By: Mike Ainsworth of First Light Guide Service There are countless ways to cure roe for fall salmon. Some anglers use long, drawn-out processes that take days to complete. I don’t do that. I want an egg with great color, that milks well, has strong scent and, most importantly, fishes well. For years, I’ve kept […]
By Travis Wendt of Reel Time Fishing I’ve been curing shrimp for steelhead for decades. I’ve tried plenty of different cures, brines, scents and additives over the years, and I’m always looking for something that can give my bait another edge. This season, I added something new to the process. Pautzke Fire Bite Fire Bite […]
The Secret Ingredient I’m Adding to Stuffed Baits for West Coast Salmon During the fall, anglers throughout the Northwest are chasing salmon in the salt and rivers. Crowds are standard these days, which makes having strong bait offerings more important than ever. For the most part, stuffed baits, spinners, spoons and brined herring dominate the […]
By: Kyle Buschelman Right now, the epicenter of salmon fishing in the Northwest is Astoria, Oregon, at Buoy 10. It’s ground zero for the season kickoff, and many of the best salmon anglers on the planet spend the month of August here before branching out into parts of Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Idaho for […]
By Andy Bliss We’re in the heart of salmon season on the Great Lakes. As always, anglers and charter captains are trolling spoons, flies, and cut bait. That formula has worked for decades, and it’s not going anywhere. What does change every season, though, is the little things that help you catch a few more […]
By: Andy Bliss I’ve been fishing egg sacs for brown trout and steelhead for over 25 years, and to be honest, the spawn sac game—especially from a guide’s perspective—is pretty simple: you just need a lot of them. That said, I’m always looking for ways to make my sacs more effective and more appealing to […]
By: Kyle Buschelman Late fall salmon need to be approached differently than springers and late summer/early fall fish. Anyone who cases them daily agrees they have a different appetite. I use different baits for each season and have a set of rules to follow for late fall salmon. The rules are governed by three main […]
By: Bob Kratzer Salmon season is in full swing. This means its egg collecting and curing season. Now is the time to put some of your favorite egg cures to work or prepare them for future use. The following is a simple egg cure that I use for salmon and steelhead. When fishing with eggs, […]
By: Todd Daniels I’ve been guiding 21 years for salmon and steelhead in the Northwest. Every day on my boat people ask me how I cure my eggs. While there’s countless way to cure eggs, I’ve been doing the same thing since I started almost 22 years ago. I use Fire Cure, usually red or […]
By: Troy Whitaker I want to be clear about something before we dive into this blog. Personally, I don’t freeze my skeins until after I cure them. However, we’ve been getting so many questions from anglers asking what the best method is to cure frozen skein that I’m going to do my best to provide […]
