The key is if the hatchery is letting out coho smolt. Thats what the cutts target. So if you fish out in front of the creek you want to have a lure that is coho color. I have had more luck near the surface than down deep even when they show of the finder near the bottom. They hit real soft. So if you have a rigger set up for them clip the line real light. Dead slow troll also you will even pick up perch trolling.