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« on: August 05, 2015, 01:39:59 PM »
I’ve been using these since I saw them in video by Dr T-Hoke many years ago.  They are a must for hoochie fishing.  I couldn’t find the Dr’s video but here’s a good one:

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Re: Herring strips –
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2015, 03:58:55 PM »
Old trick, since way before scents became popular.

Definitely seems to improve bite ratio on hoochies, in my experience better than scents.
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Re: Herring strips –
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2015, 04:19:10 PM »
Old trick, since way before scents became popular.

Definitely seems to improve bite ratio on hoochies, in my experience better than scents.
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Re: Herring strips –
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2015, 05:04:49 PM »
Yes, I use herring on all my hootchies, but I like his rock salt container to cut and store them beforehand.  I normally just cut one at a time on the boat, but this would be faster and keep them from getting mushy. 

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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2015, 08:24:11 AM »
We have used them for many years too. We were just at Neah Bay and we could tell that the herring was gone if we hadn't had a bite on a certain pole for a while. I don't know why they work so good but just putting scent on a hoochie doesn't work nearly as good. At buoy 10 we always used the tail from a fresh anchovy but at Neah Bay there is no fresh bait for sale so we made up a concentrated salt bath and put a tray of frozen herring in overnight. We even used just the head after we used all the best pieces first. Even just heads worked well.
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