what's  the best bait for fishing king salmon?
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Depends on where you are fishing for them. Eggs are fine in the river, but in the ocean a trolled plug cut herring is the way to go. Some people use them with a rubber squid above the bait and a dodger on the line for really good action. The main thing is to cut the herring just behind the gill at a 45 degree angle from top to bottom and an angle from side to side to give it a real big, slow spin. Thread the first hook through to body and hook in the tail and hook the second hook upwards from the indife through the back bone.We also use spoons with no bait at all. Same can be said for inside the mouth of the Columbia.\n\nWhen we used to fish for Salmon in the Sacramento River it was still a long way to spawning areas and the fish wouldn't take eggs. We back trolled flatfish with a herring wrap. Or we trolled large spinning lures or spoons.
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Minows are the best bait for lake and river fishing..grasshopers are second best then night crawlers
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The best kind of bait to use if you could have only one kind is a good old fashioned worm.  Crawlers work great.  \n\nOf course, there is no one kind of bait that works ALL the time, which is why there are so many other types of bait.  I have tried snails, shrimp, minnows, and worms, and worms seem to work somewhat better than the others in most seasons.\n\nIf you can't get your worm to stay on the hook, you might want to look into using plastic or rubber worms.\n\nAs for WHERE to fish, the trick to that is thinking about where the fish can hide bug still be able to jump out and find food.  This is typically on the edges of things like the edge of a dropoff, the edge of where a stream runs into a lake, the edge of the water where there are lots of tree roots and shade.
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I would go with a floating Rapala, about three inches long.  You cast it out and it floats until you reel it in.  When you start reeling it dives under water and wiggles like a minnow.  You can also use it as a top water bait by twitching it and letting it sit until the ripples die down and then twitch it again.  This works especially well early in the morning or just before dark.  Good luck.
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In clear water, with a blue sky overhead, try a fairly dark coloured plug or jerkbait, along the lines of those you would use pike fishing. You can also try spinners, no particular kind, as they all work well on the right day. Just have a small selection of different colours and sizes. I prefer the mepps super vibrax, or the rublex ondex in sizes 4 - 6. Harris angling sell them for about £3 each, and there indesructable.\n\nIn overcast and cloudy water conditions, use the same types of lures and spinners, but opt for the ones with brighter colours. Tight lines
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If you are fishing from the bank of a lake and using a regular rod and real not a fly rod then maybe I can help. I've been fishing the same lake for about 10 years.  There are many good baits out there but the two that work best for me are salmon eggs and power bait. You can get them at any walmart k mart etc. Usually spring and late fall are the best times for trout where I live. But in the summer go as early as you can or close to sun set. Use a 6-10 pound test line I prefer  a gold size 10 eagle claw hook and pinch on a small lead weight about a foot above the hook that way the weight stays on the bottom and your bait will float about 10 inches above, or you can use a slider weight. All this stuff is very inexpensive. Less then 10 bucks. It's best to get a map of the lake bottom so you know where the deep holes are and where cover is. But if you can't just try different places. Just cast as far out as you can tighten up your line a little and wait.  One little trick I use is to throw some little rocks or pebbles as far as I can where I am going to fish.But only do this once in a while. The noise will sometimes attract  fish.  When you get tired of waiting for the fish to hit your bait re-cast every 10 minutes or so in a little different place. If you get bored with bait fishing try a mepps spinner they work really well sometimes. The colder the water the better it seems.
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this web site is mostly facts and tips on fishing in northern british columbia which is right next door to alaska. http://www.sportfishingbc.com/. excellent resource for tips on salt and freshwater salmon fishing right down to rods and bait and times of day. i have been fishing salmon and steelhead for over 30 years and i would recommend it.\nhave a great time
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a small 4 foot 6 inch to a 5 foot lite rod, like a berkley lightening rod and a small spinning reel, 2-6 pound test line, an live worms, or the spinners or power bait(orange or green paste)...they are some of the best baits and there are many  more!
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I like to use my silver spinner. Get one with a bight strip on it. If you go in the river use a smaller one, and if you are at the mouth of the river us a medium one. They also like flies. Find out which ones just hatched and go get that bait. They eat it up. Good Luck!
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Probably the best bait would be large black lug and squid. Use a pully rig.First cut a lenght of shock leader approx 2ft.Tie a weight clip on the end ,then slid a bait clip above it a peice of silicon rubber holds it in place.Follow it with a bead then a large swivel another bead goes on next. Tie a overhand knot to form a loop.To this tie a length of nylon about 18ins long use two hooks pennel style,they need to be large hooks2/0 say.The swivel fixes to your shock leader. When you bait up use 2 or3 lug and a peice of squid to tip off .Put the hook onto the bait clip,the weight of the lead will hold it in place.When this hits the water any slack line will make the hook fall away. This time of year the main speices will be cod.These fish have big mouths so a big bait is needed. Hope this goes some way to helping you out.Tight lines.
