Tips on freshwater river salmon fishing?

Tips on freshwater river salmon fishing?

I hope to try for salmon from my kayak in the lower Mokelumne, San Joaquin, and Sacramento rivers of California.  Any help with when, where, how, etc. appreciated.

Thanks.

Don,

There is a lot of good salmon fishing tips on the sniffer board.
Here's a couple good threads on trolling:

Kwikfish? Flatfish?


Trolling for salmon...


Another option is jigging. If you do a search on sniffer you will get a ton of jigging info.

Forgot one.

Here's a link on how to do a sardine wrap.

Sardine Wrapped Kwikfish

Thanks, Al.  Good stuff.

You do any of this from a kayak?

Okay, I am going to pull the dunce cap firmly down around my ears, and from my stool facing the corner, respectfully ask:
 
Where should I spend my time fishing for salmon?
 
The rivers are big and I do not know where to concentrate my time.  I intend to troll and backtroll, maybe try to bounce roe.
 
I am not looking for specific locations, just generic descriptions of better areas of rivers to try.  For example: straight deep runs, inside or outside bends, mid-river versus bank-hugging, etc.
 
Can sonar be used effectively?

Thanks, Al. Good stuff. You do any of this from a kayak?

Caught this one last november at a place called the Minnow Hole. It's a bend on the Sac., upriver from Garcia. Looking forward to this years run, but it's not really here yet.

 I live in the Chico area and were getting ready to bust wide open on the Sac. Its about two hrs from sacramento(city) I would love the company and Its a beautifull drift down to chico from the Woodson Bridge.   Randall