waywayanda salmon

[gwl2oneida]

Anyone have any stories about waywayandas salmon progress?

[The Birdman]

Fished it in Sept for salmon, I've only been able to catch small ones all under 12" by the drop offs. Gona try again soon and
Maybe go deeper and troll more. I get them on small spoons.

[slider]

I've been curious of any salmon catches from Waywayanda also..They a really tough fish to try to establish in new waters..Also I wonder if NJ anglers can tell the difference between salmon and Brown Trout..They do tend to resemble each other..

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by slider

I've been curious of any salmon catches from Waywayanda also..They a really tough fish to try to establish in new waters..Also I wonder if NJ anglers can tell the difference between salmon and Brown Trout..They do tend to resemble each other..

Nah piece of cake..
Browns have more pigment... They have hues of gold, orange, brown, and red spots mixed with black.. they also have a LOT more spots than Salmon, especially below the lateral line.. Look at pictures.. landlocks have very few spots compared to a brown, and almost NO spots below the fishes lateral line..

Salmon are shiny silver and black, period.. Browns are much more,, well.. BROWN..

Silvery, with few spots on lower body= salmon
Brown/gold/silver with lots of black and red spots that extend to the belley area = brown trout... bob

[UglyStick]

FWIW - I caught a salmon at Aeroflex about 2 years ago. He was about 15" and hit a white rooster tail on a dipsy at about 20 feet deep. No pic since I wanted to get him back in the water and revived asap. I hear rare reports from YOJ Sports of people catching them there.

[slider]

Bullet Bob: I agree in part on your color assement between the 2 species, Browns do have more pigmentation as far as spots go when freshly stocked..But catch a few that have held over a year or 2 and those beautiful red and blue spots have disapeared. They tend to silver outwith less black spots also..Salmon spots seem to have a more snow flake shape not often as round as the brown trout..But as I said earlier not all Jersey fisherman catch many hold over browns especially those that hold 2 or 3 years..But if just talking bout stockies I have to agree with you..

[The Birdman]

This is the small guy I got in Sept. Cool lookin fish.

[bigfishy]

They are VERY similar....Mainly lake caught browns that have been in a given lake for yrs....Lake O browns are usually all silver unlike river browns....You may be onto something with the,, less spots below the lateral line....

[slider]

I think catching a salmon from Waywayanda of any size is a prize there Birdman. They are a great sport fish, but seems its tough to get them started and keep growing..Hope thats a sign of better reults..Good luck in your quest this year..BTW when all else fails try one or 2 colors of lead core with some grey ghost, edsion tigers or black ghost streams..And if its not cold sweep troll them pretty fast....Tite lines Slider

[bulletbob]

sorry, guys, but I catch these fish all the time up here.. When you talk about "silver" brown trout, you are talking sea run, OR Great Lakes browns.. The finger lakes are huge, 40 mile long, 2 mile wide, 500 foot deep lakes.. I have caught MANY browns and salmon here.. Even though these are giant lakes, the Browns are NOT silvery like the salmon.. My last "big" brown was an 11 pounder, swimming in Seneca Lake for years most likely.. He was well colored with red and black spots and the typical goldish/brown color , and yes along with some silvery hues there as well.. Still had a lot of color compared to a landlock however.
I WILL agree with you that the "big water" sea runs and great lakes fish tend to be more silvery, but never once did I ever think a brown was a salmon or vice versa, even when I first moved here from NJ, in 1991.. The browns here keep much of their color even in LARGE sizes, UNLESS you are fishing lake ontario for 15-20 pounders...

They are similar yes, but the browns are not as bright silver as the landlocked Atlantics, and always have more and smaller spots that cover more of the body than the landlocks... oh, and if it jumps a lot its a landlock.. Browns do jump, but landlocks jump wildly, and a lot higher than browns do... They are great at throwing heavy lures right back in your face too... bob