Catching Sockeye in salt water

[BARCHASER10]

Just thought I'd bring this up since the Fraser River run is forecasted at 23 million Sockeyes and we get an additional 2 Sockeyes in our limit in MA 5-7.

I'm going over to CQ twice for salmon, once 3rd week of July and again in early August. In addition to Silvers and Chinooks, I expect to try some for Sockeyes. I expect to use pretty much what I use in Lake Wa, Silver dodger, 2 or 3 bare orange, red or green hooks and maybe a pink mini squid, with shrimp smelly, trolled real slow on the downriggers.

Anybody else have any ideas?

[hewesbob]

That's the way I plan to fish them at CQ, it is the same way we fish them in Lake Wenatchee.

[Steelheadin360]

I like using a White/UV Mack's Double D Dodger. The 7" one. 12" of 40# Flourocarbon leader, 2 1/0 Pink Gamakatsu hooks, topped with a 2" UV Pink Hoochie. My dad likes fishing a spin-glo on top of his.

I cant wait to get out for these!

[BARCHASER10]

So far it sounds like great minds think alike!

[Matt]

From my understanding it is possible to catch them in the salt, but even the conventional techniques employed in freshwater don't seem to be overly effective in targeting them.

I have caught them on rare instances in the salt, always when targeting other fish and using conventional hootchies/spoons.