Anchor Point Derby May 16 Report & Vid

Over two days I ran two rigs ... both got strikes.

Day 1 (no keepers):  I had 24" leaders with two hook 5/0 hoochie rigs, with the two skirts about 4" apart, only one with green herring on it.   For most of the day I had these rigged behind a planer, not a weiight, but i found the depth was challenging to control with the strong currents at mid-tide and switched to weights.  Result:  Three take-downs, of which one on-and-gone, another lost within a minute, and the last was lost after a couple good runs. 

Day 2 (Four strikes two fish to the Kayak, kept the 16# fish):  I had switched up to 6/0 hooks with green herring, with spacing less - about 2.5 to 3", both hooks rigged through a cut herring.  If you havent cut herring to spin, have the Kardinal show you, or just experiminet a bit with diagonal cuts beginning just behind the head/gill cartillage.  Cut diagonal from the back, just slightly toward the tail.   Drag it right next to the yak and see if it spins well.   My hook placements were:  One hook at front of the herring near the cut, second 3/4 of the way down the herring and pushed through from the opposite side.   

Some people like the longer spacing and leave one bare hook to trail behind the herring an inch or so... Not sure that I notice a difference, but I must have started the opposing hook rigging fishing silvers and never stopped.  (maybe 'cause it works for me?)

Lots of videos out there on the herring cut, heres one, but if you search on youtube you'll find dozens.    

I had no banana sinkers over 4 oz, so used that, and fished in the top 10' of the water.  Video shows weight on dropper - I fish that way for Halibut, with the dropper a light weight line to break easy, but fished banana sinkers in line with my flasher on day 2.

Good luck !

I don't use helmets.  I rig it up like the video below.  Works great with just the heads too if you cut plug.  The heads turn the hook into a spinner. 

The first insertion point shoukld be as close to the tip of the snout with the mouth closed.  This one got a little further back into the eye.  If you run it a while, it will start tearing the head up.  If I am short of bait, I'll cut plkug it and put it back.  I like whole baits, I just think they imitate real fish better.

AKRider, do you have your flasher directly attached to the banana weight's bead chain swivel?  I'm still exploring leader set ups, just wondering why you went that route?

AKStumpy - On a tip from Kardinal 84 I just do that ( attach direct to bead chain) with the low drag triangle flashers.   The rectangular bladed ones DO need a 20" or more leader to get bigger smoother action.   With the triangle flasher - Shorter total rig length = easier netting at the yak-side.  Have got great strikes on both, though I have to admit to a slight preference today for the shorter rig.