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Trolling for River Kings

August 20, 2008 By JD 13 Comments

Star Wars king
Just about every river has a slackwater salmon spot. You know what I’m talking about here: one of those spots that’s too slow for back-bouncing, backtrolling, drift fishing or even bobbers. Of course, it always seems that the fish pile up into these zones like crazy, right?

I suppose a guy could catch a few fish tossing spinners or spoons in such a spot, but I prefer to cover more water on the troll. The interesting aspect of slackwater trolling is you aren’t limited to fishing in one direction like you’d be if you were freedrifting or back-bouncing.

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Filed Under: Best of FishwithJD, Salmon Tagged With: king salmon, river fishing, salmon fishing, salmon trolling, trolling

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