Has anyone been fishing down on Plum Island yet?
I'm looking for information on the island, and it's
fishing. Thanks for your time :) Bye

Happy <><ing everyone.



Kev

I posted about Plum Island already, and no one replied :(
I'm sorry, but like I said. I'm new to saltwater fishing, and I
really could use any tips/tricks of the trade. Plus I asked about
Plum Island,MA because it's near me. I see a lot of people fishing
that area, but they don't talk much. <shrugs>

I got a Quatum 8' pole with a Quatum XR7 reel.
It was a low costing starting kit, but hey I need
to start somewhere, right? What would be good
bait to use in this time of the year? Will stripers be
around? Blues? What other kind of fish will be in
my area? Thanks for taking the time to read, and
hopefully help out a newbie to this awesome world
of saltwater fishing.

Happy <><ing everyone :)

Kev

I don't know if you will see stripers around Plum Island this time of year. But stick around and ask questions and you will pick up on tips easy enough.
I think you should try seaworms for bait in the spring. but what do I know. Although you can nevcer go wrong with seaworms, the stripers love them.

Good luck

Plum,

You will find that techniques are usually not spot specific but more condition specific. The same techniques will work in more than one area.

Spring time baits:

HERRING, HERRING, HERRING

If you don't want to play the herring game, you might want to try small baits. Small bucktail jigs from 1/2 to 1 1/2, Small KastMasters, and Rubber Shad Bodies. Leave the larger stuff at home until the weather warms up.

Practice, Practice, Practice.

Ok dude you caught me in a typing mood....First off any info you want on Plum Island is readily available by Kay or her daughters at Surfland bait and tackle. Look for lots of schoolies on the front beach (you got to find the hot spots on your own, but they aren't hard to find just before dark) starting HEAVY in the last two weeks of may. They are there before but harder to find. You want to use 1/4- 1/2 oz chartreuse or white bucktails. Other stuff will work but these are best. ALso try the bend by the coast guard station on an outgoing tide. Same deal but a .5 oz shad body will work here as well. By the end of May big fish can be had (big is anything over 20 lbs) by tossing bait in the river. Occassionaly you can get the big girls on artificials but the water conditions (fast and dirty) make bait and a big sinker 1)sit on the bottom longer 2) smell better. Kay usually has some nice tinker macks that work "wicked pissa dude." Figure on good bait/ schoolie action up until the end of may early-july. then things slow down up there. that should get you started. YOu need to on the rocks!!! You also need to say good by to your wife and kids like you mean it each time you head out on them. If you aren't sure, don't try. That jetti is the nastiest ever and the Merramack has one sicko current where it shrinks down at the mouth, but stripers like rocks and current so be a MAN!!

Take my humor with a bottle of salt...

East TIde

I read an article about Kay and her daughters . Im so impressed ! These ladies know fishing and the plum ! A woman who owns a bait shop has got to be the bomb for any fisherman ! lol

Fishing in the Newburyport area is still a month away.

Pick up a copy of this week's Fisherman, Captain John Gribb (from Newburyport) has an article about Shad fishing on the Merrimack. In fact, get yourself a subscription to the Fisherman, it's like $50 for two years, that's 50 cents a copy.

Stripers will finally arrive in mid-late May and then the bite will be on all summer long. Live bait like mackerel, pollock or herring are best, I guess clams are pretty good too. I plan on trying a bunch of artificials this year, bucktails, rubber shad, etc. Talk to the gals at Surfland or the guys at Crossroads for details.

There is a very active saltwater fly fishing group on Plum Island, some of them post here and at http://www.flyfishsaltwaters.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi.

I live in Byfield and fish the Merrimack and Parker River, ask around, most people are willing to help.

Plumb

Give the refuge A try, put your time in it will pay off.
another place to try is the chain bridge area. try freelining herring live is always best but dead works also.

Just wanted to say THANK YOU ALL for helping me out here!!
It means a lot. I went down Plum Island the other night, and
used herring. It was frozen, and my friend got a few bites.
I'm going down tomorrow at some point. It's going to be at least
60 or so outside. Nice day for it anyways. I need practice in casting,etc...so even though the fish aren't here. It's ok for me.
I have another question though. I have been watching fish shows on tv...and I noticed in the ocean,lakes,ponds,etc....the pros have their poles flipped up side down..why? The eyes on their poles are pointing up, and the reels are on the top too. I use my pole the other way. Are we both, right? why?

Kev

Spinning rods have the reel on the bottom, casting rods have the reel on the top.

Plum,

Stop watching those Saturday-Sunday morning fishing shows, they'll rot your brain :smash:

When you stop by Kay's ask about my fishing videos (I know this is shameless self-promotion :laughs: ) but I can't help but believe in my very own product...Striper Magic is a good video for you to start out with and then you can consider the rest in my library. If they don't help you, I'll send you your money back....how's that!

Kay should have them in stock by Thursday of next week.

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