curing herring
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Betty Boop
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Where bouts are you finding Mrs. Stewart's bleuing? 
Steelhead S2
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Speaking of herring, anybody on here troll herring? Would be nice to have an effective free bait source.
Steelhead S2
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Ah, I meant troll with herring, as bait for salmon. Had the odd monster stick its lips to a spoon, but that was not what I meant.
Had the odd monster stick its lips to a spoon, but that was not what I meant.
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Betty Boop
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Ether I need glasses or am shoping in the wrong grocery store
Charlie
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http://www.mrsstewart.com/pdf/W2F/CAN-AB,BC,MT,SK.pdfquote:Originally posted by Betty Boop
Ether I need glasses or am shoping in the wrong grocery store
http://www.mrsstewart.com/index.htm
the fog ducker
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hookorbullet
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Great tips - tight lines to all.
hookorbullet
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How much Ms Blue are you using in your basic mixture?
Aces
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quote:Originally posted by Fishtofino
All the time. Blue and purple pack herring rocks for the big slabs. It produced the winner in 2 derbies here last year but i pay good money for the best product available
Also i just use a little rock salt - it has it's own scent cause it's a herring
J-GLOBAL
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Last year on the WCVI I was given a bucket of blue herring and anchovies by some American gents that were packing up to head home. The young guy that gave me the bucket'o'bluebait had blue hands
They hadn't had much luck, just a couple of fish over the few days with a couple of boats.
I'd been doing alright already, and just set the stuff aside.
When I ran out of my own (fresh, non-brined) anchovies, I figured I'd give the blue stuff a try.
First few I put out I caught... Sea Gulls!
I had to RACE to get the bait underwater each time. I couldn't believe it! As soon as I started stripping line, the Gulls were crashing on it!
Each bait lasted less than 5 minutes underwater. I was fishing in about 60 feet, at 20/40, and was bringing up everything that swims, unfortunately a whole wack of undersized. On both Anchovie and Herring, even with a few of the herring being monsters.
After that, I tried brining/bluing my own, but never got the same result.
I don't know what they were doing wrong, but I hope to run into them again this year!
Drag'n'Fly
22' Blue & White Starcraft Islander
They hadn't had much luck, just a couple of fish over the few days with a couple of boats.
I'd been doing alright already, and just set the stuff aside.
When I ran out of my own (fresh, non-brined) anchovies, I figured I'd give the blue stuff a try.
First few I put out I caught... Sea Gulls!
I had to RACE to get the bait underwater each time. I couldn't believe it! As soon as I started stripping line, the Gulls were crashing on it!
Each bait lasted less than 5 minutes underwater. I was fishing in about 60 feet, at 20/40, and was bringing up everything that swims, unfortunately a whole wack of undersized. On both Anchovie and Herring, even with a few of the herring being monsters.
After that, I tried brining/bluing my own, but never got the same result.
I don't know what they were doing wrong, but I hope to run into them again this year!
Drag'n'Fly
22' Blue & White Starcraft Islander
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HDBJR
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This sounds good but If you remove the guts and put the herring back in the brine for a day it shrinks the bellies and messes up the rotation of the bait. Leave the guts in until your ready for the hook.
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