Originally Posted By: stonefish

The blackmouth were so plentiful back then that we used to catch them off of shore and docks if it was too rough to take the boat out.
We'd use a Herring strip with no weight other then a swivel and a single hook. Cast it out and leave the bail open and wait for the line to take off.
SF


In junior high and high school we would spend our Saturdays on the Fox Island dock and do that exact thing... when we got tired of casting off the dock we would walk the beach catching coho's on spoons...

Damn there were a lot of fish around then...