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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Verdi on July 12, 2015, 07:13:56 PM

Title: help needed sturgeon bait how to rig a salmon head
Post by: Verdi on July 12, 2015, 07:13:56 PM

sturgeon bait  salmon head how to rig it up

Pink Season is around the corner , and i have heard that salmon heads make good bait.
I know how to rig most baits but salmon head are a little tricky wondering if any body has a pic or instructions.

I assume they would eat them nose first, but how to rig it and get it to lay on the bottom with out spinning eludes me..

thanks
Verdi

Title: Re: help needed sturgeon bait how to rig a salmon head
Post by: leaseman on July 13, 2015, 08:40:47 AM

Through lower jaw then up through nose, pull line through and run hook up through back of the head until 3/4 of hook sticking out past cut line of head removal.....

Works great for doe pink heads.... be ready, usually a very large fish!! :o

I have done this for many years...... ;)

Title: Re: help needed sturgeon bait how to rig a salmon head
Post by: canso on July 13, 2015, 04:05:16 PM

Quote from: leaseman on July 13, 2015, 08:40:47 AM

Through lower jaw then up through nose, pull line through and run hook up through back of the head until 3/4 of hook sticking out past cut line of head removal.....

Works great for doe pink heads.... be ready, usually a very large fish!! :o

I have done this for many years...... ;)

I've used gills but never a head.. So the hook comes out the back and nose forward in the current?

Title: Re: help needed sturgeon bait how to rig a salmon head
Post by: Verdi on July 14, 2015, 05:24:44 PM

thank Leaseman just what i wanted to hear.