Can you believe it I caught a "blank" on a "blank"!

So, had a really strange thing hapen this weekend.  I caught a smelt on a WM apex.
It was while i was waiting to put the downrigger down- thing was only about 7"

Other mismatchces:

salmon on a sabiki....ok it was only about 10" but it was a king (and yes it hit the fly)
salmon on a hairraiser - chuckE can vouch for this one.

How about a smelt on a Barbie fishing pole with power bait...

I've caught jack smelt on a Rat'l trap when plugging for stripers in the bay.

Chuck I Think caught a smelt on a Diamond Jig.

If you want a deadly mooching rig for salmon, take the regular hook off a hairraiser, switch it to a circle hook.  Fillet of sardine or anchovie.  Deadly, deadly, deadly.  If the salmon were to come in to lindamar this year I was going to try it. Old timers swear by it but gave it up with regulations on hooks.
Jason

How about a smelt on a Barbie fishing pole with power bait...

ANYTHING caught on a barbie fishing pole is amazing to me

I caught a batray on a Rapala XRap.

I also caught a bat ray using Bill's hand poured swimbait 

We used to thread sour punch straws (candy) similar to a plastic worm and run them like a soft jerkbait a foot under the surface for black bass.  Red worked the best.