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HERE IN THE SOUTH CRICKETS AND CATALPA WORMS(WHEN IN SEASON) ARE THE BEST BAIT FOR BRIM. BUT YOU CAN'T RULE OUT RED WORMS OR TINY JIGS EITHER
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Try a Rapala "shad rap" in a perch pattern.  I have found it to be very productive for lake perch. A few years ago, I caught almost 30 perch in 3 hours using this lure.  Tight lines.
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Oh my dear lord, I thought you would never ask!!!!! YES, and much cheaper, as well as much better!!!  Try the YUM dinger.  They come in 3,4,5,6,7 and a 9 inch splittail model.  I prefer the 4 inch watermelon seed color, with gold flakes.  They are impregnated with LPT, Live Prey Technology. And the scent never washes off.  I have drastically improved my catch ratio per trip using these stick baits.  Technically they are not worms.  Fish them just like you fish a senko.  I prefer to texas rig them and cast near cover.  The tail has an irresistable wiggle action, that draws great strikes.  They are made with a hook slot, that allows for better, as well as more hook-ups.  I should be a spokes person for thier company, because I stand by them so much.  Give thenm a try, and if you aren't happy let me know.  If nothing works, I throw a dinger, and 99% of the time I get several fish. Plus they hold up better than senkos.  Usually I can catch 2-3 fish on 1 dinger, as compared to the 1 bass with senkos.  I have never tried the split-tail models, and I'm sure they are quite different.   You can also fish them wacky style, but I have better results with them rigged texas style without any added wieght.  Tight lines.
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When sport fishermen mention the best of the best, they are talking about Alaska Salmon Fishing. It's pole-busting, reel screaming, line-burning action...angler vs. fish...no-holds-barred, heart-pounding excitement. Alaska fishing is a cut above. \n\n  \n   The productive waters of Seward, Alaska are the place to experience heart pounding Alaska Salmon fishing and Alaska Halibut fishing.  \n \n   \n    In these frigid Alaskan waters, salmon are at their apex. Before your very eyes a school of tenaciously feisty, chrome-bright lunkers can emerge in a flash, under the boat, chasing your bait. Sight-fishing for salmon in saltwater may sound like a dream, but come on, after all this is Alaska fishing at its finest\n\n\n The immense bounty of Alaska's halibut fishery becomes perfectly evident onboard an Alaska Halibut fishing charter. To most fishermen around the world a successful fishing trip is measured by the number of bites, number of hookups, or number of fish that were landed. \n\n    Alaska halibut fishing is a whole different story. Success is measured in pounds.... hundreds of pounds. This may sound like the haul of a commercial long-liner, not the catch of a six-passenger Alaska halibut charter boat. But once in a while, with the confluence of the perfect conditions, every baited hook seems to fall helplessly into the waiting mouth of a large Pacific Halibut. \n\n    Alaska Halibut fishing can quickly turn into controlled pandemonium as hookups test the tackle's strength and the angler's determination. You need a guide who has a lifetime of experience landing huge Alaska halibut to coach you through the fight.
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Catfish usually love the stinkiest (and nastiest) bait you can find.  I've always had alot of luck with chicken livers.
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King mackerel are voracious, opportunistic, carnivores, their prey depends on their size. Depending on area and season, they favor menhaden and other sardine like fish (clupeidae), jacks (scombridae), Cutlass fish (trichuridae), weakfish ( sciaenidae), grunts (pomadasyidae), striped anchovies (engraulidae), shrimp and squid.And Spanish mackerel
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If you are using live bait, for bass I would say either minnows, or crayfish.  If you are using artificial, the #1 best bait to use would be the plastic worm.  Cast the worm near any form of cover, let it sink, and hold on!  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch length, in the watermelon seed color.YUM makes 3,4,5,6,7 and a 9 inch split tail model of the dinger.  I have drastically improved my catch ratio with the YUM dinger. It is best to have at least 3-4 different colors of each size of dinger that you have, just in case. The second best bait for bass are spinnerbaits.  I prefer darker colors like black and blue.  Only get smaller single blade spinnerbaits, because they catch more fish.  The larger tandem blades do catch bass, but not nearly as many as the smaller ones do.  It is a statistical fact.  Try different retrieves with the spinnerbaits, at different depths. Like I said, I prefer darker colors, but I have a wide assortment of colors, because you never know what color they will bite.  As for perch, I don't know to much about perch.  But I have a Rapala shad rap in a perch pattern, that I have caught alot of perch on. Here are a couple sites to help you out some.   Have fun and tight lines.