Fireguy,

I'm just a novice like yourself, but it sounds like Little Fish is pretty knowledgable. Personally, I have been brining frozen herring at least the night before. Since I'm kinda lazy, I've just been saving the brown sugar/ kosher salt brine I use for smoking my fish in a big jar and tossing a few frozen herring in as I use them (And no, I don't reuse the brine for smoking!). I beleive there are actual herring brine recipes on this website if you do a search for them.

As far as the actual teaser, I've actually just been filleting the whole side of the herring off and putting it on both hooks and tying it on with elastic thread. I'm sure that getting 6 fillets out of 1 fish saves bait, but last Saturday we only went through 4 full herring to get 4 fish.

Also, I've heard its important to spread the tenacles out so they are on the outside of the teaser. We've been using 31 to 32 inches between the hoochie and the flasher also, but using green glow for both.

I'm sure others can give you a lot better advice, this is just whats been working for us.