Sabiki Rigs for Fishing Herring and Bait Fish

Sabiki Rigs for Fishing Herring and Bait Fish The Sabiki setup is a essentially a monofilament line with multiple tiny fly hooks attached. Each of the small hooks are equally separated down the line by roughly 8″. The flies don’t need to be baited or...

Best Salmon Lures for Trolling – No Bananas for the W

Best Salmon Lures for Trolling – No Bananas for the W I love trolling spoon for salmon here in the Pacific Northwest. I love to experiment with different colors and patterns, depths, speeds, scent, etc. In this article I’m outlining my most effective spoon...

River Spinning Reel & Rod Combo for Trout & Salmon

River Spinning Reel & Rod Combo This article outlines a new spinning combo I’ve been using to target salmon, steelhead and larger trout (or any mid-larger fish) in my local rivers. I got this setup because I wanted something specific for tossing spoons and...

Trolling Spoons for Chinook Salmon

Trolling Spoons for Chinook Salmon I found a hot bite getting into 4 Chinook Salmon in about 45 minutes fishing off Nanoose Bay and the Strait of Georgia. I’m creating this journal to note the details of the tide, lunar timing and the gear I fished that morning....

Trolling Salmon Spoons, Hoochies, Colors and Leader Lengths

Trolling Salmon Spoons, Hoochies, Colors and Leader Lengths This article details foundational information when it comes to trolling for Salmon with Spoons and Hoochies. I’ll cover gear for trolling in shallower gear (< 50 feet) and deeper gear (> 50 feet),...

How to catch Lingcod via habitat and gear

How to Catch Lingcod via Habitat and Gear In this article I’ll outline my favorite ways to catch Lingcod. These toothy predator fish are highly aggressive and come in a variety of different patterns and colors. And when you do hook them, they put up a pretty...