I have been casting cut plug's for years.I don't use a bobber,instead I cast it into the tide flows and let the tidal current spin the bait.This tecnique is deadly for all salmon and cutthroat.I catch blackmouth in the winter 20 feet off shore,early in the morning.I'll drift in my boat 60 feet off shore and cast small cut plugs right at the shore then just drift with the tide realing reel slow.Deadly for huge cutts.I don't do it anymore now that the state is catch and release,too high a mortality.I started using it in my favorite king river and will probably never catch a bigger king.I have probably caught a dozen down river brights fishing springers in the spring.It is just plumb deadly.It is tricky to do though.Took a couple of years to perfect.