...and...
2 oz... 3...?

4.5 inch. and for that photo i used a 3/8's head, but the head size should be determed by where you are fishing. 3/8's for calm.. 1- 1.5 oz for some current.

play around with it..Also, i always crush the barbs. Always.

Joe lyons even wrote about my sucess with this last spring in OTW...

Have you ever used those Crazy Joe Rigs?

yes. They are deadly.

pearl cocohoes are really the staple schoolie lure. you wont catch a southcounty sharpie with out at least 10 in his pocket in april/may. Joe knew this and whalaa

Black Saltys
 

If goldfish are legal in MA, than so are these fish. You can drive to RI, buy some and stop at a pet shop to get a few smaller goldfish to mix in. There aint a cop Iknow gonna take a second look. If you were to show them to a game warden, im pretty sure he wouldnt bat an eye either. Koi are legal in MA are they not? Anyone know if Koi are ok? Just tell them your tired of your pets and decided to try and catch dinner with them......:huh:

Introducing fish that are foreign to our waters may cause damage to the streams and ponds where the herring spawn. Imagine goldfish (carp) or black salty's eating the all the eggs of herring.

thats what she said

That is awesome Nebe, I will try it this year along with the cocochoes, I was just on Joe's site today drooling over his cocochoe rigs dreaming of catching that first schoolie of the year with them. I remember getting so frustrated last year that I wasn't catching a lot of schoolies in the spring, hopefully those days will be over come April/May!

your welcome. In the spring, think small. I mean really small. I have also put a grass shrimp teaser above that and have had many many double hookups. What usually happens is you hook one bass and as your reeling it in, another bass thinks its chasing the teaser The trick is not to winch them in quick, that way they have time to hit the 'unoccupied' offering. .. 2 teasers usually means tripple hookups, but thats cruel IMO.

The herring are fun but to be honest they are a lot of work to keep alive until the big fish come in. I do it every year and there is no question they work but man what a p.i.t.a. to get the bait to the location in June. Lots of effort and it upsets me if a little fish starts messing with my live bait that is almost like a pet I have had it so long.

Next spring I will be fishing storm shads on light gear in place of the live bait during the day. I will be experimenting with different dead (fresh) squid rigs I cooked up too.
At night though it is all plugs...the last two seasons springtime is wonderful for JB150's and small bernzy swimmers . I can't wait!!

Three things:
1.storms
2.storms
3.storms

Anything doesn't die when you stick a hook in it.

Jim; check your PM's re: the squid rig....
:D

in my skiff in late may/june :D

thanks for all the info Nebe, can't wait to try that out now. Is it spring yet? :(