Fishing the Carbon River for Salmon

I take some time in the day to enjoy the sun and try catching a chinook. I am gifted with a couple great opportunities. I get a fight of a lifetime with a P4P king! Falling in the water I hang on to do my best to land this King!

[@Irfaans_Room]

Those kings put one heck of a fight!

[@MaxHansen-dj8vg]

I cant believe you really uploaded a video of you poaching fish 😂 what has the fishing community come to 🤣

[@G-MaxQue03]

Hahahahaha, hey now....he had to keep him, after that fight and he an honest one!

[@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN]

@@G-MaxQue03u have my respect of him :D

[@kellylambert4527]

Dude awesome snaging techniques .

[@lucasglassman7223]

flossing or drifting isnt snagging and completely legal and almost necessary on our local Rainer silt rivers. its also a great technique for fishing under structure like fallen trees if fish are stacked up underneath it. ive thrown jigs bobbers with eggs just about everytime i go just to see if something will take and in the 10 plus years ive fished ive maybe had a few bites but have never landed a fish. any other river thats not full of silt in the WA area this is the last technique used because of how affective other ones are. they cannot even see in that river salmon arent even feeding when they are spawning in rivers like this. they bite eggs for more territorial reasons to begin with not even biting for feeding reasons. so get off your high horse cause snagging a fish is illegal and this guy is well within WA state regulations and if you talk to any fish and wildlife officer they will tell you this is the most affective way to fish this river and are they are fishing the rivers themselves this way. love to see some locals slamming some kings in my hometown rivers thats what its all about. keep it up brother hope you get some this season!

[@kellylambert4527]

@@lucasglassman7223 sounds like if never cought a fish on eggs or jigs your not fishing right.And it sounds like if you need to floss or (snag ) your fish then maybe you need to stay home and pull your pud.

[@teamqwest]

I mean I agree and disagree. I think floating is a better method and guarantees a better and natural hookset since they are biting your bait. Not to mention less line left in the river. I haven't been taught properly how to float. I fished last year and tried but I wasn't very successful in keeping the eggs on. I didn't brine my own eggs only bought from a store. This year I intend to float. Hit up the Green. I'm not one to intentionally snag. It does happen and it's not planned. I've sturgeon fished and snagged them from bottom fishing on rare occasion. It happens but I'm trying to improve all the time. If you have any tips I'd be happy to hear. I don't get the braid as main then switch to copolymer leader with a blood knot. That's the stuff I need practice with.

[@kellylambert4527]

@@teamqwest you don't need braided line 10lbs maximum is go main line.And 8lbs leader is good watch some videos on KZbin not the crap like them snagging fish but watch good education ones

[@lucasglassman7223]

@@kellylambert4527 not on rivers like this. your not listening to what im explaining this is a silt river and if the fish cant see your eggs or your jigs they arent going to hit them. this is the go to method because of that and any other river people are floating eggs minus the puyallup and the carbon people are throwing jigs and floating eggs because they are far more affective. if those methods worked people would use them its simple as that

[@csrg1669]

Where on the carbon river is this at ?

[@teamqwest]

About a quarter mile before Voight creek. You fish there often?

[@prestonsmith4371]

Love it man good job! Looks like a fun day

[@teamqwest]

Thanks bro! It was great!

[@GoldenFishEyeCanada]

That second fish did give you a good fight!😃

[@teamqwest]

He had swam right into the hook just off the bank. Surprised me! He was a solid fish.

[@ScottLang-on3zv]

Poachers make me sick 🤮

[@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN]

Oh really?? U also make me sick I mean…the fact ur pfp is green and ur saying this is sick ur pfp makes me sick and ur attitude this is a nice father who likes fishing deal with it

[@ScottLang-on3zv]

@@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN a nice father? This is a whole poacher 🤣 and youre seriously okay with that? 🤡 this is a poacher who likes poaching

[@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN]

@@ScottLang-on3zvdo I look like a care??💀💀💀also keep ur business to urself it’s not that hard💀

[@ParBaked]

69th Sub!

[@teamqwest]

Hell yeah!!! Thank you!

[@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN]

@@teamqwesthi😊😊

[@teamqwest]

@@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN hello daughter!

[@CUPIDTHE_FURRYANDTHERIAN]

@@teamqwestu and 🦔🦔🦔 sitting in a tree🤭🤭

[@stntgrlnow]

🎣 nice fish

[@teamqwest]

Thank you!!!!

[@TheOutdoorNerd365]

Bro they’ll eat eggs, even in silty water. Stop flossing.