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Rigging, How to and Gear Guide
Rigging, How to and Gear Guide
Salmon Rigging: Buzz Bomb, Hoochie & Single Octopus Hook
This simple Buzz Bomb rigging method has been used on Puget Sound beaches for generations, with an easy to tie setup and additional action from the plastic hoochie skirt. Casting Buzz Bombs is a great way to catch Coho and Pink Salmon from the beaches of Puget Sound. If you are looking for a great fishing experience, plan a trip to any of Puget Sound's many beaches during the salmon season. This setup is an easy one to tie with minimal components, one of the reasons I like to recommend the Buzz Bomb and hoochie setup is the active motion that the plastic skirt provides as it's jigged up-and-down in the water column. Rigging the Buzz Bomb, Hoochie & Single Octopus Hook Setup Buzz Bomb Gear List Gamakatsu Octopus Hook Fluorescent Pink, snelled to the leader Beau Mac 4mm Bead for the hoochie to rest on P-Line Sunrise Squid 1.5" or Yamashita Micro Squid Buzz Bomb P-Line CX Premium 12 to 20 pound mainline We put this post together as a basic guide on how to rig a Buzz Bomb with a Gamakatsu Big River Bait Hook and Hoochie including all the tackle needed to do it right. If you want to view our full selection of Saltwater Salmon rods, reels and gear, please check out our Salmon Page. Buzz Bombs The go-to beach fishing lure for salmon. If you're fishing the Puget Sound region, you've got to grab a few of these for your next trip! SHOP NOW
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Salmon Rigging: Dick Nite River Drift Fishing Setup
How to Setup a Dick Nite Drift Fishing Rig Drift fishing with a Dick Nite Spoon is a top producing setup on several local rivers for Coho and Pink Salmon. This is a staple technique on many of our best salmon rivers, like the Skagit River, Skykomish River, Snohomish River and Green River. It will undoubtedly work well in many situations elsewhere too! The trick is to cast straight across or slightly upriver of your position, allow yourself to feel the sinker tap bottom, and slowly retrieve line so your setup crawls downriver and across the bottom. If you do it right, the Dick Nite will give the perfect flutter that causes Coho and Pink Salmon to snap at it. It's a perfect technique when more traditional lures and techniques are too much for wary salmon. Dick Nite Drift Rig Gear List We have all the gear you need to rig this setup correctly. You can click on each link below to get to the product page. Also, check out our Freshwater Salmon Page for all of our river fishing tackle! Dick Nite Spoon P-Line CFX Fluorocarbon Leader Strength: 8 to 12 pound, Length: 30" to 60" Rolling Barrel Swivels Size 10 to 7. One is sliding on mainline, one ties together mainline and leader. Round Plastic Bead 4mm Maxima Ultragreen Leader 8 to 10 pound as an 8" to 12" dropper Cannonball Sinker 3/8 to 1 ounces depending on river current and depth P-Line CX Premium Hi Vis Line 10 to 15 pound
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Cut Plug Herring Setup - Salmon Mooching & Trolling
Our rigging guide for cut plug herring and salmon fishing. This setup has been catching salmon for generations, use it for drift mooching, motor mooching or flat-line trolling off your stern.
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Flasher & Hoochie Setup - Trolling for Chinook and Coho Salmon
The Flasher & Hoochie Setup is one of the most widely used and effective salmon trolling rigs on the West Coast. Here is our guide to rigging and fishing!
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Our Favorite Buzz Bomb Hook Options for Salmon Fishing
The Buzz Bomb is by far the most widely used salmon fishing lure on every beach in Puget Sound, I can't think of another lure that is as recognized and popular, here we share our favorite hook configurations for better hookups and that keep you legal in Washington State marine waters.
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