salmon lure bling

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I've been tying up some salmon gear in preparation for my summer prison labor camp job and thought I'd share a hot combination that has worked good for me over the years.

A couple of years back I happened on to some "flashbou accent" by hedron inc in the local fly fishing shop. This hair like stuff has an almost nuclear glow to it. I tie a bit of this on almost all of my spoon and hootchie hooks...it works good...real good.

I tie that nuclear hair onto a mustad open eye siwash hook #10848BLN so it looks kind of like a basic streamer. I'll crimp the hook on a barrel swivel and add a spoon or hootchie and BLAMMO, next thing you know I'm dropping 30 salmon off at the dock at 11:30 and going back out in search of halibut.

Give'r a try
 
hey Ken, thanks for the suggestion... I tie lots of salmon flies for fly fishing but have never added bling to my hardware... good idea... any chance you could post a photo of one of these rigs... thanks, Jim
 
I'll try to get the camera thing working.
Yukon, the bling thing may only work in Elfin Cove. I' ve met many good folks from white horse and yellowknife that trailer their boat to skagway and boat on out.

Half of the fun of fishing is experimenting
 
Look at your favorite salmon lures. I bet they have white on most of them. All baitfish (midwater fish) have a white belly and there is no exception to that rule. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination.
 
Great tip with the maribou flash! I have also had good luck with uv maribou flash and scent oil on hoochies.
I've used anchovies and herring with a lot of success as most others have but they are costly and need constant attention to ensure proper action.
From my experience, a properly rigged artificial bait with a little flash and some scent catches a lot of fish without having to worry about constantly rigging bait.
 
I'll get some better halibut rig pics. Basically I have about 4' chuck of mono with a loop on each end and a egg dropper loop towards the lead end. The loops feed through whatever goes on that loop (barrel swivel, dualock or hook) and back on itself to secure the item. This works good as if the mono gets a bit frayed I can quickly strip the gear off it and put it on another rig.
For serious hog hunting I'll bust out the gannion with two hooks and rig up a whole pink salmon......The mono rigs will bring in a big one though.

Some folks don't like to run the lead on the bottom, I like it there so I know when it hits bottom it's not a tangled mess. With the lead on the bottom you can use the same rig for drifting. You can catch the snot out of yellow eye and lings using the same kind of rig using100# mono and smaller circle hooks.

I hear ya on the bait, I like running artificials , the minute you put bait down there you start wondering if it's working right. I have taken to adding a bit of herring filet to lures. The pro cure sent is a good addition too, I'm going to give the bloody tuna mix a try this summer. UV flash, great, more stuff I can spend money on. :-)

I'm getting antsy to get going on my seventh season
 
I'm interested in seeing those halibut rig pics as well, it's always nice to try something different.
I have been catching most of my halibut with the simple spreader bar set up.
Personally I think the key to catching a lot of halibut is to utilize a technique that uses sight, sound and smell. I'll marinate chunks of salmon in pro cure butt juice, rig a large hoochie or glo squid with salmon and some uv flash,make sure my rig bounces off the bottom at regular intervals usually by putting rods in holders and let the waves take care of the action adjusting line so weight hits the bottom when boat rocks.
Of course location is important so looking for a shelf or sand flat near a deep hole that has a good tidal flow has worked good for me.
Halibut are predatory but mostly opportunistic, so fishing an area that naturally allows a food source to flow over a shelf or toward a hole where they are hunting will be productive. :thup
 
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. . . great, more stuff I can spend money on. :-)
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When I was about 10, I came across my first Hula Popper. I had to have it. Had to! I saved paper route money, deprived myself of candy bars, and bought one. My older brother said, "You know, those things are made to catch customers, not fish." He was right, but I still don't care. I loved that thing. Still have it. The only thing better was my first Coho Bolo. :lol:

I'd love to see some pictures of your halibut rig.
 
Spot on Dutch, with a good current and some good stink you can draw fish from a mile away. It's almost predictable, anchor on a hump or plateau and present your stink into a bowl and start catching smaller fish right away, pretty soon that bite dies off and things will be dead for a spell.....cuz the big ones are coming and the smaller fish schedadel.

I had some hula popers as a kid, and i have some coho bolos in the garage now :lol:

I stuffed some more pictures in the album
 
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