Confessions of a newbie - first ever salmon!

[Boatless]

(09-21-2014 11:38 AM)Toasty Wrote:  Good job! I've never caught a salmon on a pier or at the mouth, basically because of the landing issues. In the river I can easily grab it's tail and revive it properly with no fuss. Goodluck, hope you catch some more soon

Thank you Toasty - I realized all the challenges of salmon fishing from the mouth of the river - the rocks were tricky in the dark and it did a number on my line - I was lucky that the line did not get cut - I had to cut off a long length of my line that was damaged after landing the salmon. River fishing does seems to make landing the fish more manageable - I will consider moving up stream in the coming weeks.

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(09-21-2014 11:47 AM)OldTimer Wrote:  Great post!

Congratulations.

Neat adrenalin rush huh?...certainly clears out the cob webs in your mind..........

.......yep............. you're hooked.

Cheers,

OldTimer

Thank you OldTimer - it was a great way to wake up the body at 5:30 in the morning! I was utterly amazed at the power of the salmon - I have fished recreationally and have felt a fish pull on my drag but nothing like the salmon when it decides that it will make a run.

With Toasty's post - I may need to start thinking about going up the river - more gear - now this fishing habit is starting to sound more and more like an addiction...