On the Jig talk. How many of you have actually been there, watched and gotten out of the water and looked at where fish were hooked? How many of you have taken the time to talk in depth with a State Fish Biologist about it? How many of you have experienced the Jig being moved 5 feet in, just like a lot of us have experienced with eggs. How many of you have been between 2 people who catch lots of fish, the 3 jigs within a few feet of each other, they are hooking fish left and right and I don't feel a thing. My guess is not many.

If you think the amount of fish I've seen hooked in the mouth is luck or some other far fetched idea, then you should go get a lottery ticket. I'm sure the odds are better.

Also explain to me how you floss the fish when the jig is sitting in one place. And when you tell me it's because the fish move into it, tell me what you think that bite should feel like. To me that would have to be a YANK or a steady down-pull or something similar. Not the TAP-TAPS.

More than once I've had guys fishing eggs (who showed up saying no way) next to me, watch me get the TAP_TAP, set, and land a fish in the mouth and shake there heads.

Also for you uninformed who must stand on the bank and fish, the main channel is sand and you do not sink much. Every year early in the season I walk out as far as I can to see what has changed. I sure don't sink in mud. So the jig sinking in the mud is far fetched.

I had a lot of the same thoughts about it as a lot of you. Unlike a lot of you I tried to figure out how and why it seemed to work.

I also understand that there are people who set on anything or basicly have no clue of what a bite feels like. I can't control that. I can only tell you what I see, feel and hear.

There will always be fish that are flossed, foul-hooked etc. That is the nature of the Samish. Small area with lots of fish and people.

Of course a little smelly stuff always helps.