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Fishing for Salmon with a Mooching Set-up and Cut Plug HerringĪll you need to mooch for salmon is a rod, reel, line, mooching sinker, two-hook leader and a couple dozen herring for bait.

Spot Tail Salmon Guides’ Captain Keith Robbins with a nice Chinook caught mooching. The battle is on! And no other salmon fishing technique rivals the the fight, enjoyment and fulfillment you will get from mooching. You hook up to a hefty Chinook and the only thing between you and that fish is a light mainline, a small sinker and two hooks. Finally, the tides bring that happy hour where the salmon start biting. The motor gets turned off and you drift in silence with the current, dropping and lifting your cut plug herring. When you finally stop, you look at the sonar and find a plume of herring schooling on the screen… bingo! Those big arcs surrounding it sure do look a lot like salmon. The tide chart looks perfect and you have just the spot in mind. You are more than ready for a day of salmon fishing. These are the mornings we live for as moochers.

The moment before sunrise has lit up the thin horizon with a brilliant pink light at your stern. It is an early summer morning and you are cruising across the Sound, on your way to the fishing grounds. Cruising across the water, with the promise of the new day and a new opportunity to catch salmon mooching!

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