Use this method to land more COHO AND CHINOOK Salmon (Soft Beads)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 29 вер 2023
- Over the years, soft beads has been one of the most favourite way to fish for salmon for many anglers. For first 3 years of me being on the Vedder river, I have been putting my bead 2-3 inches above the hook also known as pegging. Over those times I have noticed and heard complaints about poor landing ratio due to the trailing hook compare to using roe. After discovering that you could also put the bead directly on the hook, there was no going back. I have landed more fish and very very few beads were lost in the process. I mean 9 out of 10 times I get the bead back. The hook placement is always top lip or top jaw which is the best place to hook a fish.
Cleardrift Tackle Soft Beads
Promo Code: GO2FISHING for 25% off
cleardriftfishing.com
Pacific River Outfitting Company
Located right on Vedder Bridge
45530 Vedder Mountain Rd, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4C3
IG: Go2fishing_bc
#vedderriver #riverfishing #fishing #salmon #coho #chinook #salmonfishing
Rod Toth has been promoting this for a while. I started doing it and I've noticed my landing rate has gone up, at the expense of losing a few beads here and there. A worthwhile trade.
Yes! I have read his article about it. A lot of credits to him. I actually get my bead back 9out of 10 times. And cleardrift beads are less than $5 so I can live with that
Bent Rod is the MAN! Best 420 friendly charters on the Fraser.
@@Go2fishingbclosing more beads is not good for the river man
Seems like they would tear and end up in the river most of the time.
@canfield3532 nope
Loving the videos, man - thanks for the continued information and openness to sharing. Hope to see you out there!
Thank you! See you out there
Excellent video! It’s super helpful for a new angler, thanks for sharing!
This method makes sense. I just started salmon fishing and landed a big spring on the t-stop method. The weird thing I don’t get is why doesn’t everyone just use that method you showed since it’s easier to set up and more effective lol. Great channel btw!
Thanks! I think people are not confident in this method since they had luck catching with t-stop method. Hard to change peoples mind. I was the same, skeptical at first but now there’s no going back. Pegging beads is fine too I like this bead on hook method now. It’s simple and versatile.
@@Go2fishingbc appreciate it man! I will give it a try myself. Looks good and makes sense. Cheers
Good class thanks 😊
Thanks for the video! I've always thought that pegging soft beads onto a pre-tied leader was so much work, I always wondered why I couldn't just slide the soft bead right onto the hook, thanks for confirming my idea!
Thanks for checking it out! They work great! Goodluck fishing:)
Awesome video! I will have to share this to my customers. Keep up the good work! Tight lines
Thanks! We ll do
New subscriber here,it’s my 2nd year of fishing and never catch a coho,im excited to try fishing with that technique.🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
Awesome. Goodluck! Let me know how it goes
You are so right, this is the way I also use them ...way more effective.
Easy peasy. So much easier and versatile
Thanks! I tryed it today. Works good!
Great to hear!
Thanks for sharing. I certainly try it out especially I travel all the way from Europe to catch salmon, steelhead and spring here in Oregon. Appreciate.
Sweet! Good luck
This is the way I was taught over 25 years ago with Burl’s Gold Nuggets ,some of the first soft beads.
Thanks for showing this bead trick, but the hard part is learning how to fish the bead and to get it in the strike zone. Have a video about how to do that.
Yup I'm one of the 95%, but will give your method a try as it makes a lot of intuitive sense to me, and I think it will help to reduce (unfortunately not eliminate) the accidental snagging.
Give it a try! I’ve been hooking lots of fish this way
I wish I saw this last night instead of staying up late last night tying a leader board
Now you know! Save lots of time
Yup me too
New sub here! Only cuz your a cleardrift comrade like me eheh👍🏽! I swear by their soft beads and they dont pay me to say that either 😆! Though I hardly fish for salmon I will try this on steels this season! Keep it tight lines👍🏽
Sweet! I’m sure it ll be steelhead candy as well
Good class thanks
Great information. Thank you. I’ll try it this weekend. By the way, where did you buy that really neat T-shirt? I’d love to buy one. Thanks.
Thank you! Give it a go. They have it at Pacific River Outfitting Company by the vedder bridge or their website!
This is great idea. You change my mine. Thanks
I did it yesterday, it works
Awesome!
Is this more effective than yarn balls? I hooked two massive fish on yarn balls a few weeks ago. The fish never surfaced and the water was muddy. I'm thinking it was a big King. My 20 lbs line snapped right before I can see the size of the fish.
