Soft beads are all the rage these days for salmon, steelhead and trout fishing. Ever wondered how these effective baits look underwater, from a fish's point of view? You might be surprised!
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@seastheday20208 ай бұрын
Neat to see all those fish!
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
Sure is!
@jameskramer56148 ай бұрын
Do a video of hard bead and soft bead drifting down the river and see what kind of fish will hit it
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
Good idea!👍
@donaldlinville42428 ай бұрын
Noticed your comment about how buoyant the bead was...but you also didn't have a hook tied on. Do you think a hook would change how the bead floats?
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
Yeah I think so. Though in the later portions of the video there was a hook. Now to be fair, I was trying to keep the camera up off the bottom a bit so as not to abuse it too much.
@donyagura69718 ай бұрын
Going to make a concerted effort next summer in Alaska to try and land a salmon on them. Any color preferences or recommendations?
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
I switched from eggs to Beads on the Togiak about 5-6 years ago for kings and have never looked back. They don’t swallow them and I think they fish as well or better than eggs for some reason. I like the BnR Sweet Pink Cherry 25mm
@brianjohnston42077 ай бұрын
Ever try running the bead directly on the hook like a spawn sac instead of pegging it above? I see guys online claiming they lose fewer fish.
@fishwithjd7 ай бұрын
I have but I fish beads differently than most in that I use a much smaller hook and thus lose very few fish. But because of that small hook I need to peg it so the hook still has some “bite” to it.
@brianjohnston42077 ай бұрын
@fishwithjd I'm just getting into the beads and I was planning on float fishing them and decided on running size 4 hooks. There's guys running 1/0 with this setup but I think th 4's are less intimidating in low clear water. I know with the large beads I'll have to peg them above the hook but I was thinking about just running the smaller beads on the hook.
@fishwithjd6 ай бұрын
@@brianjohnston4207 Yeah a 4 might just work on the hook in that situation. Let me know how it goes!
@brianjohnston42078 ай бұрын
This past October i had a large whitefish hit a 20mm bead under a float. It was a larger whitefish than I would normally encounter but not much bigger than an average stocker rainbow and i was just shocked to see that fish try to eat such a large bead.
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s a big bead for a fish with a notoriously small mouth. I guess that just shows the effectiveness of em.
@n.e.o.f54178 ай бұрын
What zise of bead and what color of bead do you recommend for each one of steelhead and chinook and coho?
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
Well it depends on water clarity but I like 16-20 mm Sweet Pink Cherry from BnR Tackle for steelies and 20-25mm for coho (same color)
@n.e.o.f54178 ай бұрын
@fishwithjd awesome thank you. And what about chinook?
@fishwithjd8 ай бұрын
@@n.e.o.f5417 I like 25mm mostly
@n.e.o.f54178 ай бұрын
@@fishwithjd sweet cheery pink color as well for chinook?