hair rig. Score every time. 

That would work,spawn sacks from a store are easier.

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[Bangersanmash 6,005]

10 minutes ago, mackem said:

Easiest way is roe or egg bags trotted through a swim under a float steve,doesn't take long when the pools are packed.

f**k me you could just drop a net in there lol. 

[mackem 30,537]

1 minute ago, Bangersanmash said:

f**k me you could just drop a net in there lol. 

Bit unsporting,but I have seen people snag them on trebles or lift them out with big landing nets.

[Bangersanmash 6,005]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

Bit unsporting,but I have seen people snag them on trebles or lift them out with big landing nets.

Abet at this stage of their lifes no good for eating. Bet many are knocked about. 

[Bangersanmash 6,005]

3 minutes ago, mackem said:

Bit unsporting,but I have seen people snag them on trebles or lift them out with big landing nets.

Bet there best eating when they first come up river. The first week or so.  

[mackem 30,537]

7 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said:

Bet there best eating when they first come up river. The first week or so.  

I have a freezer full of chrome's or silvers as they are called,this isn't my first disco,I have been fishing for salmon since I was a kid,lol.

[neil r 2,004]

12 hours ago, mackem said:

I saw an advert a few years back for some bait place wanting a hundred pounds of salmon eggs for the salmon run,loads of people sell skeins of roe.

How do they hook them , do they wrap a load of them in a mesh bag and hook the bag or do it another way 

[mackem 30,537]

9 hours ago, neil r said:

How do they hook them , do they wrap a load of them in a mesh bag and hook the bag or do it another way 

Easiest way is a spawn sac neil.

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[gazjon5 947]

A golf ball size spawn sack full of salmon roe can be deadly for the sturgeon in the Fraser river, but if i had to use just 1 bait year round for those big sturgeon it would be lamprey. And not a whole lamprey or big piece either, most people only use them in around 3" pieces...

[fireman 11,522]

23 hours ago, mackem said:

Bit unsporting,but I have seen people snag them on trebles or lift them out with big landing nets.

To be honest i'd say chucking any hook into a fish filled river like that isn't sporting in anyway and i'd be using my cast net more than a rod..

[mackem 30,537]

6 minutes ago, fireman said:

To be honest i'd say chucking any hook into a fish filled river like that isn't sporting in anyway and i'd be using my cast net more than a rod..

There’s video on YouTube of a guy getting over a hundred salmon in a pool with a cast net,but here your days limit is 5 fish,one throw of a net would get you that many plus.It’s more enjoyable hooking one and stopping it running the rapids into the next pool.

[mackem 30,537]

15 minutes ago, fireman said:

 i'd be using my cast net more than a rod..

 

[fireman 11,522]

6 minutes ago, mackem said:

There’s video on YouTube of a guy getting over a hundred salmon in a pool with a cast net,but here your days limit is 5 fish,one throw of a net would get you that many plus.It’s more enjoyable hooking one and stopping it running the rapids into the next pool.

Was joking to be honest but using a cast net does get folks interested until you start to pull in a net full of fish then the on lookers who 30 seconds before thought it a bit cool turn into anti's who think your a proper wrong un for catching so many fish.