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Flasher Tips:

Here are some general guidelines for trolling with a flasher:

120 feet or less - UV, Glow or Silver can be used
120 feet or deeper - UV only, Glow or Silver cannot be seen in the light spectrum at this depth. Some even say to switch to UV at around 100 feet

Distance from flasher to lure, depending on size of flasher:
Blackmouth(young Chinook) - 24″-32″
Kings(adult Chinook) - 36″-42″
Silvers(Coho) - 18″-24″

We carry both sizes of Hot Spot’s Glow, UV and Silver flashers in all the hottest colors, come check’em out today!

Try attaching your flasher directly to your downrigger ball instead of your line; you’ll fight the fish, not the flasher.

Casting for Dollys off the Beach:

Use either a Krocodile spoon or a glow squid, preferably with a green hook, on 22" of leader from your spin sinker. Catch and release only.

OR

Chunk of herring on a 2/0 hook with a 1/2 oz spin sinker. Cast and slow retrieve along the bottom.

*When beach casting, be mindful of how fast your lure sinks so you can adjust the weight to aviod snags. Plus, the faster it sinks, the less effective the lure will be.

Casting for Silvers off the Beach:

Use a Buzz Bomb(size 2, 2 1/2 or 3) w/ no sinker, a blue/silver Blue Fox Vibrax Spinner w/ 1oz spin sinker or a Dick Nite 50/50 w/ 1oz spin sinker. Buzz bombs and Vibrax should be pumped between cranks to create intended action. Dick Nite is a slow retrieval, close to bottom but not dragging.

Or

Chunk of herring on 24" of leader from a 1oz - 1 1/2oz spink sinker with a 2" float above the sinker.

*When beach casting, be mindful of how fast your lure sinks so you can adjust the weight to aviod snags. Plus, the faster it sinks, the less effective the lure will be.

Trolling for Pacific Halibut:

Fish from 90 - 120 ft.

Put a strip of fresh Seoul or Herring on a hootchie with 3ft leader off an 11" flasher. Use lots of Smelly Jelly on the hootchie and bait.

Casting for Pinks or Silvers(river)

Trolling for Blackmouth(young Chinook)

Trolling for Kings(adult Chinook)

Trolling for Silvers(Coho)

Trolling for Pinks

Casting for Sturgeon

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