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Monomoy Rips
Ive fished those rips for years now and a couple points
1. Be careful! They can be very dangerous. Not sure where you are launching from but we usually come out of Saqutucket and head out. When you see the 3 sided ones stay away. Additionally the SW always comes up and point rip can build to a mess. The trip back home across common flats etc can get bumpy as well depending on what you are riding in.
2. Wire line, if you are comfortable with it, will put lots of fish in the boat. Parachutes, regular bucktails with pork, rubber on leadheads and umbrella rigs all work.
3. All the rips at times will hold fish. There are ones that are very popular with the charters (with good reason) but in general they all hold fish so dont be afraid to explore/move around. Find a slot in the rip where the fish are holding and go to it
4. If you arent into wire then squid shells / drifting plugs / baits back into the rip really is fun.
5. IMO Sandeels (and sometimes squid) rule out there as far as bait. In the fall we used to have really good numbers of peanuts but it hasnt seemed to be very good lately.
6. you'll have to decide whether you like trolling, sitting in a slot or finding fish to cast to, they all can be done there.
7. Teasers / small rubber can make all the difference when there are tons of fish on the tiny bait.
8. Learn the currents that produce and how they set up each rip. That really is a key as certain rips will fish better at certain times. Think temp as well.
9. Later on its a great place top run into some albies / bonito
10. I personally leave super the light tackle at home as the current is strong and I dont think its fair to the fish to p[lay them forever. Your call on that of course
I thinks thats a good start! It is a slow place to start up and there will be a week or two coming up where it really heats up with a push of big fish so don't be discouraged just yet
BTW the peach colored got striper baits really work well.
James
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