Mooching vs trolling tackle

[richardarvizu]

excuse my ignorance, I am new to salmon fishing. Last year I went to Ketchican AK and fished for Cohos trolling. My buddy rigged up a cut herring to a small metal flasher followed by a banana weight. I tried to look up this set up online but could not find the diagram. We were trolling and did not have a downrigger. Is it common to troll with a flasher and a bananna sinker when you do not have a downrigger? If I took off the flasher that resembled the standard mooching set up.

Thank you for the input
Rich

 

[Dogbreath]

quote: Is it common to troll with a flasher and a bananna sinker when you do not have a downrigger?

Yes that's fine if fish are right on top as is the case with much Coho fishing.

 

[Cuba Libre]

Might want to try just the cutplug and weight without the flasher. Deadly!

20ft Alumaweld Intruder

 

[Satisfaction]

Or try a weighted diver (Pink Lady or Deep Six) instead of the flasher... try a hoochie instead of a herring now and then.

Satisfaction: 23' Aluminum Thunderjet with Ford 460 salmon fishing the Columbia River

 

[marbledmurrelet]

Originally posted by Cuba Libre

Might want to try just the cutplug and weight without the flasher. Deadly!


Head off guts out...DELICIOUS!

 

[Hoochiebob]

I'll throw a line out the back with a banana weight, 6" metal dodger and teaser if I need a third line to get down a little deeper.Can usually get about thirty feet down on an 8 oz weight,currents permitting.
Never hurts to have one line up top though

Hooch