Opinions on a drop shot rig for salmon

[MuskieBait]

Fish with float, single hook and roe bag is fine. It is when you intentionally aim the line to pass right into the mouth and snag the mouth that is questionable. There is a difference there.

I was just fishing for salmon tonight at a rivermouth. I was tossing spoons after dark. I was skunked, but my friend hooked and landed a salmon that was 21lbs. It had taken the spoon much like salmon takes spoons out on the lake. Fishing rivermouths with lures for salmon is completely fine as you WILLL get a reaction/predatory strike from these staging fish. It is when the fish are further upstream that they do not bite. Once the salmon travels upstream of the rivermouth, the chance of a salmon hitting is much less.

Saying that, I do have salmon chase spinners, spoons, flies and even roe bags in the river, but very rarely. I have personally seen my friend (twice!) caught salmon on nightcrawlers where the worm was swallowed so completely that only the tip of the worm was showing and the hook was down the stomach. It does happen, but that is maybe once in a blue moon.

As I mentioned, you should concentrate your efforts at the rivermouths casting spoons and crankbaits for salmon that actively respond to these presentation. If you persist, you will eventually catch your salmon.