TIPS for AR (American River)

We are planning to hit AR Sunday with brother Hermes (Dropnlax) We know nothing about fishing AR, including what lures? what part? etc.. got a bit intel from James that can get us started, Please we would like our first trip to AR epic if not memorable ..Thanks a lot fellas!!!

Darius, Glad to hear your anxious and excited to get out here and get some pink. The run is definetly at its peak and theres no shortage of fish this year and some bigger fish are starting to show. Unfortunetly tho, the bite @ Howe for some reason as of lately has gotten slow. Early morning now has seem to be best with various lures and setups working. The majority of us hitten howe tend to troll spinners or flatfish/quickfish. Firetiger mepps spinners has come thru with a lot of fish caught on the that pattern this year, but other colors are working too. Size 5 blade is the rule. As for flatfish, Ive been having great success trolling the smaller u-20 model in all chrome, gold or chrome/gold with chart. lip. But quickfish/flatfish in sizes k-13 or m2 are working to in the same color patterns. Gold works better in the early morning than silver or nickel. The trolling setup is a basic 3way swivel setup. 10-18ins. of leader to your 1oz weight and 4ft of 15-20lb. max of flouro or mono leader to your lure of choice. You can troll both spinners and flatfish/quickfish with this setup. I think its CRITICAL to have some kind of scent on your spinners or flatfish. Sardine wrap your flatfish/quickfish for better success. From the howe launch you can go up or down, my best advice as of now is to cover a LOT of water and to keep your line wet and fish hard in the morning. Hope this helps bro, and hopefully and i could see ya and the others on sunday. Ricci

Hope this helps bro, and hopefully and i could see ya and the others on sunday. Ricci

Ricci, Are you kidding me?  I'm in tears reading this..you are awesome and genuinely generous for sharing your knowledge and experience this is what I'm talking about Thanks a lot bro!!

See you guys on Sunday and Darius still 6 am launch time???

Still pretty dark @6am Be careful PFD Please wear one

Quick newbie question here:

For ocean Salmon fishing, we gotta use barbless hook.  Does that apply for AR Salmon fishing too?   Are treble hooks allowed?

Hermes

FW posted it all up!!  do it like that or fail 
barbless only above ancil hoffman (realistically Riverbend access)
night fishing below Bus80 only
over 1oz lure needs single hook no larger than 3/4inch (??)

no problem and goodluck out there bro

Darius, thanks for asking.  Ricci, thanks for hooking it up!  I wasnt sure how you guys were doing it either!  Maybe next week I'll hit it up if the bite is still on!

Jeff

over 1oz lure needs single hook no larger than 3/4inch (??)

that applys to 'non'- bouyant lures. 

Not telling you your business... Just clairfying that big Kwikfish dont apply.

thanks FW   

btw - we need to talk paint this weekend, I want the house done asap if ur cool with that....

over 1oz lure needs single hook no larger than 3/4inch (??)

that applys to 'non'- bouyant lures. 

Not telling you your business... Just clairfying that big Kwikfish dont apply.

Fishbucket and Rockfish, thanks for sharing the tips.

Hermes

Back at AR today and tried 6 different lures and NADA!!! I was on my co worker aluminum boat still sore from yesterday AR paddling session .