For those not familiar with the term, Hoochies are more or less a hollow plastic skirt that can be threaded on a leader, rear hook of a lure or on a jig head. You can pair them with another lure such as a spinner to create a two part attraction or fish them as an addition to live bait to get the best of both worlds.

“Hoochie,” we are told, smacks of the derogatory. “You can’t represent feminism with such an anti-woman name.” Anti-woman? Hoochie, or more fully, hoochie mama: a young woman; especially one who is promiscuous or who dresses or behaves in a sexually provocative or overtly seductive manner.

noun. a female with low morals and/or a female who dresses in gaudy, tight clothing. Look at her walking around in that dress two sizes too small for her. She is such a hoochie mama.

“Hootchie” or “hutchie” is the slang term for the Australian Army’s Shelter, Individual – NSN 8465-66-013-5032. The hootchie is a sheet of 70D nylon or PU-coated cotton with various press snaps and webbing tape loops attached around the outside which allow it to be used in a variety of configurations such as –

sexually promiscuous young woman

Popular Kokanee baits are Pink Maggots (real or synthetic), dyed-cured shrimp, and dyed-cured White Shoepeg Corn. Do not put too much bait on the hook as it will take away from the lure’s action. Once piece of corn or 2 small maggots on each hook is adequate.

For a fly or hoochie I use 40 to 44-inches of leader from where it ties onto the flasher to the tail hook. On a spoon, because it has action of its own, I use a lighter leader – from 22 to 25-pound breaking strength. When fishing for coho I’ll use approximately 36-inches of leader and, for chinook, about 48-inches.

These fishermen will often tie the flasher directly to the downrigger weight on an extra cord and then hook a downrigger release and their fishing line up the cable four or five feet. The flasher then acts as an attractor and does not interfere with landing a salmon.

A downrigger is a device used while fishing using the trolling method, which places a lure at the desired depth. A clip, also known as a “release,” attaches a fishing line to the cannonball weight. The bait or lure is attached to the release.

The 360 flashers used in trolling rigs (think the Pro Troll + Super Bait Rig) are incredible for throwing out flash, but they have loads of drag when fishing. Issue with Flasher Fishing: You have so much load on your line that. the fish can easily get slack and spit the hook.

Change to a smaller hook if you consistently lose worms to fish. Many bait-stealing species have small mouths, so a large hook allows them to nibble away. Change to a narrower, lighter line if you consistently lose worms to fish without feeling a tug on the line or seeing any movement on the line or bobber.

But a team of Swedish researchers has uncovered evidence that worms do indeed feel pain, and that worms have developed a chemical system similar to that of human beings to protect themselves from it.

Natural Scent and Action Worms bring a natural smell to your fishing presentation, which is always a plus. They can also survive for a few hours in and out of the water, allowing them to wiggle and entice fish for a good length of time.

Well, worms do live in the ocean, but generally people don’t use worms to fish in the ocean anyways, but they will use clams and other things as bait. The idea of fishing is to mimic natural prey. In rivers and lakes worms and other fish (like minnows) and bugs are primary food sources for fish.

All the same, dead worms do work for fishing. Indeed, fish that really enjoy stinky foods, such as bullhead and catfish, would enjoy a heaping of dead worms, but the problem of durability discussed above is going to make it hard to keep the worm on the hook long enough for them to bite.