I've used them on a diver off shore down to around 75 ft. Worked on Coho. Don't see why they wouldn't work on a down rigger.

 

Same here, Those plugs are all we used this summer in ocean. Tuna in oil scented with strong garlic. Caught both Coho and Kings.

 

Brad's work anywhere. Have fun with them.

 

I use then on a DR from 30 to 200 ft down. I put herring in them, usually a slab of herring with a little of it sticking out of the Brad's. I usually don't use them beind a flasher, though sometimes behind a dodger if I want more flash. The Brad's have lots of action of their own. Use good swivels! The worst thing about Brad's is how much line twist you can get.
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Hey Ron, anything that spins. I put a ball bearing on

 

I've been using them for years on downriggers in lakes for Bull trout, lakers, kokanee, rainbows and browns. They work, Should work great.

 

Me, too. I've caught kokanee and mackinaw on them. Stuffed them with oil packed tuna and anise oil behind a sling blade.

 

A VIP line lock a Sweet Abby and a Brad's a deadly combination. Start about 24 in from the flasher to the brads.

 

You can also search some of the threads on targeting salmon in the mid/upper Columbia over on the main board, lots of folks use DRs and Brad's (either newer cut plugs or the original SuperBaits).

We (my brother's boat/program) mostly run the original SBs behind a flasher, using a relatively short (16-24") leader and approx 25-30' behind the DR clip.

 

We use them strictly for ocean salmon but we take off the treble and use a single hook, seems to work better for us.


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I usually pull straight bait but have run Brads a lot at times. I too run big river bend 5/0 or 6/0 singles. I put canned tuna, or an Anchovy filet with bloody Tuna oil inside the Brads.
If the bite is really happening and/or if there are a lot of undersize Salmon around I run the Brads, if it is a tough bite I run straight bait. I fish mostly alone and the big, big advantage of Brads is if you get a strike and no hookup your gear is still working. If I get a scratch bites and am not looking at my rod I am not fishing until I check my bait and replace.

 

I use them in the Ocean with down riggers all the time for Salmon I have done well for Chinook and Coho both. They have been used behind dodgers, triangle flashers and 360 flashers as well. Usually 36" behind a triangle flasher and 24" behind a dodger or 360. We have stuffed them with all sorts of chunks and scents.

Another question I would have is what color everyone likes the best, I personally like the SHAMROCK And PINK MAGIC.

 

I’ve got a few (hundreds) on a DR and Brads with tuna fish about 40” leader behind a Leo or Pro Troll flasher. About 15’ setback behind the ball and troll about 2 mph water speed or faster.

 

Thank you everyone for the advice and tips. I just got home so I'll digest all of this info later.

I think I understood most of it, but I'm not sure what a VIP line lock and a Sweet Abby are. Bloody Tuna oil? Being inland any tuna we get is already processed or is that slang for something else? Somebody's sitting there now getting a good chuckle at my expense, at least I hope someone is.

Thanks again everyone!

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I think I understood most of it, but I'm not sure what a VIP line lock and a Sweet Abby are.

If you're using a downrigger the line lock is unnecessary. It's a slider device that works with swivels to eliminate line twist when using cannonball weights for depth.

Sweet Abby is a flasher color pattern.

 

There is a business called ProCure here on the west coast that produces lots of prepared bait scents. Bloody Tuna is one of those. ProCure produces a myriad of different scents. Google them.

 

Thank you, I've bought ProCure products years ago for roe when I used to steelhead. Don't get many chances for that style of fishing these days.

 

For Chinook, I've always had my best luck with watermelon color, on both a brads and Apex for Coho its always been crome for my most consistent bite, I never run a flasher on them i find they have plenty of movement and when I'm fighting a fish I want as little as possible between me and the fish

 

The thing with salmon is they'll hit most anything if fished properly. The downside to this is buying more tackle, more tackle and more tackle. It all works. I'm a flavored hoochie guy when using artificials and there's several ways of rigging them just like everything else.

 

Rig them up just like you would anything else you fish off a downrigger. They're literally a bait (meat) imitation so if you troll herring (or alewives), you can do the exact same thing with a Brad's cut plug.

Don't over think it! They're nothing more than a lure. Spoon, fly, Brad's, "meat", etc.. Fish them the same way.

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