Atlantic Salmon Fishing
Fishing Atlantic salmon is not like catching trout. A trout will feed day or night and when it so desires whereas the Atlantic salmon has come from the ocean strong and fat, but has not come to feed. It has come to spawn. The male joins up with the female, to create more future salmon. A place is selected in the river and becomes the nesting area. This area is mainly protected by the male and these are the gender that are mostly caught on the Puelo River, in Chile.
The Atlantic salmon does not strike at the fly thinking it is food, but rather is attacking thus, protecting the female and the nest. He also strikes at the fly as it becomes an irritant to him. Most of the time the fish will be Atlantic Salmonresting out of sight in deep water and at certain times of the day, usually in mourning before noon and later in the day at late afternoon, just before the sun sets they become stirred. The salmon will show it self in a jump or tailing effect in the current or even in the oxygenated foaming waters. They get on the move so to speak. It is at this moment that they can more surely be attracted to the fly and be caught. Our angler in this photo can appreciate this fact as his guide spotted the movement of this fish on the surface and indicated where to fish for it. Our guest, Martin Sere' caught and released this nine pounder back into the Puelo River on the Argentina Chile border. He …show more content…
It averages about 12 pounds and has cross-shaped or round spots on the top and sides. The fish can be found on both sides of the ocean (the one above entered from the Pacific Ocean). They enter the rivers in the fall and migrate upstream to spawn. After spawning, the kelts (adult fish) may leave the nesting area and return to the ocean to spawn again. The young ones mature and in two years head downstream to the ocean. They return to repeat the spawning cycle in two more
Fishing Atlantic salmon is not like catching trout. A trout will feed day or night and when it so desires whereas the Atlantic salmon has come from the ocean strong and fat, but has not come to feed. It has come to spawn. The male joins up with the female, to create more future salmon. A place is selected in the river and becomes the nesting area. This area is mainly protected by the male and these are the gender that are mostly caught on the Puelo River, in Chile.
The Atlantic salmon does not strike at the fly thinking it is food, but rather is attacking thus, protecting the female and the nest. He also strikes at the fly as it becomes an irritant to him. Most of the time the fish will be Atlantic Salmonresting out of sight in deep water and at certain times of the day, usually in mourning before noon and later in the day at late afternoon, just before the sun sets they become stirred. The salmon will show it self in a jump or tailing effect in the current or even in the oxygenated foaming waters. They get on the move so to speak. It is at this moment that they can more surely be attracted to the fly and be caught. Our angler in this photo can appreciate this fact as his guide spotted the movement of this fish on the surface and indicated where to fish for it. Our guest, Martin Sere' caught and released this nine pounder back into the Puelo River on the Argentina Chile border. He …show more content…
It averages about 12 pounds and has cross-shaped or round spots on the top and sides. The fish can be found on both sides of the ocean (the one above entered from the Pacific Ocean). They enter the rivers in the fall and migrate upstream to spawn. After spawning, the kelts (adult fish) may leave the nesting area and return to the ocean to spawn again. The young ones mature and in two years head downstream to the ocean. They return to repeat the spawning cycle in two more