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Whats so special about this salmon anyway?


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Well, this was sort of cool to catch. The size is typical for this time of year 37" but what made this fish special is I was Smallmouth fishing out at the Niagara Bar in front of the fort and just started to troll a small rapala diver in 15 feet and Whack!! I was using a light bass spinning rod and 6 lb test . Wow you talk about a fight, once it got in the current it was tougher. It decided to go out more in the lake and I had to follow with the boat so I didnt get spooled. This went on for over 30 minutes (im not sure how long exactly), finally after playing it out, my buddy netted it. A memorable fight for sure on 6 lb test. It was 37.5 ". Anyone know how much a 37.5" salmon weighs? I didnt have a scale. Later in the day near the green can in 26 feet I get another on the same setup only this one jumped 3 feet in the air and broke the line with his tail flap on the way down. Got some nice bass too. fun day. BP

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I'm with ya on the FUN on light tackle . I used to use a Shakespear wonder rod (9ft fly rod) and a small spining reel spooled with 12 lb silver thread and a maxim chamelion leader of 8 lbs. in the lower salmon river. Ya definitly gotta be mobile. Good job!!

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