sammyslabber
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I wonder if dodgers (instead of flashers) would work better trolling at a slower speed?
hmm a slow wagging Pal with a pink ribbon on its tail...
I wonder if dodgers (instead of flashers) would work better trolling at a slower speed?
How long of leader should the dummy flasher be on?
Should it be in line with the flasher and hootchie above It?
How long of leader should the dummy flasher be on? Should it be in line with the flasher and hootchie above It?
Sockeye are a schooling agressive fish. My $0.02? Get out there and troll west 3-90 feet in 300+ feet of water, and work the rods as hard as you can until the sun comes up, then go home. My experience is time of day is more important then gear, any flasher with just about anything works, a red hoochie, 18 or so inches of leader (I usually don't check), and a heavy leader at that so you can winch 'em over the side quick and get back down fishing. Then when the sun comes up and the socks slow down, drag your Chinook gear around, last big run there were all kinds of Springs running out there with the socks. They are far from hard to catch, once you hit them you will know it!
4 tangled fish flopping around on deck. Let the chaos begin!
Lol. Yup can't wait for. The fun and games are about to begin. May 1 opening with 4 per day retention.that's what makes the chaos so fun lol
Made a downpayment on my first house doing that very thing!we used to use around 25-35 hotspot flashers per line , x 6 lines.
we would run until we found fish on sounder , chuck out the gear on em , tack west or against the flow of migration ,
we would see the school building under us , but had to get em to start biting.... our trick was cut wheel hard over port and hard over starboard , give it a little shot of throttle and then set it back to a nice normal speed , then all hell would usually break lose.
dont pull them , let them run up and down and load up on all gear , then wail away and fill the coolers
sport fishing i use six mini hotspots or flaten out old abe and als as dummies, lest drag , with 20 lb round ball.
put a couple rods with hotspots on top of the bling. usually a number 5 super sharp hook and a swivelled dark red hootchie... pick out every second or third strand and make sure hook has lots of swing and movement for action. This seems to work very well for us.