SALMON SNAGGING 2023

Today with a few friends we try to do some salmon snagging up at graves creek. there were lots of people. I am wearing the body harness for the go pro, so it was a new learning exercise with the camera

[@V1ZFN]

wow, snagging spawning salmon... please don't come to Pacific NW as you will be slaughtered by locals while fishing this way, very unethical!

[@deandredunbar9618]

ahahaha no please don't come to alaska. the locals snag during spawning season. it's hard not to actually. I was just fishing in valdez and I was trying to get a bite with different lures and I was snagging fish with every lure I threw on. so I just threw a real snagging hook on. but the locals snag. we don't give a fuck about what lower 48er's think

[@PNW_JeffreyR]

hey man fishing a small stream like that, drifting a soft bead or a corkie and yarn. Guarantee you more fish then snagging

[@ronhildebrand3392]

if this is fishing, i'd like to know how you got 178 subscribers?

[@FlyTech541]

You can snag them there tho ? It’s for food not for sport I wouldn’t snag them but if it was to feed my family I would

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

Can you target them as theyre coming into the river? Jigging for Kokanee is pretty fun, they're good biters and would probably taste better at that spawning stage.

[@Theflyfisher123]

Can anyone tell me difference as sockeye and Kokanee are they smaller or sockeye bigger

[@Revvedupmontana]

kokanee are smaller and usually a landlocked salmon. never see the ocean.

[@lindabillblackley3025]

This just makes real fishermen sick ! Try hook and release, you will feel better, going home !

[@Revvedupmontana]

This is a very limited season on very specific waterways on spawning fish that die as soon as there done. Not typical or legal outside of those parameters, and not normally how I fish. Had to try once not a real fan to be honest.

[@7orrest7erguson]

😂😂😅😅 Took the "Money shot" from the fish. . . Spawned on your hand

[@Revvedupmontana]

yup i sure did

[@dannyauger7223]

Snagging rocks and sticks more then fish wow. Next time try fishing for them. Then you'll get your limit np.

[@Revvedupmontana]

It was my first time trying this gotta learn somehow

[@tftoutdoors6582]

Why wouldn’t you just try to catch them?

[@Revvedupmontana]

so once they are in spawning mode they don't eat, so traditional methods don't work. Also once they are done spawning they die. so the state regulates what we can catch and where and how many. If you catch them late in season the meat is just mush.

[@iceman5117]

​@@Revvedupmontanathey don't eat meals during the spawn, but they still bite at eggs drifting downstream and theyll snap at other fish. Drifting eggs and swinging spinners in the current is still effective during the spawn

[@bryanwaybrant925]

Don't care if it is legal or not, the quality of the meat is not good.

[@toptwitchclipz7928]

wtfff, those are the smallest salmon I have ever seen

[@Revvedupmontana]

land locked kokanee

[@avatar5548]

snagging any salmon especly Koknee is Illegal and he could go to jail for it

[@NathanCampbellGuitarist]

Just curious, what part of the country is this? Out on the west coast snagging == big ticket... I know rules are different in different places so just curious. Any ways always cool to see different places.

[@Revvedupmontana]

Nw Montana

[@Seanbootth]

Unethical way of fishing.

[@Revvedupmontana]

that is why the state only allows during a very specific time frame and only on like 3 or 4 waterways.

[@Seanbootth]

@@Revvedupmontana ofc your in America

[@jeremiecook4881]

Those are kokanee aka land locked sockeye those fish never see salt so not really a salmon

[@avatar5548]

yall know this is illegal right

[@Revvedupmontana]

It is illegal most of the year where I was fishing. Except during spawning season where it is legal for 2 weeks and on very specific water ways.

[@meanddad4243]

dude .... is that any fun...

[@Revvedupmontana]

actually it kind of is, and the smoked salmon tastes fantastic when you are done.

[@bushmanj85]

all these turds getting pissed about snagging.....good lord. I lived in Alaska for 4 years, and after the hatcheries get their quota, they open up the streams for snagging too. Its fun as hell, especially with a leaded trebble hook. Hooking into a 30 pound king is a blast and the fight is amazing. its heavily regulated, so all these dweeb keyboard warriors can cram it. Its only unethical if its not allowed and your doing it illegally.

[@Revvedupmontana]

plus the salmon is delicious

[@Misha-mx4vp]

Yes its fun until the Treble Hook and Lead pulls then snaps back like a bullet. One time got me in between the eye's another squarely in the balls. My snagging also done in AK and fun as hell.

[@WilliamFiler]

Foul hook salmon big no no in California.

[@Revvedupmontana]

Usually not legal here either very very limited season on very specific waterways

[@kevingodziebiewski2593]

I don’t even know what to say!!! 🙄🤬😖🤨🤮