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Herring anyone?
Sundance:
We only fish them for bait, but on a good day we can catch 2-3 gallons in a 20 minutes. I've never worried about exceeding the 10lbs per person per day, what we catch on a good day lasts us months for the bait supply.
metlhead:
As a kid we would dip net them off the marina docks in west Oly. Winter time? Not sure if one can still do it. Easy to get a year supply
Angry Perch:
--- Quote from: Sundance on April 07, 2025, 09:42:34 AM ---We only fish them for bait, but on a good day we can catch 2-3 gallons in a 20 minutes. I've never worried about exceeding the 10lbs per person per day, what we catch on a good day lasts us months for the bait supply.
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Any details to get me started? I usually keep Sabiki rigged up and give it ago when I mark a lot of bait, but no success as of yet. I'm in MA6 out of Sequim if that matters.
Feathernfurr:
Pretty interesting stuff. Never thought to fish for them. Just remember my grandmother salt brining them and then frying them up for breakfast. No way it was healthy but man was it good.
Sundance:
--- Quote from: Angry Perch on April 07, 2025, 10:38:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sundance on April 07, 2025, 09:42:34 AM ---We only fish them for bait, but on a good day we can catch 2-3 gallons in a 20 minutes. I've never worried about exceeding the 10lbs per person per day, what we catch on a good day lasts us months for the bait supply.
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Any details to get me started? I usually keep Sabiki rigged up and give it ago when I mark a lot of bait, but no success as of yet. I'm in MA6 out of Sequim if that matters.
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I have Sabiki rigs I bought off amazon, #6 hooks. I put a 4-6oz ball on the bottom and look for bait that's 20-40' deep from the bottom up, usually on the same shelfs where I salmon fish. I try to hold the boat over the top of the bait and drop down to the bottom, then reel up a few cranks. I then just hold the rod still and you feel them hitting. After 15-30 seconds reel up at a consistent pace then raise the whole thing into the boat, it's about 5' tall with the hooks and weight. When we get on a big ball at slack tide i have both kids set up and I can barely keep up with removing herring to get them back in the water, we've loaded up small buckets doing this.
This is usually done once we limit on our target catch and are just going for bonus bait. At home I pack a dozen in a vacuum bag and seal it up and in the freezer, $20 worth of Sabiki rigs has caught me hundreds of dollars of bait if I'd bought it from the store. I sort the bait by size when I'm freezing, we fish whole brined herring for salmon, lings, rocks, and buts. I know you can catch them all with lures, spoons and plastics, but the kids like catching the bait and I enjoy fishing natural bait.
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