In the early sixties a bobber with a slice of mack was the only method we used to catch more macks, primarily from a home made 14 foot boat off the south side of Long Island.
Moon Island was my favorite. Fishing off the east wall was very productive.
I used to bike there from Dorchester at low tide, dig the biggest snake seaworms ever and return at high tide to catch flounder from the shore either north or south side.
Once they started to superchlorinate the sewage discharge everything started to die off.
