Gibbs high liner flasher

Last weekend (Thursday through Sunday) we fished homer everyday and had the best king fishing I have yet to encounter the whole stay. I thought this would be a good opportunity to try new gear and techniques I've wanted to try, I bought one of the Gibbs high liner flashers just to give a try since I have used the triangular style since day one. Obviously it had a ton more drag but still doable and it definitely seemed like it was getting a lot more attention, but after the third fish which was the nicest one of the day,I had it right to the boat and I literally watched the flasher break in half. I, not sure if it had gotten whacked with the downrigger ball or what but I don't think I'll be buying one again ........I absolutely HATE gear failure . All in all I believe the triangular style fits me better because of less drag anyhow ....just my two cents on my experience.... Definitely won't use one during the derby

Good report.  I am with you.  I like the action of the dodgers and larger flashers that swing side to side, but I only use them when I troll hoochies or flies to impart action.  The Triangual inline flashers that spin seem to do the trick and your gear gets down lower.  For me, when running spoons or bait, the question is more..."Are flashers really necessary?"

I think the help but I got tired of tangles eventually from having to turn and whatever from all the boats, And caught a few without a flasher  but hey if it doesn't hurt I'll leave it there ....the question to me is when there is a ton of boats laying down pressure maybe a rig without a flasher will con one into eating

Good report.  I am with you.  I like the action of the dodgers and larger flashers that swing side to side, but I only use them when I troll hoochies or flies to impart action.  The Triangual inline flashers that spin seem to do the trick and your gear gets down lower.  For me, when running spoons or bait, the question is more..."Are flashers really necessary?"

I've been meaning to ask you about the Swarm flashers you posted back in 2011. Did not see any feedback from you on them. I've only used them in lakes so far and did well with land locked salmon and a nice Charr. Any more input on your use of the Swarm, Rudy?

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Did you notice a rhyme or reason to the timing of your catching/strikes? I was down there Sunday for about 3 hours (8 - 11 a.m.) I caught two tiny halibut. No salmon. It was an incredibly nice morning.   (I also had an interesting failure of my downrigger.)

I'm planning on spending the weekend down there this week. Not sure if I'll make it down Friday night or Saturday morning. I'm planning on camping at the Mariner Camp ground. I think I can launch/land right there.

I haven't used the swarm much.  too much "stuff".  mainly because I haven't been using my downrigger.  Lately if anything, I'm leaning towards the "less gear approach".  next stop is to drop the flasher and see how it works against my son using a flasher. 

easyyakker, maybe we will see ya down there!!!

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Did you notice a rhyme or reason to the timing of your catching/strikes? I was down there Sunday for about 3 hours (8 - 11 a.m.) I caught two tiny halibut. No salmon. It was an incredibly nice morning.   (I also had an interesting failure of my downrigger.)

I'm planning on spending the weekend down there this week. Not sure if I'll make it down Friday night or Saturday morning. I'm planning on camping at the Mariner Camp ground. I think I can launch/land right there.

I feel like the bite really turned on around 10 o'clock, but the fish seemed deeper than the previous days before (40 to 80 ft). I think I hit my first fish around 9 and there was a gap between fish tell around 10, then I started noticing a lot of bait on the sonar and it stayed steady tell around 12:30. Then a gap and seemed like around 2 it got hot again.....the reason in my opinion the tide I really didn't see big bait balls like the days before until around 10:30 or 11. I did notice though the marks I was getting in the morning where just marks, but later in the day it turned into fish coming from 100 ft of water straight up to as high as 10 feet, and that's when you couldn't keep bait on the hook more than 10 minutes, with super aggressive strikes all the fish we kept were loaded with sand lances. I'm sure I will be down this weekend, hopefully the action is still hot, it's a great opportunity to learn and try new things.

Sounds great. I'm going to try get down there Friday night. (I'm hosting an afternoon BBQ for my staff in the afternoon so that might be an ambitious goal.? If I can get down Friday, that will give me three mornings to give it go. I'm just hoping I hit the times right. My dang knees start playing out after about 3 hours of trolling. (Getting old and fat sucks...although I'm not keen on the alternative.)

Hope to see you down there. Maybe I can learn something.