The first 40+ # King and big silvers had huge sardines in them this year at Westport. Out of PSA SnoKing we had the first 40# and its stomach was HUGE. It had fish in its belly bigger than anything you can buy. A 14" Sardine was in it along with a ton of other fish. This gave me the idea to switch from herring oil to sardine oil. We trolled the black label, purple label herring, and huge sardines. We used a flasher. To use bait this big you really have to extend the leader length. Usually 9'-11' would let the bait spin and the flasher work. Anything much shorter fought against itself. We sued the biggest spoons available. My son's 43# swallowed a Silver Horde heavy gauge Canadian 6 1/2. This spoon is haevy enough that it needs a minimum of 6' of leader between the flasher and spoon. A heavy spoon or huge bait will kill the action. Make sure and troll with it up towards the top of the water so you can see it before you assume it is working and let it down. We trolled hole herring and anchovies.