Kayak Mooching for COHO Salmon at Point Jefferson (Jeff Head)

Awesome day on the water! I really wanted to make one more trip out to Point Jefferson this year to try mooching in the bait-thick water. It took me about 30 minutes to locate a herring aggregation, drop down a spinning herring, and reel in a decent Coho. Quick bonk and I headed over to a shelf that I thought could hold halibut. It did not...
I tried a different camera angle and I think I captured the excitement of Mooching a lot better this time!
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[@bens3795]

Thanks for sharing. I'm always looking for halibut holes that aren't on the east side sound.

[@narwhaladventures]

Awesome! Let me know what you find! I’m brand new to it but trying everywhere that fits the profile.

[@akungsakienachanel328]

Solo fishing god bos qu thanks 🙏🙏💪💪 from Indonesian

[@narwhaladventures]

Thank you! What fish do you target in Indonesia?

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

I like the flag you have in your net! Any worries of it tangling with your line?

[@narwhaladventures]

Good question! I make a point of having it on the right hand side because I generally net right handed. So, the flag usually sticks out of the water just a bit when I’m netting.
So it has not been a problem yet. So far I do recommend it. Just don’t make it stick up too too much. I also spray painted the net orange for extra visibility using plasti dip.

[@narwhaladventures]

It’s held on with gorilla tape and zip ties.

[@boyang1998]

Very nice video and thanks for showing mooching method, especially avoiding line tangles. Did you kayak from Shilshole to Jeff’s Head and back?

[@narwhaladventures]

Thanks!!! Ya, Shilshole is my most convenient launch site and I love kayaking big water. It takes me about 45 minutes to get there from Shilshole, which is a lot faster than swinging south to the Bainbridge ferry and driving up.

[@boyang1998]

I fish near Shilshole quite a bit on my Kayak and attempted one time for Jeff’s Head but got scared away with Whales and shipping traffic. The furthest I got was a mid point.

[@narwhaladventures]

Very fair. I take a ton of precautions and carefully monitor the weather when I head over there. I also can call for a ride if I get stuck on the other side due to weather.

[@jarinjones3729]

Okuma cold water reel?

[@narwhaladventures]

You got it! The 153d. 30lb braid and that’s all you need for salmon.

[@sandytoothpasteeso4287]

So you use the same rod for mooching as you do for trolling? And which is it?