One problem I've had with searching for silvers in the salt with herring is dogfish. Even trolling with 2 ounces and going like a bat, the doggies will do a number on you. Last year I played with a Bomber Long A minnow trolled quickly with two ounces of lead. Worked great, except the silvers would just about swallow the thing. One thing I learned at Sekiu when I was a kid was to troll with one flasher out and then keep the other lighter, gear close to it. The flasher attracts the fish, and the light stuff often picks up the biters. Another gimmick that will work is to use a Luhr Jensen Jet Diver in silver or metallic red, but rigged to run on your line as a slider. Use whatever you like as a lure or bait. I've been using Diamond King Spoons, but Coyote spoons or even the Bomber should work well. The Diver is fairly light, gets down OK, and it provides some side-to-side action.

Be sure and hit the Dungeness Bay bubble fishery. That can be hot. Also, there are folks catching silvers off the beach on Ediz Hook casting Krocodiles and Buzz Bombs. Have fun.