GUIDE TIP: Watch for my guide tips throughout this article for tips on how to fish some of these lures better. I will change or use different salmon lures based on different river conditions and the activity levels of the Salmon and I will discuss which lures you should use. Some salmon lures meet these criteria easily and they are often the most effective. I and other river guides know that you want to use salmon lures that have flash, action, and have a good vibration or sound to them. There are 6 other lures that can also be great when salmon fishing. The 3 best salmon lures for rivers are the Kwikfish because of its enticing wobble, and the in-line spinner because of the sound and flash it makes, and the crankbait. This article is about the best salmon lures for rivers and the tactics river guides use to fish them. I know they are used in River Fishing in the Pacific NW.Fishing guides and anglers use salmon lures when fishing and guiding for salmon in rivers because lures are an effective way to catch salmon and because it’s exciting when the big aggressive salmon hits the lure. The flat fish my also be a good bait for drift boat fishing and back trolling where a slower presentation is required. Some things just were meant to run SLOOOOOWER. It may be that tweaking these plugs will not work. A lot of the NW anglers uses these flatfish with Herring and Sardines on them. If I can get these flatfish to perform our normal Salmon speeds, I think they will work as well as a J-Plug for Salmon. If the holes don't work, I can always plug them.

Even using the original attaching point, these holes should make them more speed tolerant. I thought I would put a bead chain swivel through the drilled hole with a split ring to keep it from pulling through then attach the line to the bead chain. I was thinking about trying to drill one or two holes down from the attaching point. This attaching point creates a very large bill, that will make it dive. What makes the Flatfish less speed tolerant is where the line attaches.

Flat fish by luhr jensen