You can catch the cisco off season, but it isn't easy and your numbers will be low... You will have to find a school while you're trolling, then while you stay above them, lower a Kastmaster or something that will get a big hook down in the middle of the school, then you can snag them... I've done it twice off season, but only caught two fish, one each time... It's very hard to stay on top of the school... Probably mostly a fluke to do it... but it is possible... Perhaps if you targeted them, you might be able to do better, but it won't be easy.... If you try to target them, you probably won't be able to find a school either, so yeah not easy to do... Later J