Northwest Reel Life October 2024 Volume 4 Issue 2 - Flipbook - Page 12
over them. Coho like log
jams because it is covered
and they feel safe from
predators here; the boat
will become part of that
cover once the commotion
stops. Several times we
have looked over the edge
of the boat and seen coho
underneath, sitting there
just like they do in other
cover. Techniques vary
and sometimes you can
get a “lockjawed” silver to
bite–though the fish was
just resting and is now
recovered-by using a bait
that it simply cannot resist.
Such techniques are often
the presentation of bait
like cured eggs. If you have
ever hoverfished, then you
have caught resting fish
using eggs. This technique
which is extremely popular
in the Columbia River
Gorge is done at tributary
mouths where the colder
water from the tributary is
dumping into the warmer
Columbia. The fish will
stack up here to rejuvenate
in the cooler water and the
bite is often very subtle.
Floating eggs under a
bobber is a top technique
to get resting coho to bite.
Back to the frog water
slough, it is best to float
fish it first and see if there
are any resting but willing
biters in there.
