I did it this summer of the Jetty at Ilwaco, and it was pretty productive.

I used the big styrofoam floats, sliders, with about six to eight feet between the bobber stop and the weight, which was a two ounce bananna sinker. Next came a five foot double hook mooching leader.

I used whole anchovies. I would have preferred cut plug herring, but anchovies were all i could find, and they were frozen and small. Plug cutting them would have made baits that were very small and not likely to stay on the hook very well.

I put the front hook through the head, in at the bottom and out through the top. The second hook was pushed all the way through the bait about two-thirds of the way back and the hook allowed to dangle free about even with the tail.

The current was very strong, right to left, with about six foot swells. I'd cast straight out and as it got about 45 degrees below me, I'd feed it line slowly, slower than the current. It was kind of like back bouncing without touching the bottom. Due to the heavy current and swells, no fish were caught on the retrieve.

When fish hit it, it went down hard! Lots of silvers to be caught there this summer, that's for sure. Even caught a few rockfish, some flounder, and a lingcod, in spite of being quite a bit up off the bottom.

It's certainly not river fishing, but it's pretty darn close.

Fish on...

Todd.

P.S. Spray some WD-40 on your bait, too.