Cut plugging remains the most difficult technique to master.

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In trebles it is not uncommon to use the 4 to 6 size range; in singles, the 1/0 to 3/0. The idea is to get the bait off the bottom or to where fish are found to be suspended. During the late winter months of February and March, areas where spawning herring gather to ripen become salmon magnets, drawing resident

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And with the two eyes, on the mouth and the back, which should I be using? Specific mooching gear should be assembled. Mooching for salmon combines the best natural lure - cut plug or whole anchovy or herring - with the best in boating: lazing around in your shorts on a sunny afternoon. Before I begin, a quick word on bait selection. . This is best run behind a dodger or flasher as the rig itself doesn’t have much action on its own.
salmon for miles around. Apr 10, 2020 - HOW TO RIG YOUR FISHING RODS. coast takes over; the glassy green cool sea filled with voracious chinook and coho; the arbutus draped like actresses in smoky movies. A drop shot rig is a popular fishing setup that includes a weighted leader that causes your bait to sink. It’s kinda goofy-looking in the water but you get a nice combination of flash, smell and color that sometimes is the hot ticket. A time of high excitement and adrenaline for the fisher, in this brief period, the salmon, usually a chinook or Simply take a fillet of baitfish and add it to a Hootchie rig.

And at the business end, mooching is a sport for bait: whole herring or anchovy, either dead or alive, cut plug herring or anchovy or herring strip. .

2 Great Herring Rigs for Ocean Salmon Fishing. Weaving  slowly on opposite 45 degree angles, back and forth, helps the bait appear more, When fishing the Tube N' Worm rig in water 8'- 20', it is recommended to attach a T-Man Quick Change. Live bait struggles vainly to escape, sending off vibrations recognized by a salmon's lateral line and internal ear or otoliths as wounded prey. A tackle box-size jar also keeps bait fresh for up to three weeks in the fridge. And then, barely perceptible, the rod tip lifts up. Second, the leading hook inserts through the meaty side of the cut plug in an upward direction.
Well, that’s a subject worthy of a book and I could literally go on for days, but here are a couple of my favorites. The quiet of the B.C.

Mooching is the only fishing technique that reaches its peak in slow motion. Tied to the weight, 6 feet of 15- to 20- pound leader descends to the bait rig. Because mooching affords the salmon a good long look at the bait, subterfuge proves necessary.