Man! It sure is funny how people ALWAYS respond to what they THINK you said... instead of what you REALLY said.

I wasn't being a smartass... NOR was I saying that mooching doesn't work.

Wha I said was: On a typical day... with the amount of salmon we have left in south Puget Sound... if you're NOT catching fish trolling effectively... droppin' a herring down isn't gonna magically fill your limit.

If the fish are there... you have an equal chance with either technique. Trolling however is a MUCH better searching technique.

Lofty made it sound like since he wasn't having much luck trolling... that reading Herzog's article and mooching instead would catch him more fish... and I hate to say... but that just ain't the case.

Your opinions I'M SURE will vary however...