Anyone have any tips for Black Sea Bass? what type of conditions they can be found in and tactics to catch them?

Never targeted them specifically and would like to try.

Call Clammer Joe. He's the master.

don,t worry about the BSB .u should be on the bass & blues busting all over B/R ><><:buds:

joe lets go out next week

Just find a consentration of lobster pot on a reef and use one or two hooks with a bottom weight and use small pieces of squid drift over th with motor off just let weight drag and basically dead stick with little or no jig
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You need BUZZY! He is the seabass whisperer!

Simple fish on rock piles with clams. Leave a bit of the clam's stomach attached to the foot and make strips of it.

6 ounce hammered diamond jig will cull out the bigger fish - drift over any likely bottom

The toughest thing with seabass is finding a good concentration of larger fish. A lot of spots have small ones but it seems that only a few areas produce really nice sized ones with consistency. I've always used a simple high low rig with squid (preferably heads) or clams for them.

If you can't catch a sea bass you should take up golf. The bottom is paved with sea bass to the point of it becoming a real problem IMO. Around here you can drop anything anyplace and catch a sea bass in a few seconds. You don't need bait, just put a jig on and put it on the bottom.

If you can't catch a sea bass you should take up golf. The bottom is paved with sea bass to the point of it becoming a real problem IMO.


Isn't that the truth.... :smash:

Just find a consentration of lobster pot on a reef and use one or two hooks with a bottom weight and use small pieces of squid drift over th with motor off just let weight drag and basically dead stick with little or no jig
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What he said. I target a few areas in May & June in Buzzards Bay which produce every year. My two sons love catching them & I love eating them. A couple big boys from this season.

I never use bait, always use small jigs (Kalin heads w 4-5" rubber, 3/4 oz Spros w grub tail).

trolling SP minnows deep works too! Right Swimmer? :)

Just find a consentration of lobster pot on a reef and use one or two hooks with a bottom weight and use small pieces of squid drift over th with motor off just let weight drag and basically dead stick with little or no jig
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Just hope the guy running the pots isn't nearby, there is a guy that drops pots on hump I fish near Gay Head, who will verbally rip you a new Ahole if you even consider dropping a hook or even drift and jig near his pots. Last year I watched him rip into a family anchored close to his line and I had my camera ready to document the mayhem I thought for sure was about to follow.

Just hope the guy running the pots isn't nearby, there is a guy that drops pots on hump I fish near Gay Head, who will verbally rip you a new Ahole if you even consider dropping a hook or even drift and jig near his pots. Last year I watched him rip into a family anchored close to his line and I had my camera ready to document the mayhem I thought for sure was about to follow.

Guy sounds like a real a hole
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If you can't catch a sea bass you should take up golf...

anyone have used clubs for sale???????
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anyone have used clubs for sale???????
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