Thanks for all the replies. A few more questions for you all:

What were you using? I saw everything from mooching, trolling herring, down riggers with flashers, hoochies, herring, coyote spoons, plugs, and everything in between.

Next question - how far apart do you tie your hooks on your leaders?

Ok, one last question for those cut plug folks. Do you leave the trailing hook out or in the herring? Why?

Ok, really my last question. For those that caught your nooks down deep (100+'), how do you know that you didn't catch a resident blackmouth? I saw a few deep fish that looked suspicisously like a Bmouth to me. These nooks had the really dark black back and look of a Bmouth.

Just curious.