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likwid · 08-06-2002, 07:10 PM

there are many skills to hone in these wonderful waters of our dear coast...

plugging can definitely be a fine art in the boulders along the beach in a small RIB or various such boats...

thats where i cut my teeth a long time ago along the elizabeth islands

alot of times you'll have a bass slam the hell outa the plug trying to stun it... definitely dropping the tip/stop reeling... if you don't get a pickup then slowly reel it back onto the surface (if its a sinker) and continue plugging... you just might have a fish follow it right to the boat... and *that* alone can be exciting

learning where to throw a plug is a whole other factor...
pretty much learn your area and what holds fish and when

i found along the elizabeths... early mornings along the buzzards bay side always held some decent fish between blues and bass... ocassionally picking up a keeper bass in the boulders...

mostly spots around Hadley's Harbor... off Weepeckets... the boulder fields around Quicks's Hole (matter of fact i have a big plug i need to photograph... i think it may have been someone on the list's who makes plugs... pulled it off the beach in Quicks's)

Not for the faint of heart is working the beaches in Robinson's Hole or Pigs off Cuttyhunk

I'd never reccomend anyone go into Pigs without someone who knows where they are... it can be far too dangerous to be worth it...

Cheers
Ted

p.s.: now thinking about getting rid of the mako and eyeing one of the new Surf Hunters... Boy those were great boats...

08-06-2002, 07:10 PM	#3
likwid lobster = striper bait iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center Posts: 5,871	there are many skills to hone in these wonderful waters of our dear coast... plugging can definitely be a fine art in the boulders along the beach in a small RIB or various such boats... thats where i cut my teeth a long time ago along the elizabeth islands alot of times you'll have a bass slam the hell outa the plug trying to stun it... definitely dropping the tip/stop reeling... if you don't get a pickup then slowly reel it back onto the surface (if its a sinker) and continue plugging... you just might have a fish follow it right to the boat... and that alone can be exciting learning where to throw a plug is a whole other factor... pretty much learn your area and what holds fish and when i found along the elizabeths... early mornings along the buzzards bay side always held some decent fish between blues and bass... ocassionally picking up a keeper bass in the boulders... mostly spots around Hadley's Harbor... off Weepeckets... the boulder fields around Quicks's Hole (matter of fact i have a big plug i need to photograph... i think it may have been someone on the list's who makes plugs... pulled it off the beach in Quicks's) Not for the faint of heart is working the beaches in Robinson's Hole or Pigs off Cuttyhunk I'd never reccomend anyone go into Pigs without someone who knows where they are... it can be far too dangerous to be worth it... Cheers Ted p.s.: now thinking about getting rid of the mako and eyeing one of the new Surf Hunters... Boy those were great boats...