sorry,,I can't help it if you live there...it's your choice:p

:bc::smash:

Does Hartford have any saltwater? :D :bshake:

I would definatley rather toss plugs. The only bait I ever use is live eels. I saw some footage of bass hitting live herring and I been intrigued by the possibilities.
But, I also agree withe TL, I don't have much time to get bait, I'd rather fish.
Looking at FWW picture, I think Storm Wildeyes look alot like herring and they have the irridescence.
I'll have to give them a shot.
Eben, I also wanted to try the Barrington or Warren rivers, I know there are runs in the spring there as well.

Years ago when I was a wee lad (not a wee wee) Guys did well with squid on the bottom at Barrington Beach...

But I'm a plug/eel guy.. Plugs in may, once the herring drop I switch to 50/50 eels/plugs

From Wee Wee's list of plugs , I like the Mombo Minnows best when herring are around. Same as any plug , certain colors work better at certain palces and at certain times. olive with the goldish botoom is nice! :)

ok Im learning here
 

Herring come up from the ocean into the rivers to spawn my office is on the taunton river theres a small outflow going up to one of the local ponds right beside here it flows out to the taunton river would herring go up this small stream or do they go all the way up riverby passing these small outlets if they did go up there Id have a cool spot all to myself to get them well to see them I should say:D

My secret weapon last may was a 2 1/4 oz Atom Atomizer popper... it smoked the bass. blue head/white body..
ahh just the thoughts of the first morning i used it give me the shivers:( 20lbers jumping straight out of the water after the thing...:smash:

I guess you weren't standing next to me Toby. :)

Marvelous, I have the olive mambo minnow. Are we going to use them on the herring run, Ben?

:hihi:

I just bought a 3 ounce and a 1 1/4 atomizer yesterday, really cant wait to try them now!:D

Does anybody ever liveline herring off the back beaches at night? I think it would be to hard to cast one of those bad boys to where the fish USUALLY areduring the day. I use them most of the time in the river and at Bass Hole in Dennis. At both places I fish a channel that is only about 30 yrds across. I can get a herring a bit more then 1/2 way into the channel before I start lobbing them off.

Like I said....anywhere:D

I like the the herrin an so do the slob's[big girl's] 97% of the time, it's the quality of the fish I'm after, so taking a few min's to get them is not a problem..rather only get 3 cow's to 20 twink's.

Well last year from boat I did as well on dead whole herring as I did on live ones. It depends a lot on the presentation. I like a 2oz egg sinker with a good swivel and 4' of 30 clear leader. drift the boat. Bang, Bang Bang. lots of big stripers.

For cut up herring , you should try "helicopter herring" not just square chunks.

due explain helicopter herring if you don't mind?

I think helicopter herring is when you leave the tail on and it helicopters in the current...

no??

Yup,
Me and Mikey takem all post spawn.:D
Love,
Rick

I made a live well for the back of my Blazer last year. Used a BIG tub with a bilge pump hooked to a garden hose that I drilled holes in and I wire tied to the side of the Tub. Worked pretty good at keeping the herring alive. I got the herring at the Gilbert Stuart run... lots of work. I live lined at the Narrow for 3 weeks and never touched a fish. One of my partners who has done this for years had the same results. I know that live Herring are killer but last year at the River they just didn't produce.
I have made some BIG swimmers and painted them in a Herring pattern complete with scales. I am probably going to skip the live lining this year and just throw the swimmers

WeeWee... are YOU are registered Herring offender?...

Is that the REAL reason why all DEM eyes are on YOU?... :eyes:

Helicipter herring is where you slice the herring with one long diagonal slice. this gives you 2 pieces , both with a fat end and the other end pointed. Hook the chunk in the middle . Whemn you toss it in the water , it will spin as it sinks.

Anyway , it imparts some action that attracts the fish.

Great Tip! :btu: Thanks!

I gotta tell you.... last year, the river just didnt produce much for me either...
Especially at the times and places where it usually did in past seasons....(but I've only been fishing it a couple of years).

Eben how could you not pay attention to herring when you fish THE RIVER that screams at you herring. Here's a tip. Chunk your herring. I've outfished more guys that livelined right next to me by chunking. Don't get me wrong catching a keeper with live herring is fun, but I've learned my lesson. To me live herring is a pain in the butt. I know a few guys that liveline on the boat and kill fish, but from shore I like to chunk. Once in a while if I'm fishing a spot and the herring are flopping on the beach I'll live line but otherwise the chunks are more dependable.

Eben,
Gotcha. Maybe one of these days I'll buy you one of those 69?

Nope, but honestly I could give a rat's ass about Connecticut's stupid herring laws. I don't believe in unjust laws. This attitude seems to be shared by a lot of other people who just don't give a $hit and poach herring anyways.

Chipwood - I do not understand how a chunk of dead herring can be better than a live one? Please explain your thinking.

Over the years I've found that chunks of herring work better than livelined herring. I don't know, that's the way it is. I fished a run for years and I'd see a guy there who religiously fished live herring and I would get more fish with the chunk. Now in some places it could be different but the herring runs I have fished chunks were more effective. As the spring progresses I get away for herring but I notice that guys still use live and do well, mostly from the boat, but by then there are other baits I prefer. I 've seen chunks outproduce live too many times in the spring plus it's easier than keeping herring alive. If you were hungry would you rather expend energy or lazily pick up a tasty chunk off the bottom.

I guess you never know what the bass are thinking. I have had the opposite experience as yours. Fishing chunks I was getting nothing while a guy next to me livelining was nailing bass after bass.