Have been fishing the Porlier and north Galiano area the last week with fairly good success for springs 10-18 but finding a LOT of shakers on my usual stuff (hoochies and/or spoons behind a flasher). Dug through my old gear and switched over to some vintage 5-6"tomic plugs to avoid the littles and have not looked back... They seem to be fishing as well as my hoochies and spoons for springs and get only the very occasional shaker or undersized fish. Set 'em and forget 'em till they get hammered and the pin pops. And it's a whole lot more fun to play without the flasher as every fish seems to rocket to the surface and put on a show. I'm a convert...