[yellowfin]

Fishunter,
Having only caught one at Macs I am not an expert. But at Macs rocks apparently waiting 4-10s for the lure to get down, using a heavy enough lure for the tide, winding slow enough to keep the lure on the bottom where the salmon are, using braid to improve your feel so you can strike before the salmon spits out the lure and a decent graphite salmon rod with plenty of feel can improve your strike rate.
Good luck with the deer.