Sorry to hear you did not put one in the box. The technique you were watching is an Alaska technique for flossing. Just another form of snagging, but you can talk yourself into telling the world it was a biter. The leader length helps drastically, does not matter if it is a corkie or dick nite. The Dick Nite is the talk of the town because it is a spoon and all the rock wall fishermen can claim big numbers and call themselves the "expert" Dick Niters. Just the thought of 15 boats in a 4 boat hole keeps me from even going down there even though I can almost see the hole from my house and have "fished" it for 30 years. I just hope we get enough water to push them up river and some peace in their last weeks.
I cannot imagine how many fish have been taken out of that hole without regard to the fish or the sport.
I have heard the fish cops have been watching that hole.