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squiddler · 02-17-2006, 04:07 PM

During the spring run if these fish are keyed on herring, your better off throwing an artificial that imitates them, or using chunked herring, rather than clams. You will have a great shot at larger fish, and in my experience the majority of fish taken on clams are under 20 pounds, even when they are readily hitting them. During June of last year, there was a great run of adult pogies in the upper reaches of Narry bay, and these fish wouldnt even touch live eels during that 2 week period. The only bait that consistently produced was fresh dead or live pogies. There was even a day when we arrived on scene with frozen bait, and had to chase the ARK boat down to get some freshies. The entire field was hooked up to large and they wouldn't touch our frozen offerings(the bait was in great shape after slacking it down in a fridge for the entire day). We successfully commandeered a whole live well of lively pogs, as well as a whole tote of dead, and then raced back to the hot bite to snag 9 fish over 30 pounds, keeping my buddies first 40(43 pounds) and 3 other fish 33-36 pounds. That hour between leaving the bite and returning was the longest of my life, as we could see the boats through the binolculars, some with 3-5 rods doubled over at once.

02-17-2006, 04:07 PM	#5
squiddler Fishy man, real fishy.... Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: above the mean high tide line.... Posts: 96	During the spring run if these fish are keyed on herring, your better off throwing an artificial that imitates them, or using chunked herring, rather than clams. You will have a great shot at larger fish, and in my experience the majority of fish taken on clams are under 20 pounds, even when they are readily hitting them. During June of last year, there was a great run of adult pogies in the upper reaches of Narry bay, and these fish wouldnt even touch live eels during that 2 week period. The only bait that consistently produced was fresh dead or live pogies. There was even a day when we arrived on scene with frozen bait, and had to chase the ARK boat down to get some freshies. The entire field was hooked up to large and they wouldn't touch our frozen offerings(the bait was in great shape after slacking it down in a fridge for the entire day). We successfully commandeered a whole live well of lively pogs, as well as a whole tote of dead, and then raced back to the hot bite to snag 9 fish over 30 pounds, keeping my buddies first 40(43 pounds) and 3 other fish 33-36 pounds. That hour between leaving the bite and returning was the longest of my life, as we could see the boats through the binolculars, some with 3-5 rods doubled over at once.