Salmon in NJ!!!

[fishingbuddies]

Today I finally knocked off another fish species of the ol bucketlist. The landlocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Meet a gentleman who explained how he caught lakers Upstate. Told me troll spoons using jetdivers. Use the appropriate jet diver per the fish marks on sonar. The prep work in tying the rigs and then hauling all the gear onto the water is a Pain in the A$$. But once the rigs are deployed... just peddle or paddle to a 2mph troll. The marks were all at 25 to 30feet. I trolled a 40ft diver and a 30ft. Both fish landed on the 30ft trolling a copper spoon. Biggest salmon was shy of 17 inches. The shorter one was 15+. Coming from depths of 25 to 35ft.. very unlikely that they would swim back. So... good eats time. Well worth the wait (5yrs of trying) and the time invested into catching them.