Anchovies or Herring

[Gray Wolf]

Which work best? In Canada anchovies are all you find and in USA herring is all you find. Are we fishing with whats available or does one work better than the other? Gray Wolf.

 

[Charlie]

quote:Originally posted by Gray Wolf

Which work best? In Canada anchovies are all you find and in USA herring is all you find. Are we fishing with whats available or does one work better than the other? Gray Wolf.

Depends on where you are fishing?
I prefer anchovies even down here! Also, I would head for South Bank off Uki!

Have fun!

 

[Island Fish Lifter]

alot of people use herring here in Canada. I think its a matter of personal preferance. I use mostly anchovys, therefore I have more experience with them. Im sure If i used herring more, I would catch the same amount of fish. I actually perfer the freshest bait... whatever that may be at the time.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Thanks Charlie! But I'm not familiar with Uki?

 

[Charlie]

quote:Originally posted by Gray Wolf

Thanks Charlie! But I'm not familiar with Uki?

Sorry... Uki is slang for Ucluelet. You can launch at Island West Marina. They will tell you where the fish are at and what they are using!

You could also try Port Renfrew Marina? Make sure you buy your lic from the marina, so you can keep a hali!

 

[Haze]

I use both and fairly frequently. Like the fish lifter said it’s mostly preferance and as also mentioned freshness. I use anchovies mostly when I’m fishing deeper and herring most often cut plugged shallower, only because even brimed hearing cut plugs don’t last long before the rotation isn’t quite right and they have to be replaced. If you’re catching lots of fish this is no big deal but if it’s a slow day you can go through a lot of bait pretty quick.
Another great thing to do is to jig up your own herring and then brime those up. I find these work great as the scales fall off nice and easy when the bait gets tail kicked or nudged by a big spring. You get all sizes of bait this way too. As a bonus the smaller ones you can stuff in anchovie teaser heads and they work just fine.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Sounds like freshness, a good roll and holding up are more important than anchovie vs herring?

Thanks Chalie, Ucluelet I know....sorry I'm new at this forum stuff. have you heard of springs in up there? Have they gotten to Renfrew?

 

[Haze]

A good roll wins out every day. I've honestly stuck bait down that has been sitting in salt for days...stuff that looks like wrinkled shoe leather. But if you get it in a really tight roll it can still work, however nothing lays down a better sent trail or looks more appealing that a freshy!
If your headed to Renfew, I'd try salt briming up a pack of herring and anchovie and take half and half out with you leave the other half in the fridge for some other trip. If you get the brime right you can leave them in there for weeks no problem.
When you get out there if you can run 3 lines put down one whole hearing one anchovie and one squid (find out what colors are hot in that area). After awhile if there are still no hits on the whole herring try cut plugging some - you can even cut plug behind a flasher same as if you were running anything else.
Go get em wolf

 

[tortuga]

There's more flavour in an anchovie.
Pound for Pound the smelliest. (happy face here)

 

[searun]

Sardines are the best by a huge margin when and if you can get em. Failing sardines, then I go for choves.

 

[Charlie]

Here is the report from: Murphy Sportfishing
I don't think Dave would mind me posting his report?

Fishing Report...

Fishing has been very good when the weather is cooperating. Kevin has had some great days in the past couple of weeks and a few tough ones due to weather. Pictured on the left is our guide Shawn with a 35lb Chinook, taken just outside Ucluelet harbor last Tuesday. Halibut are around but getting there consistently has been tough with the weather. Crabbing has been excellent as it normally is in May.


Tight Lines!

 

[Gray Wolf]

Thank you Charlie, Thank you Haze!