Brian Reiber
Well-Known Member
Looking for some help from any of you who have experience jigging their own herring. I went to French Creek yesterday as I had heard of some recent successes jigging for herring off the breakwater. Unfortunately it was slow and I only caught one. That was actually pretty good as most got none. However, everyone I spoke to said that it was pretty hot the day before. So I did some digging through the fisheries notices and there have been test sets indicating 5000 ton off Porlier a couple of days ago. Porlier is fairly close to us so if I wanted to go try again today it is 6 and 1/2 dozen whether I drive to French Creek or launch the boat and run out to Porlier. My question to you who have fished herring before is just how easy would it be to isolate the beaches that the herring have chosen to spawn on? Obviously looking for seal, sea lion, and bird activity is a good starting point but there are a lot of bays on Valdez and Galiano. I'm just wondering if it would be an expensive hunt for a needle in a haystack vs going back to French Creek which has a confirmed spawn this year.
Thanks for any tips and before anyone states the obvious.........yes I know that it would be cheaper to go buy my own herring for bait. That isn't the point. I may end up buying my bait but for now it is fun, I have time on my hands, and I find the whole process of learning new things quite enjoyable.
Cheers,
Brian
Thanks for any tips and before anyone states the obvious.........yes I know that it would be cheaper to go buy my own herring for bait. That isn't the point. I may end up buying my bait but for now it is fun, I have time on my hands, and I find the whole process of learning new things quite enjoyable.
Cheers,
Brian