Downriggers are the most popular and effective method to fish for Salmon in open water. If you aren't fishing with downriggers, you may be missing opportunities to hook more king and coho salmon. This video starts by explaining the absolute basics, but quickly moves into more advanced topics like braid vs wire, improving your hook-to-land ratio and optimizing your electrical current output (if you are using wire) for a specific salmon species. Also, we would love to hear from you what kind of questions you have about downrigger fishing for salmon, where could put out another video on the topic addressing your questions.
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