Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
With all due respect, brood, I think the whole "whackin' the bait with their tail" is an old wife's tale.

Never hooked a troll-caught salmon in the tail with a hangback rig. Never seen it happen on the countless underwater vid's I've watched.


Someone post a vid that shows it, then maybe I can believe, too.


I've never caught one by the tail while trolling either. Fairly common though while mooching wink
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