In my experience, it's a trade off, I got less bites with this method, but it does provide much better landing ratio. pegging above the hook resulted in more bites, but without a proper hookset, It leads to worse landing ratio.
Interesting to think about. I have been catching lots this year with bead on hook method but interning to think about
I’ve missed 3 bites with pegging I will try putting them on a bare hook going out tomorrow for winter steelhead
Great video, thanks! What do you think about the clear drift beads versus the BNR beads? I didn't know clear drift was local, that does make them more attractive but I've never tried them before.
They both work but cleardrift are half the price. I am doing very well with their products
Im convinced! Will try them next season.
Any point in heading to the Vedder now or is it pretty well over? The lack of rain recently hasn't helped I guess
@adambolding-jones8726 vedder have late coho runs! Could be very good or very bad haha
What’s the best for fall coho? And how do you setup it up? Do we add a weight at a certain distance and jig or are these to float?
There’s multiple techniques to get coho but as far as float goes. I like to start off with roe under a float and then switch to beads after an hr of first light
I can confirm, this method helped me land more fish this season, however there are 2 cons to it. In low and clear water conditions its better to keep the bead pegged so the hook isn't seen, and second the bead comes off the hook pretty easily, I burned through a bead for every 1-2 fish.
Hey Jeff,
Noticed in Rods Video, you guys using a smaller handle net which kinda gave you guys issues when landing the fish... what would you recommend if you could choose a longer handle net?
Rod had DK special and it a perfect size for all salmon. I wouldn’t go longer than that since the portability and easier to walk around and bush wack
@Go2fishingbc thank you!!! Also what's a good rod and reel for the Vedder ? Thinking it would be centerpin right?
2 questions I'm a bit curious about, does the fish not feel the hook as the bobber down is a bit delayed? and does this rip/ruin the beads over time? Thanks
I can’t answer about if fish feels the hook or not but I have gotten my bead 9 out of 10 times. It has been working great for me. And cleardrift beads are less than $5 so I can live with loosing a bead or two
@@Go2fishingbc thank you, tight lines
Does it make sense to have a conventional peg plus an additional small 8mm on the hook? Two beads on the line at the same time
Now that’s a new way of doing it lol. My dad actually caught one like that before so I don’t see why not. I might have to give it a go
@@Go2fishingbc I’ll give it a try tomorrow…if I could squeeze myself into a spot🤣
@wadezhang7106 lol good luck
@@Go2fishingbc yesterday the conventional peg did the job today was roe…didn’t have chance to experiment new stuff when 10 ppl casting into the same little run that’s only 60ft long😅
Yup, placing the bead directly on the hook is gonna make better hook sets just remember to match the size of the bead with the hook
8mm - #4 hook
10mm - #2 or #1 hook
12mm & 14 mm - #1 or 1/0 hook
Good point! Those hook size and bead size you mentioned looks ideal
Theres pros and cons to both methods, and trade offs. Pegged beads will hardily ever come off, and your hookup ratio is somewhere between 75-80% in my personal experience. Hard beads will pretty much last as long as you donf lose em. You definitely have a higher hookup ratio with soft beads, somewhere in the 90%, but the trade off is that you lose far more plastic beads, on top of not being as stealthy. Sometimes, setting the hook with soft beads will cause it to come off. Also, sometimes i feel like the fish will notice your hook on the bead and avoid it when compared to pegged. Soft beads are also more versatile and convenient to use.
After a long time of using both, i usually stick with pegged hard beads, it lasts longer and saves me more money in the long run. I have a pretty good idea of what im doing, so losing one in four fish honestly doesnt affect me, nor would i ever need to constantly switch my beads, since im pretty sure i know which bead to use.
Forsure it has pros and cons!
This is way faster when you want to change up. Good fo me since im lazy 😂
One of the main reason I use this method lol lazy as well
Great tips bro.. what lbs test do you normally use?
12lb
OK me too. Thanks again
Good
Great info ! Btw, what happened to your hand ?
Thanks! I broke it at work :/
Speedy recovery ! Stay safe !
Wasn’t pegging the bead up to keep the hook from going deep down the gullet?
You are correct
I would check your local regs and see if you’re permitted to fish this way. Fish and Wildlife change and update regs often.
This is more proper way and it is allowed
My experience has been that this is generally true, however in gin clear water most fish, especially trout are hook shy and this affects bite rate. Inmho.
