Congratulations to John Doherty who caught a 52 pound Chinook, making him our newest Masterfisherman!
At times the Rivers Inlet fishery can test the patience of even the most experienced angler. It is a trophy fishery, to be sure: fishing near the resort has been slower but the fish caught are big.
We’ve been working shoreline in a hundred feet of water or less because Chinook salmon will rest behind structures close to shore. The fish here are getting ready to go up the river to spawn, so they are not feeding aggressively: the bait must invade their personal space, making them attack.
This is very different from open ocean fishing where you usually find salmon and baitfish together. At Rivers Inlet, they say the fish are often close to the surface, smelling the fresh water to find their home river. Typically we fish using 10 to 20 pulls of line to measure depth (a pull is about two feet). Lately 10 has been the lucky number. If fishing is slow, play with the depth on one rod but always keep one around ten pulls.
This morning it looks like the recent rain has finally brought in a new run of fish. A fair number of quality fish being caught on flat calm waters. Maybe this is it!!! At this time of the year all the boats in the inlet come to our doorstep to fish because we are minutes away from the best chance to catch that fish of a lifetime. Hopefully these fish will stay around for a while. We haven’t had enough rain to allow them up the river, just enough to make them think about it.
Tight lines
Fishmaster Rob
King Salmon Resort
