What does mooching in fishing mean?

“Mooching,” (not to be confused with smooching), is a style of fishing developed by the viagra that works Japanese in Seattle’s Elliott Bay in the 1920’s. In essence, the purpose of mooching is to get the bait (a cut plug herring) down to the salmon, using a natural presentation.

What is a mooching reel used for?

Greg, as you alluded mooching reels are used on the western coast (mostly) for salmon. It is a very large arbor reel that has a direct drive to allow an angler to pick up a lot of line in one crank, much more line then say a spinning reel or bait-casting reel, thus why they use these sorts of reels.

What does trolling mean in fishing?

trolling, method of fishing in which a lure or a bait is pulled behind a boat at varying speeds and depths according to the nature, habitat, and size of the fish being sought.

What is the difference between mooching and jigging?

Moochers can use brightly colored sinkers and larger baits, while jiggers can go with bigger, gaudier jigs, but none of these offer the far-ranging visibility of a big, reflective Pro-troll flasher or a shiny, twirling Kone Zone that any troller can tie a couple feet up the line.

How do you use a mooching rig?

To the uninitiated, mooching looks like a no brainer. All you do is hook a plug-cut herring to a set of tandem hooks on a 7 or 8-foot leader. Tie the leader to a mooching sinker of four to eight ounces; drop it all in the water and fish it until a salmon rings your bell.

Is a mooching reel a Centerpin?

centre pins have a sort clutch that engages and disengages the drag, when disengaged the spool will ‘free spool’. mooching reels generally lack that but you can turn the drag all the way down and disengage the clicker to get something close to a free spool action.

What is a good mooching rod?

A good mooching rod is one that is soft at the tip. In rod blank terms, it’s known as slow action. A slow action rod that’s suited for mooching should be at least 10 feet long.

Is trolling really fishing?

Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water. Trolling is used both for recreational and commercial fishing whereas trawling is used mainly for commercial fishing. Trolling from a moving boat involves moving quite slowly through the water.

Can you use a mooching rod for trolling?

When fish are deep, in schools, feeding on baitfish and you are fishing from a party boat, mooching may be the best way to go. If you are spooked by barbless circle hooks and not certain which method to use, lean toward trolling. If fishing with light tackle is important, mooch or fish off downriggers.

How do I mooch?

What is mooching in salmon fishing?

Salmon fishing in the ocean comes in two forms– trolling and mooching. Trolling involves downriggers or planers that will take a trolled herring or flasher or drone spoon down 150 feet or more. Mooching is a much slower, and some say calmer method of fishing.

What is a mooching weight for baits?

Baits, whether trolled or drifted need to be at least 100 feet deep. With that kind of depth, a mooching weight is necessary to carry the bait down. Most anglers use a “banana” weight, streamlined and bottom heavy and usually capable of sliding up and down the line.

How much line do you need for a mooching reel?

Reels and Rods Reels need to hold at least 300 yards of line. Remember, you are fishing with the twenty-pound test line or less, and a fifty-pound salmon will spool you in a hurry if your reel can’t hold that much line. In general, mooching reels are conventional reels, although a number of anglers will use spinning tackle.

What is mooching on the west coast?

Ron Brooks is an award-winning writer who has written thousands of articles about fishing and published two books. Mooching on the west coast is what east coast anglers call drift fishing. With some subtle but important differences, mooching is just that–drift fishing.