Herring strips –

[CP]

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:

[Bullkllr]

Old trick, since way before scents became popular.

Definitely seems to improve bite ratio on hoochies, in my experience better than scents.

[trophyhunt]

Old trick, since way before scents became popular.

Definitely seems to improve bite ratio on hoochies, in my experience better than scents.

[WAcoueshunter]

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. 

[L-ofalab]

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.