How to Use Salmon Eggs for Bait
- 1). Tie a hook to the end of the fishing line a few inches below the rod tip using a clinch knot to prevent slipping. Illustrated instructions for tying a clinch knot are linked in the Resources section below.
- 2). Pinch on two or three split-shot sinker weights about four inches up the line from the hook to add weight for the cast. A split shot weight is about the size of a BB shot with a slit in the middle. Place the line in the slit and pinch the two halves together.
- 3). Pierce three to four salmon eggs, one at a time, on the barb of the hook, pushing each egg around the hook's curve. The eggs should resemble a small cluster with the point of the hook buried in the last egg. Spawning salmon release strands of eggs connected by a viscous jelly. Eggs typically break off from the cluster in groups of three or more. Trout and salmon are looking for these morsels, which the baited hook resembles.
- 4). Cast the baited hook in pools of still water or in front of exposed rocks in fast-moving streams or rivers, allowing the hook to drift around the rock. Fish often lurk behind these natural hiding places, waiting for a meal to drift into view.
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