Your best "go to" hoochie

[searun]

Wow, some great pics. Too many Hoochies, so little time. Here's another go to I use...

 

[plunk]

anyone have luck using a hootchie with a jughead for action and fishing with a dummy (off the cannonball) flasher? Like others the geen glow splatter back with a green or gold super betty flasher has been effective for me but i love the clean fight you get without an inline flasher. I'd love to find a combo that works as well but without the drag of a flasher. I've considered rigging break away flashers and have limited (unsuccessful) time fishing jug heads but would love some advice. Cheers!

I'm pretty rookie but I caught a few Coho off Sooke in the fall with just that setup. Worked great for me. We had a spoon on the other side of the boat but they kept taking the Jughead hoochie (white with a glow stripe). If you're around Victoria Capital Iron is blowing out Jughead rigs.... they're like a buck or two right now.

 

[CR Bill]

Army Truck with Green Okie flasher - 42 inch tail is almost always on one side unless I’m dragging Plugs.

 

[Aquaholic]

anyone have luck using a hootchie with a jughead for action and fishing with a dummy (off the cannonball) flasher? Like others the geen glow splatter back with a green or gold super betty flasher has been effective for me but i love the clean fight you get without an inline flasher. I'd love to find a combo that works as well but without the drag of a flasher. I've considered rigging break away flashers and have limited (unsuccessful) time fishing jug heads but would love some advice. Cheers!

From Gibbs product page, maybe give the inline recommendation a try if you want fish fight only:

"If you choose to fish this hoochie behind a rotating flasher we recommend using 6 feet of leader line to get the best action on the lure. 4 feet is recommended when using an inline flasher".

 

[Aquaholic]

This hoochie worked really well when I rigged it. Cuttlefish with oversize beads, now a swollen cuttlefish. I call it the Perfect Morning. (swollen...cuddle...fish)

 

[seahorse]

This glow white with a bit of purple has been deadly for some reason with us from Port Hardy, Nootka and the inside from Campbell River to French creek, just charge the UV glow in the sun first

 

[IronNoggin]

One other thing I will add is that we found hoochies with inserts (mother of pearl etc) will generally outfish those without.

Cheers

 

[Steplift]

Does anyone take a flashlight and charge the selection of hoochies that glow to see what ones glow the best? Or am I the only one I’ve noticed drastic differences doing this with identical skirts.

 

[Aquaholic]

yo

Does anyone take a flashlight and charge the selection of hoochies that glow to see what ones glow the best? Or am I the only one I’ve noticed drastic differences doing this with identical skirts.

You mean from the same package?

 

[TomicTime]

The Tofino “ Turd “…..

 

[Mako 22]

I try them all.

But the "Go To" is:

Like CR Bill, 42 inches is the number.

 

[TomicTime]

ya man ! 42” of pre stretched Nylon ( Perlon ) Triple Fish….

 

[searun]

I'd say from the looks of the hoochie hurt locker that you have an addiction....lol

 

[Steplift]

yo

You mean from the same package?

I take all of the packages of the particular hook skirt or whatever I’m looking for take them off the hook. Then lay them all out beside each other give them an equal amount of time in the light. I then cover them with my jacket and peek in more often than not a one or two will out glow the rest by a fair margin.

 

[CR Bill]

I should have added that Purple Haze and Jack Smith both receive “Honorable Mention”!

 

[Ryan A]

This one has worked great for me out of French Creek the last few years, it has a bit of Herring Aid vibe, added the tinsel skirt.

 

[Tsquared]

I try them all.

But the "Go To" is:

Like CR Bill, 42 inches is the number.

Can’t beat the army truck!

 

[BigBird007]

For as long as I can remember the glow white has always been my go to. If I had one lure to fish the entire island this would be it.

Blue one is my go to Coho killer!

 

[searun]

This one has worked great for me out of French Creek the last few years, it has a bit of Herring Aid vibe, added the tinsel skirt.

Thats a killer for sure.

 

[RiverBoy]

Thats a killer for sure.

no it’s not. nothing to see here