HOW TO catch Columbia River Spring Chinook. Three Trolling Techniques

Looking to catch Columbia River Spring Chinook? Here are three basic set ups that help us consistently put fish in the boat.
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[@BHanley165]

Love the tips! I think I too often overlook the naked herring!

[@hooks4nooks]

Good pointers. Basic stuff but then you threw some really key points in too. I never really thought about the lead thing and that is absolutely very important. Thanks for the great tips.

[@timsivers7768]

Pro you are the man! Thank you for all of your detailed advice and full explanations about your set ups! Im looking forward to the 2023 season!

[@glenfishnsleep8061]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing!

[@wilsonflanders878]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing

[@izgacha_gldfish8959]

Thanks Pro..I just Got an order from you for the Springer Season looking forward to getting out here next week.

[@mathiaskane545]

We used method #1 Saturday the 19th and i got a very nice Springer. It was this video that gave us the valuable information to put that fish in the boat. Thanks man!

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Glad it helped

[@riverrightoutdoors]

Great info Pro 🔥💯

[@MGibler1]

Great video.

[@athletesangling9039]

Thanks Pro!!!

[@mariomedrano355]

thank you!!

[@swideglide2003]

Your line locks are the best!! picked up a little grass and my gear kept working with no twist what so ever and the grass just flipped right off!

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Thanks bud.

[@raymebeach2571]

good job on vid i like you

[@tonyutton2677]

Pro, Would you apply this same strategy on the Willy or change up your tactics some? Thanks for the awesome content!

[@VIPOutdoors1]

I do use these techniques a bit on the Willy but those fish have been in fresh water for a longer period of time. Therefore inline flashers and Pro Trolls with in front of my herring or spinner seem to work best.

[@larrysaari3167]

Thanks for the tips. Do you brine your herring?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Yes I use our herring dry brine. I’ll post a video this week on how to use it.

[@matthewackerson7861]

I really appreciate you sharing your time an knowledge that has taken years to perfect. One question I have, is trolling speed. Let's say hypothedicaly the fish are swimming up river and the current is moving 3 miles per hour and to get the spinner to work another 2 mph needs to be added to troll down river for a total of 5 mph. If the spinner moving towards the salmon at least 5 mph it only gives a quick moment for the strike to happen before the spinner passes by. Do I understand this correctly?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

That’s a lot of math. 😂. Give or take, you are correct.

[@havnt3782]

ive been trying herring with a triangle a few cranks off the bottom. should i have been dragging? that comment about the fish being belly in the sand so your finder doesnt see them seems like "bro science" but im definitely seeing it as possible. i started fishing last fall and did awesome after august 14 with 360 and spinner. still no springer yet after several trays of herring and about 20-25 hours logged already. will park, hoc and a bit by diblee zero take downs. i did mark a few looking like fall kings on easter at will park with 54 on the temp

[@adventureanglingpnw1821]

Great video. You got any rig set ups for walleye in deep water?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

I do not unfortunately. Sorry bud. Limited in the walleye knowledge department

[@shaggy1958]

Do you troll upstream or down stream? Or both? What about tide change when the surface of the river feels almost slack?

[@brianadler2688]

Pro, what size spinner blades are you using on the three spinners you mentioned?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

4-4.5

[@HeWhoHath]

Yeah we can find all this on Yakima Bait etc. But WHERE, what type water to troll?

[@brandonishere7166]

any Bank tips?

[@2009jbreese]

When the the visibility is only a couple feet, do you shorten your leader? 5.5-6’ seems long for murky water.

[@VIPOutdoors1]

I do not. But shortening your leader can be affective when using a triangle flasher.

[@2009jbreese]

@@VIPOutdoors1 cool, thanks. I didn’t even realize till I watched the vid a second time you weren’t using a triangle on that setup haha. Tight lines, see you on the water!!

[@bhdlp]

Do you run a blade above your herring very often?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

I do not. I know some guys really like our 1.5 blade for that but it’s just not part of my person game plan.

[@coreyarendt7289]

How about steelhead drifting gear would that work to catch springers And would it work

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Some of the early springers caught are guys fishing for winter steelhead, so yes it would. Targeting them on smaller tributaries would be your best bet.

[@360Angling-Outdoors]

What brand of braid do you use

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Honestly, what ever in stock. I always go Moss Green on color.

[@darrellryan2337]

At what depth do you stop trying to fish the bottom and go suspended? The what depth do you target

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Great question but there is no max depth. I’ve caught them in 60’-70’ on the bottom in Rivera and up to 150’ in the ocean. Good electronics help me with this.

[@lylegill8146]

What length leaded to you use for your spinners?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

48" behind a triangle flasher and 60" with out.

[@davidelliott3019]

I am an old bastard. We never had a triangle flasher. We trolled plug cuts, by hand with a 12 inch lead line. We rubbed the bottom and held the rod in our hands. Sometimes the salmon would bite at our bait for at least 50 yards of trolling before they finally took it. Most of this crap they sell a fisherman you do not need. We caught the hell out of them. Flashers and all the crap is just money wasted.

[@sov19871987]

Troll with just herring all the time, catching consistently. Most of the time you don't need that flasher

[@dh_hamdi4866]

Flasher? No?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

I more often do not use a flasher for springers

[@westcoastfishing5016]

Was it you who sunk their boat at bouy10?

[@VIPOutdoors1]

Nope. Wasn’t me.

[@westcoastfishing5016]

@@VIPOutdoors1 it was a vip boat tho, right?

[@fishicaleducation3694]

@@westcoastfishing5016 Probably not a topic he wants to discuss- Too soon. I was there when it happened. Yes it was a VIPO Outdoors boat.

[@edwinro77]

We sell the shit out of the spinners I. Eugene