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Trolling

When to fish:
1 hour before tide change to 1 hour after tide change

For blackmouth, fish the tide changes, and fish deep, right on the bottom.

For mature chinook, fish daybreak and dusk, and fish the tide changes.
First thing in the morning, start in the top 60ft of water, then drop deeper as the day gets lighter. In the evening, do the opposite.

Where to fish

How to fish
With downriggers:
Rig your downriggers as such-
Use cheap, round lead balls. 15lb balls on Scotty electrics
Put your release clip 3ft up from your lead ball

How to tie lures for trolling
For lures that have their own action, like spoons or plugs, you can tie them on light, (limp) line, like 25lb test, and they don't neccesarily need a flasher. If you do use a flasher, they can should be tied further away from the flasher, like 40 to 55" or so.

For lures that don't have their own action, like hootchies and bucktail flies, they need a flasher to impart action on them, so tie them on (relatively stiffer) 40 to 60lb mono, and tie them closer to the flasher, so the flasher whips them around.

How to tie a hootchie
Pictures
Twinkle head
Beads
Hooks - what sizes?
Pull off every 5th leg
Length of leader... include chart
Flies
B2 mini squids

Use Smelly Jelly
People have L-Serine in them, only bear and dog scents repel fish more than human scent.

Run plastic flashers 20ft back from downrigger wire, no less than 15ft back.

How to rig a spoon
40" of 20lb test leader
Glob of Smelly Jelly
Coho Killer - show increased bend, show split rig mod and explain why

How to rig plugs
Single 6/0 Siwash hook, barrel swivel

Explain Ace-in-the-hole

Speed
2.5 to 2.8 knots
Explain angle of downrigger wires