8 Ft:

I tend to have better luck on the fresh herring if you're willing to hunt for it. My best producer has been the dummy flasher off of the downrigger ball and seperate clip 8 feet up the cable for my solo cut plug herring with a 12' distance from the cable. I troll a little faster probably around 2.6 - 3.0 m.p.h. Fish the top early in the morning and then drop down deep (80 - 110') when the sun hits the water. I try to stay in water that is around 130 - 150' deep.

A guy also may be pleasantly surprised how well just a 4 oz. bannana lead and a mooching leader with a plug cut herring trolled early in the morning up high can produce a fat chinook.

Hang in there, give it time and they will come.

Good luck!

Bobber Down

"Keep your Hooks sharp!"
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"It makes no sense to regulate salmon habitat on land while allowing thousands of yards of gill nets to be stretched across salmon habitat in the water"

John Carlson, Gubernatorial Contender, Sept. 2000 speech at the Ballard Locks