Back in the day, when catching meant dinner and a skunk meant no dinner, I bait fished, Worms were dug on the low tide and fished at the next high. Very effective, closest to a sure thing you'll ever see. If not worms, then clams. Also, very effective. Worms seem to be stripers,flounder and cods comfort food, and that bait seems to filter out blues.In fact, I've only seen two blues caught on worms in 40 years of fishing. My equiptment consisted of a clam rake, a sandeel rake, a Berkley honey colored rod and a Mitchell reel that compares to a 704 today. I can't remember the Michell model # but I still have it. I used mono, 20# Ande and tied my own rigs. My clam permit was my biggest expense. I did WAY better then then I do now with all this hi-tech bs.
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