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Originally Posted by jrock
Hey liveitup thats what im saying if anyone cuts my line cause it doesnt match their personal preference tackle wise its gonna be a problem. Now I hate braid for any application let alone salmon river I guess im just old school but if its legal and you just dont like it too bad. All im sayin is if you mess with someone els's tackle when its perfectly legal and your floating downstream 2 minutes later I cant say I feel bad for you. That being said the lighter you go the more action your gonna get in my experience. I have landed plenty of fish on 8 lb. mono. Keep in mind the salmon that come up during the run are not spawning!!! There is very little natural reproduction going on, the fishery is sustained through hatchery reared eggs of which there is plenty of fish for supply. If those fish aren't caught and eatin they just wind up on the bottom of the river. It shouldnt be compared to catching a wild brown or brookie in one of our small northern nj streams. Just follow the regs. and report any violations but I dont rercommend going up there with thin skin. For example refer to video of the woman who owns the shop by the town pool who took offense to someones fishing tactics. Yes she almost wound up floating downstream lol.....
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Jrock,
First if you read reports and studies which have been confirmed on the Salmon River, natural reproduction of salmon in the Salmon River is NOT an insignificant number. If you've ever traveled to the UFZ in late October / early November you'll know what I mean. There are salmon redds all over the place and there have been recent reports which documented as much as 25% - 35% of returning salmon to the Salmon River are from natural reproduction and not hatchery reared fish. The Salmon River is the leading tributary coming off Lake Ontario for natural reproduction as well.
That being said, I'm not sure why anyone would use braid for that fishery. If you combine it with center pin fishing, in my opinion you're asking for trouble. If you had a pool virtually to yourself, maybe there's a reason but to fish braid and a center pin with the masses of people fishing the salmon river during the salmon run is suicide. You'll cut everyone else's line if crossed aside from the safety hazard as mentioned if you hook up a 20 lb fish that decides to race downstream and hit someone's waders or anything else for that matter. If god forbid someone gets tangled and you will, and while holding the braid a salmon gets snagged and your finger gets caught in the braid you WILL lose a finger. If it becomes a safety issue or breaks off a big steel head or brown because you insist on fishing a line that is detrimental to everyone else around you then yes I'd cut your line in a heart beat without giving it a second thought. That's after I asked you to stop using it but if you insisted on using it to the detriment of everyone else fishing that pool then all bets are off and I'd cut it in a blink. If you want to fish it and it has no impact on me, go for it but with a center pin you had better be in a part of the river that has a lot of space and limited crowds which is virtually impossible during the salmon run.
Just for what it's worth, this thread is exactly why I won't fish the SR until the leaves drop and you start getting ice on your guides. Hopefully this coincides with 1,200 cfs so the polarized glass fisherman can't target the trophy steel head and browns that enter the river every year and pull them side ways out of the river.
Dakota
