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Spot lock in the salt?

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CP:
Anyone fish this way?  I'm thinking just lock into a spot and jig or cast spoons.  Should work great for pinks and for coho if you can find the right spot.

O. Nerka:
Man I was wishing for this fishing jigs last weekend for kings.  I had the spot figured but the wind or tides made it a bit of a fight.

Stein:
It would be interesting to know if bait and coho stay in the same spot or move with the current.  My bet is the latter as I have tried unsuccessfully to find the school by going back to the same spot but have had some success following it down current.

For chinook, it may more of a thing as structure is involved and they may be ducking out of the current and holding more than coho wandering around in 500' of water.

I'm trying to avoid going down the sidescan hole, I have talked with a few guys that have success seeing schools to the right or left and being able to drive over them.

All that said, if the forecast is correct it won't matter much.

CP:
Well, I fell down the spot-lock hole, the Bow mount motor thread turned out to be pretty expensive.

I used the autopilot feature on my one and only outing for kings and I did use spot lock for picking up the crab pots.  It’s like having another deck hand onboard, pretty awesome.

Just trying to figure out how to put it to good use.

ASHQUACK:
I use mine all the time. That noted I am fishing a spot/spots that I know fish ball up and actively feed.  I've fished these spots for years and years. I'll jig pinks and Chinook using the spot lock. Especially since I can move pretty silently back over the fish if they move.

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