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demco99

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Re:Sockeye in the Chuck
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2004, 12:41:02 AM »
Would T10 be a good place to start? Last year there was tons of baots, when i was out on Monday wewere the only ones???
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Re:Sockeye in the Chuck
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2004, 09:19:16 AM »


The fish move around and you have to find the school.  That being said, the Sandheads is always a good place to start.  BTW take it easy in that area as the depth changes RAPIDLY due to some pretty big sand bars.
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Re:Sockeye in the Chuck
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2004, 10:39:31 AM »
I used to troll the sokeye a lot and I have commericial trolling experience too.

#1 is small
#2 color - pink, red or orange all produced well for us
#3 speed - slow, slow, slow.

I have hit fish for 50-180 feet and we spent most of our time at the QA marker.

On top of that, the dummy flasher is a great plan when down rigger fishing.  Sockeye are a schooling fish, the will follow a pack of flashers so have as many in the water as possible and try to make sure you always have some down there so you dont loose the pack once you get a hook up.

GREAT TIP...if theres a commercial troll boat, they will have a ton of lures down there.  we used to always cut behind them and nab some of the school trailing their gear!
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