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How To: Plug for River Salmon

August 6, 2014 By JD Leave a Comment

In this, the most comprehensive guide of its kind ever assembled, I cover everything you need to know to consistently catch river salmon on wobbling plugs like FlatFish and Kwikfish.

Packed with full color photographs and diagrams, I go over everything from the basics to sophisticated tricks used by pro guides.

Get ready to catch more river salmon with my latest guidebook: Plug Fishing for River Salmon, now available for just $2.99:

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I’ll help you understand why salmon eat plugs in the first place and then goes into great detail on several deadly techniques that will help you be more successful on the water.

Flatfish

You’ll learn how to back-bounce, flatline and hover – and several other related methods. I’ll also show you the tackle you’ll need and how to pick the right size, color and models of plugs for each specific technique.

Plug Fishing for River Salmon features close-up gear shots so you can see exactly what to use and how to rig it!

Plug Fishing for River Salmon features close-up gear shots so you can see exactly what to use and how to rig it!

Also included are tips on how to properly rig plugs with different styles of hooks, how to properly tune your lures and the best way to fillet sardines and make bait wraps.

Plug fishing for river salmon

In it, I cover in detail Back-Bouncing, Flat-Lining, Hovering, Plug Wraps, Plug Selection, Tuning and a bunch of other cool stuff I employ every single day on the water!

The book will have plenty of helpful diagrams!

There are tons of color pics of gear and rigs (and fish too!), plus full color diagrams to help you understand the concepts.

Pick up your copy today!

Amazon Kindle
PDF format (digital download)
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Here’s a list of the chapters that appear in this guidebook:

Why do Kings Bite in Freshwater?

  • Anger Management
  • Feeding Instinct
  • Time of Day

Flatlining

  • Tuning the Plug
  • Dropping In
  • The Bite
  • Rod Angle
  • Rods, Reels & Line
  • Bait Wraps
  • Pregame Prep

Hybrid Flatlining

  • Borrowing from the side-drifting box
  • Rigging Up
  • Sinkers
  • Technique
  • Backtrolling with Divers

Back-Bouncing

  • Traditional Back-Bouncing
  • Hovering
  • The Go Big Technique
  • Rods, Reels & Line
  • Rigging Up

Plug Selection

  • Flatlining
  • Back-Bouncing/Hovering
  • Plug Color
  • The Basic Food Groups
  • Meat Group
  • Diet Group
  • Chocolate Group
  • Junk Food Group
  • Pimp Your Plugs
  • Wash Your Lures

Plug Wraps

  • Fresher is Better
  • The Tools
  • The Technique
  • Wrap it up!
  • Change ‘em frequently
  • The Night Before
  • How-To Videos

Improving Your Hook-Up Ratio with Plugs

  • The Trouble with Trebles
  • Rotating Trebles
  • Single Hooks

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