FN0147-Recreational Salmon - Chinook - Strait of Juan de Fuca - Portions of Areas 19 and 20 - Management Measures - March 1, 2026

[wildmanyeah]

This whole thread reminds me of the steelheader blog where they said they were gonna fish with no hook attached to there line, that they just wanted to be out on the water.

I get the rational but I’m sure bait bans ect are not far behind.

 

[Squire]

I'll get a lot of disagreement with this statement but I find the opposite to be true. A fish knows when it's got a flasher attached and swims away MUCH stronger. Way bigger and multiple runs. When I fish naked herring or plugs, often times the fish doesn't even know it's hooked and I'm finding they come straight up to the boat without much fight at all.

I believe it just comes down to every fish being different. I can say I’ve thought about whether it was easier to pull the flasher backward the way a fish has taken off on me with apparent ease but in general I find the fish fights harder on a plug. Again this is likely just because the fish doesn’t have the extra drag and I’m connected directly to it.