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A few years ago I was having beers with an old charter captain. He said that after 20 some years of keeping notes from his 5 boats, the numbers came out almost exactly even for with or without flasher.
He came to the conclusion that dragging a good spinning herring behind a downrigger ball or banana sinker caught just as many fish as using a flasher in front of his bait.

That's interesting. I don't doubt it though. I've caught some pretty nice fish on some pretty boring presentations. If all I ran was bait I wouldn't need 6 saltwater tackle boxes and Tupperware bins full of extra gear nor would I have helped send several kids to college while feeding my sickness. 😁

Flashers on a gill net are counter intuitive....

My Custom Double D 11" protroll flasher has been on fire past couple weeks

so jealous of you guys fishing in shorts and t shirts. Nice fish too,

It's weird seeing nice bright fish with no sea lice.

Nice fish George.

Love that logo!

Twitty hound!

I was at dinner with my wife last night (without the kids for once) and was telling her about how I'm always impressed by the kindness and generosity of so many of the "regulars" on here. How that if a guy has a youngster in mind that is interested in fishing or hunting a thread about it will find that youngster outfitted completely with nothing asked in return. I've been in on the giving part plenty of times because of my gear whoreing nature but not on the receiving part, mostly because I don't want for things, I have been blessed in that way. A generous gentleman by the name of M. Stevenson offered to send me some flashers and various other salmon tackle and wanted nothing in return. I am always impressed by the genuine kindness from folks here. I can't wait to try out this new gear and look forward to returning the kindness when the fish gods smile upon me.

Thank you Mr. Stevenson for your gift and while I've never posted any pictures on here in all the years I've been here I have a good incentive to figure it out now and I'll hang some pictures in the future.

Awesome fish.

Send me one of those bad boys and I will run it

$27.00 for that flasher

Double D flasher today with meat rig off 500' Copper rod over 800' of line out when he stopped running and I couldn't move him over 40 minute fight 32 lb King

That's a nice one for sure . . .

That's a good fish George. The tides this last week were big swings and on the day of the eclipse a local fish farm (scourge that they are) was totaled by the tides and currents and dumped thousands of slimey, potentially diseased Atlantic salmon into the straits. The "farm" was up by Cypress island in the San Juans and the state is asking fishermen to catch all they can. No limit or restrictions on catching and keeping those invasive bastards, hopefully keeping them from getting to gravel. Between the Indians, the state and the fish farms some lucky angler will soon get the award for catching the last fish. Between pathetic management and the commies race to catch the last fish I long for the good ol'days.

Hell of a fish, for sure.

You fishing the LOC derby?

yes but my buddy I took out was not entered or I'd be in 4th place right now

In puget sound I always start the season with one white and one green.....it doesn't take long to see the green outperform the others...
This happins year in year out..there are times when white or blue will work on some days better ....but I prefer to fish without a flasher if possible...it's more fun to fight fish without the flasher drag....shhhhhhhhhTomic plugs...