Heard the Herring were schooling up around FC so decided to give Nanaimo a go. Quite a few birds and no shortage of bait. Got tough to keep the jig below the boat with the huge afternoon ebb.
Hey Buckethead, how do you process your herring so there is minimal scale loss after brought onboard? Do you shock them with colder water or some sort of chemical to insta-kill them? When I dip net a herring ball they lose a ton of scales in my live well. Appreciate any tips you have.
Thx,
Barry
Thx Bucket, great thread topic.Hey Barry. I actually just wrote a thread looking for some of the same answers. If you take a look under the saltwater fishing section the thread is titled "Processing self caught Herring for quality Salmon bait". Not sure how to link the thread onto this post but it won't be hard to find, any questions let me know.
Cheers.
Finally, fish off Nanaimo. Lots of limit catches today. 100 to 140 down out in deeper water.
Last night 2 miles off fingers in 1000feet of water 165 feet down. 9.4 Lb White Sprin. Using Irish cream and purple flasher
Except for the hand at the tail pulling down on the fish............ J/K.Nice fish!
That would be a 9.25 lb spring though. No telling fish tales! Lol
Nice to finally see a few reports from the right side of the pondYep seems like lots of fish right now, got out sunday afternoon for 2 hours didn't go 5 minutes without a bite. Mixed bag of size handful in the 8-15 range lots of 20-24 inchers. The best part though, not a single Pollock.