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Used to fish Rose and Crown several decades ago. Pretty much had it to ourselves back then (although in later years offshore guys would sometimes stop to load up on bluefish for bait).
There is a V shaped section on the S end of the rip that is fantastic on the ebb. Would bounce metal (diamond jigs/crippled herring/DH sand eels) over the ridge from in front of the rip. All C&R. Had a 15kt boat so it was 3-3.5 hour trip. McBlair shoal and Duck rip are also well worth hitting in the fall on the ebb. There is also a deep gully (100ft) between Bass Rip and Rose and Crown where we often used to mark bottom fish (?cod).
There are lots of sand dabs out there, would snag them often, and I'm pretty sure there is a commercial market for them (they used to list their price in the Globe). I actually got some large bass working a Petri-fish rubber fluke over those rips on one trip. A bluefish finished that quick, however.
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