First thing I found is that the rigged up herring is a lot bigger than the equivalent plug-cut would have been. I wish I had brought something smaller than red label.

The one I tried was the "Rotary Salmon Killer." It imparted a real nice motion to the herring, but I have to wonder about the hook arrangement. The instructions said to just let the hook dangle out the back. What I found was that after trolling for a couple minutes, the hook ended up looped around the tail of the herring, which made a good hookup pretty unlikely. I had at least one strong release from the downrigger without a hookup.

Regards.

Mike
Woodinville