Landed another King Salmon

First decent rain we had was yesterday/last night so I decided to walk into a hole that won't be accessible by foot the next good rain we get. It's coming which is good.

I spent 2 hours waiting for someone to hook up. I changed to a different recipe of cured eggs I had with me and 2 drifts later I had a bobber down.

Very slow though, I thought I just got my trailing hook into the trees under the surface. I popped my rod up anyway and I was on.

It had an adipose fin making it a native fish and under this years regulations it had to be released. Fun but bonking it for the dinner table would've been nice.

If you are curious here's the setup I use. Which a lot of people use. You just have to have smooth drifts/good presentation in the zone, good eggs, and willing fish.

Hi vis 50 lb braid. 50 because it's stiffer and makes mending easier. Braid because it floats making it the best float rod line. Hi vis because seeing in the very 1st or last light isn't easy and these fish aren't line shy once they commit.


I pulled my top bobber stop down just to put it in the pic. The stop sets your depth. I use a stop below my bobber for when you eventually snag up. You'll lose your mono leader and possibly the weight but that stop saves your 3 buck float from going bye bye. The orange corky is an indicator. If sitting on top my bobber while drifting I know everything underneath is ok. 1/2 oz bobber with a 3/8 oz inline weight. My leader then ties onto the inline weight. I have a split shot on my mono leader about a foot above my egg hook. It helps the buoyant eggs get down in the zone. Inline weight plus split shot equal 1/2 oz which it is important to match your bobber weight.


Eggloop knot on my 1st hook (4/0) on about a 30" 30lb fluoro leader. I use a double clinch knot to tie on my trailing leader which I have a single 12mm pink bead 3 fingers above my 3/0 tied with a Snell knot.