Originally Posted By: stam
Too many resident experts here....

The bigger trick is to be able to fish with anything at any time with anyone, anywhere and still catch your fish. There's no right or wrong.....only favorite, laying down the law of right and wrong is for argumentative satisfaction, not fishing success.

I just spent a couple of days mooching with boxed up eagle claw slip tied hooks that were too big, on too heavy of line for the herring we had, guess what....


...we made them work.

no problem.



I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to mooching, just about any herring, any hook, any spin, and any presentation works. Just get it in front of a king, and he'll bite it if it's feeding. It is funny tho to hear guys argue or pretend like they have some sort of secret knowledge about rigging herring, hooks, etc. At the end of the day the guys who do the best when fishing is tough (anybody can catch limits when fishing is good) are the guys who know when to stay or move, based on the sign.