Victoria-to-Sooke, what size herring to use? use

[Alexievich]

Greetings,

Now that I'm FINALLY found the time to make my first pitiful showing at the Gorge bridge to grab some herring, I've got to ask the size question.

It seems that the herring I've caught (... all three of them, ha ha) are larger than I would use for Salmon; 8-9" long. Should I plug cut the bigger ones? What sizes would typically be used whole?

Or does the old addage apply: "bigger bait = bigger fish"?

I realize that Hali's like 'em big but I'm not equiped to target them so i'm looking strictly for Chinook.

Cheers,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

 

[totally tyee]

Sorry to burst your bubble Alex but the bait of choice in those waters are anchovies.
Gorge herring are normally Huge!! xxl, perfect Hali bait!!

 

[totally tyee]

Sorry to burst your bubble Alex but the bait of choice in those waters are anchovies.
Gorge herring are normally Huge!! xxl, perfect Hali bait!!

 

[yo mama]

Ya I find it's about 1 out of 50 of the gorge herring are small enough to have great success on.

 

[yo mama]

Ya I find it's about 1 out of 50 of the gorge herring are small enough to have great success on.

 

[Alexievich]

Thanks TT,

I thought they seemed HUGE.

They almost remind me of the trout my mainland bretheren spend their afternoons trying to catch at Sasamat lake!!!

... so, where do catch chovies!! (I guess I'm just naturally a cheap ******* so I don't like to buy my bait)

just curious,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

 

[Alexievich]

Thanks TT,

I thought they seemed HUGE.

They almost remind me of the trout my mainland bretheren spend their afternoons trying to catch at Sasamat lake!!!

... so, where do catch chovies!! (I guess I'm just naturally a cheap ******* so I don't like to buy my bait)

just curious,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

 

[Tailspin]

I have caught numerous columbia spings in june on whole large herring crammed into a standard teaserhead no flasher. They roll very nice if you mess around a bit. Use a trailing hook setup.

 

[Tailspin]

I have caught numerous columbia spings in june on whole large herring crammed into a standard teaserhead no flasher. They roll very nice if you mess around a bit. Use a trailing hook setup.

 

[totally tyee]

Maddog
Those springs caught at that time of year off sooke are not Columbians, it is a myth that they are headed to the Columbia river.
I have also caught many springs with herring, but Anchovy is the bait of choice in that area
TT

 

[totally tyee]

Maddog
Those springs caught at that time of year off sooke are not Columbians, it is a myth that they are headed to the Columbia river.
I have also caught many springs with herring, but Anchovy is the bait of choice in that area
TT

 

[Tailspin]

Oh! Maybe they were just oversized coho?

 

[Tailspin]

Oh! Maybe they were just oversized coho?

 

[totally tyee]

what I am trying to say is that the fish that pass through the sooke waters are not heading to the Columbia river, that is just a myth. They are heading up the Fraser and some of its tributaries.

 

[totally tyee]

what I am trying to say is that the fish that pass through the sooke waters are not heading to the Columbia river, that is just a myth. They are heading up the Fraser and some of its tributaries.

 

[Fins -n- Skins]

I always have a large herring ready to go at Sooke! No flasher with a big ugly row. That's the thing everybody is rolling chovs, and you find a slab wants a bigger meal.

 

[Fins -n- Skins]

I always have a large herring ready to go at Sooke! No flasher with a big ugly row. That's the thing everybody is rolling chovs, and you find a slab wants a bigger meal.

 

[Alexievich]

maddog, Fins -n- skins,

Thinking about it again, I will grab some more for the reasons you've mentioned. It makes sense to offer something a little bigger, not totally different, but a little bigger.

... if a slab sees a million 5" bait fish and one 9" beauty in a death spiral, which one do you think they'll go after?

Thanks for the feed back guys,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

 

[Alexievich]

maddog, Fins -n- skins,

Thinking about it again, I will grab some more for the reasons you've mentioned. It makes sense to offer something a little bigger, not totally different, but a little bigger.

... if a slab sees a million 5" bait fish and one 9" beauty in a death spiral, which one do you think they'll go after?

Thanks for the feed back guys,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

 

[Tailspin]

How are we going to spead rumours T.T, LOL! I guess columbia just sound better than Fraser bilge water springs. Thanks for the info.