I agree. For trout I would peg it. Since I mostly do catch and release for trout and other species just not salmon
i was at the vedder yesterday and only got one spring after 10 hours on a soft bead and everyone using roe maxed out after only a few hours, id say roe is defenitely better
I am not saying soft beads are better than roe. Roe definitely produces fish. But soft beads are effective as well. There are trade offs. I like roe first light
Most likely a color difference causing the difference in hits OR your bead is floating and you are not seeing the light hits like the direct line roe provides
@@ttsupra2503 maybe. Beads are pretty productive I’ve caught plenty this year with it. Roe first light is different story tho
@@Go2fishingbc If I had to win a contest. I would pick my roe 99.9% of the time. Wool, fake eggs, or beads are my go to for all my fishing for over 8 years. Only run a couple buckets of roe a year on special or long drive trips like 6+ hours.
Yeah tbh I never understood the purpose of pegging a bead. I know it works, but I just never understood the reason why behind it.
Hard beads you peg, soft beads you don't.. You glass bead softs.. And idk why tf he's running the bead on the hook like that ctfu. Gonna hit 10x less fish
I had horrible luck with the owner SSW hooks everyone recommended them to me but I lost more fish then I landed and been testing different hooks I have one hook I've been using now for bead fishing I legit haven't lost a fish on it yet and I rig it the pegged way had a 100% land rate so far
That’s interesting! I personally had a lot of great landing ratio
@@Go2fishingbc yeah like I said I had a ton of people recommend those hooks but after loosing like 8 fish on those hooks I decided to start trying other hooks I had immediately better success by switching to the gamakatsu octopus hooks but now I'm testing the gamakatsu finesse wide gap hooks as well but the hook that has been getting the job done for me is actually the addicted advantage bead hooks I've had 100% landing success with those hooks rigged up as I always do with a egg loop knot
@OregonFishingAdventures well I’m glad it’s working out for you. It’s all about confidence when choosing hooks. Nothing wrong with other brands!
@@Go2fishingbc yeah verdict is still out on the finesse wide gap hooks but I like wide gap hooks for my fly fishing seems to really help keep fish on so we will see if the same is true for steelhead and salmon with those hooks
Do you fish it under a float or do you drift it?
Under the float and drift
What are your favorite beads for coho? Thanks!
For coho my favourite is 12mm aloutte pink or cluster(medium) from cleardrift tackle
You might have answered this already but what happened to your hand bro?
I broke my hand at work
Just started salmon fishing last week. Never tried I always went bass and trout fishing for over 3 decades. I asked the guys around the holes and they all told me to use salmon eggs, they’re so smelly and disgusting I’ve been looking into alternatives. I’m going out tomorrow to give this method a try. Stopped at the store and picked up some scented soft beads, I’m really hoping this works because I would prefer to use this rather than salmon eggs
Nice! Beads work great! Nothing beats roe on first light but after beads are my go to
@@Go2fishingbc yeah didn’t get a single hit today. Nothing! Saw the fish tried pink single bead orange single bead small cluster nothing worked
Wont it come out of the hook and get looe after few casts?
Nope never lost a bead while casting. I get my bead 9 out of 10 times when I land a fish
@@Go2fishingbc ok thank you, will give it a try. Cheers.
A mate was fishing/poaching in the salmon farm and lost the lure I gave him so he used one of those orange foam earplugs and caught fish. True story.
I believe the ear plug
@@Go2fishingbc it looks similar to the pellets they feed them…
Any scent to the beads ?
I have never done it but interested
Have you ever tried using a bead on the line AND the hook, together?
No but I think it will work
My cousin tried this method for two days now…. Lost all his fish, especially the hatch coho…😢
I’m the opposite and most people that tried had more success landing a fish
how long should my leader be?
12-15inch is good
4-6 ft
Bro can fish together one day
What state 😕
I’m in bc Canada
Good fishing 🎣 👍
Use smaller steelhead hooks an completely hide in the soft bead. You’ll get more fish cuz ur hooks not visible. I do it for steel an browns 2.
Thanks for the input! I will try that
Just common sense. Sure this way is better but the industry will tell you other wise 🤔
i watched you floss a spring hooked in the fin and bonk it
I think you got the wrong Asian here lol
It was me actually, people always mix the two of us up. 🥲
Connor, you need to stop snag fishing.
Connor stop self projecting
hI My NaMe IS cONnOR AnD I nEed tO tHiNK bEfOrE I tYpE 🫨
Quit punching the salmon ! NOT LEGAL. LOL