Larry3215
5/9/2015 7:12:00 PMIf you were anchoring, did you try a chum bag? That seems to be a what the guys do when they anchor. You might check out Johns Sporting goods website for details on how he does it. The short version is tey drop a chum bag down using a downrigger and weight after they anchor. I forget the mix they use.
I always drift so I cover more ground. Ive also had more luck further out in the straight, but they do catch some good ones in that area.
I always drift so I cover more ground. Ive also had more luck further out in the straight, but they do catch some good ones in that area.
fishindude
5/9/2015 7:21:00 PMThanks Larry, we did have a makeshift chum bucket out with herring, squid, and salmon bellies. Trial and error, more time on the water I suppose. Hopefully next time and i will try drifting. I assume you would just drift the same setup (large canon ball bouncing bottom, halibut spreader bar, and herring with a squid skirt)?
Larry3215
5/9/2015 8:32:00 PMI try to use the minimum weight that will keep me on the bottom, but thats the basic technique. Fishing deep takes a lot of weight though when the tide is running. Ive caught them on large plastic grub jigs, plastic squid jigs - with and without large herring or frozen octopus or squid. Ive heard some guys like salmon bellies too. I caught a 25# one time using a pipe jig up close to shore in about 25 feet of water while trying for lings, but most of the time its been much deeper.
BentRod
5/10/2015 8:23:00 AMFrom the reports the odds were stacked against you yesterday. We fished fro 8.5 hours drifting herring and salmon bellies. Had a few bites, but no fish. Tough day for the halibut fishermen. The weather was awesome though! Good luck on the next go around.