We have a Chinook bubble fishery over here in Bremerton due ta small hatchery run.My way of fishing them is to go out a good hour before daylight and prowl a local drop off with the fish finder.Those kings will herd up the bait at night into the shallows.You can usually hear it,a mad house of feeding before the glory run up the creek, before the electronics tells you any thing.I string my noodle rod with spectra and cast cut plugs with little to no wieght.Ever catch a mature feeding chinook in 15 feet of water!They can't dive and sulk which is what instinct tells them to do!They go absolutely BESERK!They love to get up on top and tail walk!
Chums are a good second but it is getting reel hard to find a place where you can play one with out causing grief with the fellow snaggers around you.
I think this bass sh... is a crock. Watch the pros with a six foot rod 20 lb test and 7 to 1 ratio reel surf there TROPHY bass in and flip them into the boat.And they are out of breath the whole time!