Well.....you need a good flasher/fly combo (try captain valium protroll flasher with an atomic hypnotist fly), some j-plug patterns-some glow some silver. jointed Rapalas in Firetiger J13's, and some large-loud colored spoons.
I noticed an Okuma Convector in the background. I found the drags on the convectors to be too sticky- not smooth enough for no-stretch wire rigs IMO. You may want to consider upgrading to Tekotas with Christmas approaching lol.
YOU DON’T NEED FLUORO going to your flasher. You should be using at least 30lb mono to the flasher. The large swivel ring on flashers are too large to be tying 20 lb onto and expecting the knot to hold.
30 lb 1x7 strand stainless wire. There is plenty of nuance with using wire so it would be beneficial to jump on someone’s boat that is experienced using.
You have worthy rod holders already. Hopefully they are bolted (not scewed) in place with proper backing with stainless plating or large fender washers. You can catch a lot of fish with 1000’ of wire on a Tekota line counter with a 10’ ugly stick dipsy rod.
They are delicious and were quickly consumed. They need to be eaten fresh or spoil. Zip the lateral line out and trim off remaining dark meat. Egg white wash, and coat with a white cornmeal/Panko/salt/ pepper mix then fry. Dip in cocktail sauce.
Great morning today. Went to Cape May inlet early and was rewarded with a great dolphin show followed by great topwater action for stripers and bluefish. Kept a few blues to fry up.
It is one thing to have spawning fish, and it is quite another to produce viable fry. You need right temps, O2 levels, a lack of egg predators, the right timing on flushing etc etc. It really is the Salmon River and a few select rivers north.