Tributary spring/summer salmon bank fishing

Chrisd1990 · Apr 25, 2021

I was hoping to start a discussion of 2021 spring/summer salmon fishing on the banks of tributaries. Fish pictures, methods, river updates, etc. I have one season of experience but had some decent luck on bobber and bait. I know spinners and twitching jigs are popular for springers but what other methods work in tributaries from the bank?

jamisonace · May 8, 2021

Found my first Willamette trib springer yesterday. She fell for shrimp and eggs. Not from the bank but hopefully the first of many. This was a river I'd never fished before. Friday we scouted it out and floated almost 30 miles. Saturday we fished from daylight until 10:30 and found 1.

C_Run · May 9, 2021

jamisonace said:
Found my first Willamette trib springer yesterday. She fell for shrimp and eggs. Not from the bank but hopefully the first of many. This was a river I'd never fished before. Friday we scouted it out and floated almost 30 miles. Saturday we fished from daylight until 10:30 and found 1.

You found a needle in the haystack.

jamisonace · May 10, 2021

C_Run said:
You found a needle in the haystack.

Wasn't too far from your house.

C_Run · May 10, 2021

jamisonace said:
Wasn't too far from your house.

!!! I suck at springer fishing. Hundreds a day going by but I can never find one.

smadden · May 13, 2021

Anyone have any experience bank fishing the Alsea River for springers? I just moved to the area so I have no experience.

Chrisd1990 · May 22, 2021

First bank springer of the year for me. Gotta love when they come in shiny!

jamisonace · May 25, 2021

Took a client out today and found him a limit. Really nice shape.

Chrisd1990 · May 27, 2021

Low water biter.

jamisonace · May 29, 2021

No pics but we got 2 of 3 on Thursday. Numbers aren't great but I've been pleased with the number of biters we're finding. I just wish we had more commit. I think we had 7 bites that didn't stick.

jamisonace · Jun 26, 2021

I never take pics of the fish but managed to remember a pic before I vacuum packed this one. Picked up a couple more. First was a buck that could have cut bad but ended up being a grilled. This was the second and it couldn't have cut better. Not bad for almost July and 200 miles from salt water.

Tributary spring/summer salmon bank fishing

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