How to fish the annual herring spawn

[@Escapetosea]

Really good video.thanks👍🏻

[@JR-bw3tr]

Thanks Keith , I just dm'd your IG , and boom , I'm here 🤝🏼 This was perfect for a beginner like me

[@scottsmith3055]

In the early 60's my dad drove brother and I to a herring run in downtown Watertown, wadeing in 3' of rushing water catching enough herring (bare handed) to fill a 50lb grain sack within 2hrs

[@ejkim4813]

Thanks for all your effort to make this video and sharing your knowledge. 👍 Great information.

[@TheLostAnchovy]

I will probably do a seminar in January for the herring spawn. Teach castnet netting. Brining the bait and possibly pickling the fish. Stay tuned on thelostanchovy.com for details.

[@fishnbeer556]

great video!

[@jeremymorrell4682]

I tried fishing for herring with a few sabiki rigs last week. There were definitely herring in the area as the rocks along the shore were completely white with spawn, and the fishermen with cast nets were pulling up a fair amount. It seemed somewhat slow for some of the cast netters so maybe it was towards the end of the spawning event. But I was casting out for around 2 hours and not a single herring bit on the sabiki. I know there were some in the water as I was casting and reeling straight through where cast netters (on a boat) had been catching some just moments before. I talked with another guy who had been casting out earlier in the morning who said they weren't biting for him either. Do you know if there's any specific reason they wouldn't bite, or any technique that I could have improved?

[@angler7055]

Nice! Any stripers in the mix?

[@FishingSanFrancisco]

Awesome Video! I will be fishing pier 14 for them soon. Any other advise for this year's spawn? Whats the smallest sized cast net you can get away with?

[@fantasyFootballAdviceBros]

hi there, I'm trying to find the spawn this year but not having any luck. Where and when are the best places for netting these herring ??

[@michaeluchida5617]

Keith thanks for posting. Any idea how I can be introduced to kayak fishing in the bay?

[@michaeluchida5617]

Thanks for the information! I look forward to being on the water with other kayakers.

[@Steve-oz4md]

What does one do with all that herring? I mean I would immediately throwing it on a line for a big striper.

[@joenguyen-vlog8063]

👍👍😀

[@boldnoriginal2024]

Size of your net please

[@TheLostAnchovy]

That is a 6ft net

[@harveyyong1398]

If I wanted to catch them with a rod and reel, what should kind of rig or bait should I use?

[@mauricebrown9094]

I suppose the many methods of collecting fish while they are in there spawn cycle will depend on how many your want to take , for what reasons and of course how greedy you really are. I also realize that you believe that there are millions or even billions every year but a person who's brain grows over time ( as you get older ) will know that if you take them before they have spawned then the less there will be next season. This fishery might be one of the last ways to help the bigger ocean fishery survive the human onslaught of what human take today. I am sure that the cast nets rip up all the roe already laid and maybe the state fish regulators need to limit it to rods and reels and give the bulk of the fish time to spawn before letting those who take them rape them ...This is my opinion and I am sticking to it.

[@miamiwax5504]

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