![]() ![]() ![]() The largest king taken at KSO in recent years was a 64 pounder, though fish in the 60’s have been boated in the past. The average Nushagak River king goes about 25 pounds, but there are plenty of fish in the 30- to 40-pound range as well. In fact, it’s a rare day when you can’t get 20 fish to the boat. The ‘Nush the annually gets runs of 100,000+ kings, and with all those fish stuffed into the river in June and July, it’s not surprising that the fishing is often spectacular. Hope this helps.Alaska is home to some of the greatest king salmon streams on the planet and the queen of them all is the Nushagak River near Dillingham. Mad River also puts out some styrofoam beeds that you can use to help float your baits, too. Any time now most of the stores will be running their trout specials, so stock up on spinners, dough baits, Pautzke eggs, etc. Too heavy of line takes a lot out of the action of your offering and limits your casting distance. ![]() Keep your tackle pretty siimple and light, too. Stocker lakes - it's pretty much whatever they aren't getting bombarded with - or more of the same. Over in central Oregon, sometimes matching spinner body color with whatever bugs are landing on the water can produce big results. But there are times when it pays to watch what the fish are going after, too. Overcast days, I go with something with more flash or color. Bright days, I tend to stick with brass and darker colors. Colors and finishes - too many variables. I've had trout, bass, pan fish, even in salt water, go after the swivel if it's too flashy. ![]() You want the flash and action at the spinner, but you also want it to keep spinning without ending up with a lot of line twist, too. As for swivels, I agree, go with the smaller sizes. Depending on where you are fishing, I've used Rooster tails down to 1/16" oz, all the way up to 1/4 oz. ![]()
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