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[lucky]

 Well I know that time in not upon us yet but I have been thinking of ideas to help in catching the elusive cap coho this year. Last summer I fished the mouth of the cap dozens of times, always saw hundreds of fish jumping, schooling, being chased by seals, even had a few brush by me and smack me with their tails, but I didnt land one fish there all summer Saw the odd fish taken everytime there, but all in all was pretty slow, most of the fish seemed to be taken by the flyfishers. Now this winter I jigged a bunch of herring and froze them, and I was wondering if fishing a cut plug under a float may work there?? I thought if a guy was to cast it far out and slowly bring it back in, the the herring only a couple of feet deep this might work? Anyone have any ideas on this?

[Gooey]

under a float...I don't think so.  Its the roll of the bait that makes cut plugging so effective so you would continually need to be casting and retrieving.   I think casting the cut plug would destroy the bait in no time.  How ever if you get a les davis teaser head then maybe that would help keep the bait together longer.

I lived in cowichan bay and I saw many of the old timers down at the docks casting cut strips (basically store bought herring fillets) in a green les davis teaser head with maybe a 2-3 oz banana weight.  that may work.

Where did you jig your herring any how??

[lucky]

jigged herring off the dock at Cates park while crabbing, not alot but we would get 5 or 6 every time out. I lived in maple bay, and did some great chinook fishing in front of cow bay. also some decent cod fishing

[Sterling C]

You might want to try a colorado under a float. Just chuck it out there and reel it in as slow as possible.

[Chrome Mykiss]

As a fisherman you have to be open to new strategies   Gooey, hate to contradict you, but fishing whole herring (small "firecracker" size) under dink floats in estuaries has been a revolutionary technique down in the state of Washington . This technique is very effective at targetting cohos and even chums that are staging at a river estuary. I think its effective because its such a slow presentation, giving these lazy salmon plenty of time to snack on the bait It's kinda like fishing interior rainbows with micro-leeches under indicators.

[Spudcote]

I've hooked (not landed) a couple of coho there in the past. I think we got our on buzz bombs (green/pearl or green/cream or something like that). Everyone around us was fishing spoons and weren't getting into anything. So don't be afraid to mix it up a bit, you may be presently rewarded.

[kellya]

I agree with spudcote i have had the most luck casting zingers and buzzbombs. Its easyer with a light setup 6-10 pound test and a spinnning reel. Use smaller sizes 2 & 2.5 inch models in green and pearl. If they are in the river itself i find nothing beats blue foxes!

[BIG T]

i used buzz bomb and spinner,no problem catching them...like you say,be patience.i knew a friend of mine already caught a few blueback at the beachside.

[Gooey]

Blue Backs???  I havent heard that term since I lived on the island...whats your location BigT?  I havent heard of any blue backs that can be accessed around the lower mainland   

They're a great fishery, I remember up in Kelsey Bay (Seyward area), that if you found a school, it didnt matter what you threw at them...they were so aggressive and soooo plentiful.  We would walk the rocky points and look for the jumping fish, it was a blast!

MyKiss, were those small herring live?  I can't dead bait on the drift in the ocean being that appealing to a salmon...but who knows, I hav never tried it!

[Fish Assassin]

Gooey, for some reason fishermen around here refer to the small cohos returning to the Cap as "bluebacks". Actually they are not "bluebacks" but mature salmon.

[Gooey]

I havent heard the term blueback used anywhere on the mainland...but indeed the cap coho are sized very similiarly to what we called blueback.  I guess we just dont have the right type of water to hold those juveniles close to their home rivers.