Richmond Beach report ... slow

Took a chartered day to learn MOOTCHING. It was slow, but I learned a lot and caught this King right off Zee's backyard in 160 ft of water at about 60 ft down.

P.S. Mootching is pretty straightforward.

Right on Matt. Nice fish!! So we fishing tomorrow or what??

Z

P.S. Mootching is pretty straightforward.

Care to elaborate?   

P.S. Mootching is pretty straightforward.

Care to elaborate?   

I ditto the question.  I have seen mooching described in many ways, from simply trolling without a flasher/dodger to drifting and bouncing a jig off the bottom.  What is the definitive NWKA definition of mooching?

Hit the water yesterday afternoon at 4:30PM, just before the afternoon high tide at 5:17.

FF marked a lot of fish, deep, mid, and shallow.  Trolled with a chartreuse 6oz banana weight and a 5" UV hoochie at various depths/speeds in 50-300ft - no dodger as it made it difficult to get significant depth.  For about 30 minutes after launching got a lot of bumps on the hoochie, but no takers.  "Saw" a lot of fish at 100' and 160'.  Now I am wondering two things, could the bumps have been on the chartreuse banana, and if I am tying my hoochies correctly?  Using 4' 14lb fluoro, bead jammed into the head, and a single snelled 4/0 hook just at the rear, but still inside the skirt.  Perhaps I need to move the hook closer to the head and use a trailer an inch behind the skirt?  Hook size was based on that used on Coho Killers.

Hootchies without flashers have very little action to them.  I'd suggest trolling a spoon instead, if you are going flasherless.

I like to use double hook setups with hootchies.  Hook size should be fine.  If it looks too big, it probably is.  If it looks too small, it probably is.  But 3/0's or 4/0's are generally good for most things fished for salmon.

-Allen

Hootchies without flashers have very little action to them.  I'd suggest trolling a spoon instead, if you are going flasherless.

I like to use double hook setups with hootchies.  Hook size should be fine.  If it looks too big, it probably is.  If it looks too small, it probably is.  But 3/0's or 4/0's are generally good for most things fished for salmon.

DOH!  Of course.  Spoons provide their own action, hoochies just turn into a dart.  Thanks.