im a snook fisherman from south florida....i live, breath, eat, sleep and will eventually die snook fishing.....

im getting married to my lovely fiance october 2 and we will be honeymooning in new york and then be driving to boston to see the lovely north east and then new england...

i really want to hook into my first striper....a big one prefferably....i need help...

the fishing i do is mainly on the beach surf casting...alot of inlets/piers and river fishing as well....

from what i hear striper are alot like snook....and i will be attempting to hook up on the drive to boston....

i need direction from anyone who will give me advice...

will anyone give up some good spots/tackleshops too me...im willing to do the same for a striper fisherman who would like to hook into there first nice snook (depending on the time of year) who comes to visit south florida....

snook getter.....(jerry@cottonco.com)

ps. the attachment is a photo of jack crevalle hearding mullet...they are great fighters and get big....there are lots of them around here, as well as trout, redfish, tarpon and lots of others

talk to Bassmaster. he gives away all the good spots :D

its not like i can bring a ton of people to your spot...ill just be passing thro...promise not to cross any lines....


i know where the big snook hang out if your ever my way...

A nice shop is M+D's Bait and Tackle. He's on Main street Wareham. He can also turn you on to where the fishing is hot the time you are there.

In General , the Cape Cod Canal is good then and Southern RI is also good then.

If you fish Stuart inlet a lot you shouldn't have any problem fishing up this way.

st. lucie inlet....(not stuart)

yes....very good spot.....lots of hog snook come out of that place....lots of reds too...im still trying to figure out this website....im not sure if everbody who has replyed to me can read this, but if you all can id like to thank all of you for the info...my email is jerry@cottonco.com...ill bring in pics tommorow of some hogs from the past couple years and scan them in to send you all....anytime you all are ready ill show you my neck of the woods....remember when it comes to snook, september is (sing along) "the most wonderful time of the year"....id like to see shots from you all as well........snook getter

I take it you will have your gear with you on the drive from NY to Boston. You drive right thru RI and if you look at the water you will see where to fish from, just pick a spot anywhere. It's amazing how much moving water is along the shores of New England where stripers can be caught. There are many places in Mass. to fish for bass, get a map and study it first, then read some more about this area and you will learn where the more productive places are. You are right that snook and stripers are similar the way we catch them. If you want a really large bass, try tossing live eels and reel them in sloooooow. Do you use Gibbs Danny plugs in the surf down there for snook?

get a Habs needle and cast it anywhere in RI..... :kewl:

I'll second M&D's in Wareham. Tell him you saw him here and he'll get you fixed up and pointed in the right direction. October can be hit or miss in Boston but it can be lots of hits on the Cape and RI - just too early to really say where.

Now we know you surfcast but what / how do you surfcast for snook? Baits / Lures? Type of rod, etc.... If you are up for doing the guide thing, you could fish mental with this guy: http://www.striped-bass.com/sponsors/dgs/dgsindex.shtml He doesn't have all his oars in the water but he's a helluva guy and can fish. Bring Wendy's food for tip :hihi:

Sadly, I might be over fishing some stinkin' derby on the island of the rich and miserable and wayward surfcasters (Hi Jim :wavey: )

im just going to bring up a couple of penns that i use on the beach here...ill find a rod up by you all....as well as some trusted and proven lures....tiger stripped wind cheater as well as the black and orange for night time....1oz rattle trapp chrome and blue...jointed xtra long a - bomber - olive mainly but sometimes chartruese and blue.......if i could only use only one lure the rest of my life it would be that xtralong a jointed bomber olive......

live bait is another long email so ill wait to tell you all about that...

gibbs danny....are those teak....kinda look like a creek chub but with a tappered head and small metal lip....about six inches long with rabbit hair tied into the trailer treble hook....i have a buddy that lives in ri....does alot of striper fishing but i havent been able to talk to him lately....he has given lures to me like i just described and says the striper fisherman up there swear by them...i have one in yellow and another that is green tiger striped with a silver belly....it has the exact coloration as the windcheater i mentioned earlier....he keeps bugging me to use them for snook but i just dont have the heart because they are so beautiful and i dont want it to get broken off....they both sit in my hall of fame/retired lure collection....snook getter

on the beach
8 ft. st.criox tidemaster xtra fast action....made for pike fishing on the great lakes...graphite....super light...cork handles....fuji up and down...stainless tip...ive pulled 30lbers out from underneath piers with that set up....the kinda rod you can work heavy plugs with and not have your arm fall off...penn 5500 or the 4600slammer

live bait from inlets or rocky structure or beach
8ft heavier glass rod (sam scott rod)...ambassoder spinner comporable in size to a 7500 penn

bridge/pier rod
custom j.r.'s graphite 9 ft bridge rod (open face...looks like a blue water rod) just got it...custom tie...fuji up and down with one of those silic./graph tips....calcutta 700 level wind...i have friends that fish a similar set up with fifty lb. ande on it that get broken off by hog snook and the line never touches a pilling....the fish has alot more leverage then you do in that situation....

i bought my RI map yesterday and started studying it....ill be ready come october...snook getter

Snook =if ya wanna go in the daytime -I,ll take ya @#$$%^^ BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfishing ,maybe some smaller bass /depending//if ya wanna fish at night ==ya can geta shot at some mediums ==15-25# Let me know ============================ or better yet ==you can take the boat ..jusy leave ya wife with me =no worries :rolleyes:

clammer.....if it were up to me id be fishing the entire time....but since it is my honeymoon....ill taker the first week and you can have her the second week...snook getter

ps. bluefish...we get em down here too...not as big as the northern ones...late september off the beach after the sun starts rising and the bluefish start destroying your best lures...its time to go home.....

when I was a kid that was called [[Sloppy Seconds}}:smash:
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don,t go out when the BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFish are around////////////////:nailem:

clammer...read my second thread sent yesterday....