i went out last weekend and didnt get a single fish. i tryed buzz bombs, spinners, spoons and bait. i was surprised to see that many fish but no one catching any. i saw three boats come in with fish and asked what they got then with and they said a big buzz bomb with a razor sharp treble. the people who caught fish were all snagging. i saw a sherrif on shore watching all the snaggers and didnt do anything about it, that pisses me off. does anyone have any advice on what the fish are hitting on? thanks.

Fished West Point last weekend and caught one 10# that hit a blue pirate hotshot. Also had another fish (presumably big) slam a Mag Wort an hour earlier and snap off a 20# leader. Both lures were fished behind a small deep diver six so they were in the top 30 feet of water. Had some smaller fish hit a hootchie behind a hotspot flasher. If I go out this weekend, I'm going to start with plugs.
JMS

sullie 13 ,,, I too have seen this, The best i can tell you is to do what little fish said,,PLUGS,, and troll fast... my gps says 2.7mpr and my fish finder says 1.7mpr anyway im trolling twice as fast as anybody and im also catching fish????? you will feel stupid but try it...went out last night and banged a fish the first 1/2 hr,,in between ten or so boats....

what plugs size and color would u recomend.

been hittn fish mostly with a pink wiggle wart and pee wee wart,, flame orange too.

thanx for your advice. i will try to get out there this weekend. see u out there. good luck.

You guys are trolling Wiggle Warts in the salt and getting fish? I have always wondered if that would work.

Easy,
Yes. I was rigging up the usual hotspot flasher with hootchie while my buddy put a mag wart out. I looked at him kind of funny, but didn't say anything. Turns out he had the winning ticket for the bigger fish we boated.
JMS

Nice! I will have to remember that for next year.

how would you rig the mag wart without a downrigger? would you put them behind leador a diver or by themselfs?

I have been placing mine behind a diver. I do not have a downrigger yet

Busy, same with me , have u caught fish with that set up?

Yes, although all shakers. At least they were fish. Even used it on Lake Washington trolling for Silvers and guess what I caught! A perch. Yep, had the size 1/0 trebble in its wide open mouth!

Might try for some chum that way though.

It looks like the Chum are starting to take over in 8-2. I got what I thought was a silver to the boat and it turned out to be a chum after closer inspection, no spots... Did get one silver, about 7 lbs, same size as the chum.

We c&rd two chums at Shipwreck Saturday. Both were at least 15 pounds. Measured one it was 32 inches. Kept 6 nice Coho, biggest was 10 lbs.

6 silvers? Great job, Deckhand!

I have some friends coming in from Chicago next weekend and need to catch a few. Were you using anything out of the ordinary or was it hootchies, spoons and herring? How deep was the water where you were catching them?

Thanks in advance!

We used the usual green glow flasher/ green & white hootchie with herring strips. 70-90 feet down. All caught 2 hrs either side of the morning tide change. I may try to get out there again. Good luck.