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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: CP on August 05, 2015, 01:39:59 PM

Title: Herring strips –
Post by: CP 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:
Title: Re: Herring strips –
Post by: Bullkllr 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.
Title: Re: Herring strips –
Post by: trophyhunt on August 05, 2015, 04:19:10 PM: Quote from: Bullkllr 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.
:yeah:
Title: Re: Herring strips –
Post by: WAcoueshunter 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.
Title: Re: Herring strips –
Post by: L-ofalab 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.