[Han Solo]

Don't overthink it. Anything with green on it. Some of my favorite cedar plugs are mostly chewed wood with a tiny bit of the remaining dorado colors, yellow, blue, green.

The first lures I bought for this fishery were from Fisherman marine when it was still on Columbia Blvd. Four seven strand clones in green/yellow, four inches (100 millimeter), seven foot of 200# mono, with a mustad double barbless stainless tuna hook. One of those rigs still swims in my spread today.

The other rig that works all the time is the leadhead (swimbait) with a scampi tail on it. Some of us only fish that and the guy I'm thinking of boated 56 fish about 10 days ago. I dont have to ask him what he fished with it never changes.

 

[Han Solo]

I'm still fishing 4" zuchinni clone feathers made by Sevenstrand. They don't make them anymore. Some are old enough to have vinyl that turned grey and have only a shred of orange feather left. They still fish. I would buy more if I could find them.

Go small on clones until the part of the year when you see jumpers and lots of surface bait and you will slay.

 

[Han Solo]

In my experience the busier you are whacking and stacking the less scientific you become. If you are not catching many then you start to analyze and over analyze. Tails slapping on the radio is known to greatly increase the scientific discussion on the boats that are not stacking.

Find the fish is the key. They are stupid easy to catch once you do find them. I worry a lot about where to fish. Not so much about what I am dragging. It always works. The millions of dollars in orbiting hardware is your friend. Use the satellites and land right on em most of the time. Listen to your mates out there and they will bring you in when the fish are found. They know you will do the same.