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07-17-2013, 06:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Black Sea Bass
Any tips for catching them?
I caught one small one yesterday using sea worms, a rig with two hooks on a spreader, and a two ounce sinker.
I was near a group of rocks in about 20 ft of water. Lowered it down to the bottom, then reeled up a few cranks. My fishfinder was showing lots of fish near the bottom but only one take.
Are green crabs a better choice for bait?
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07-17-2013, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Squid cut up.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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07-17-2013, 06:16 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
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Brought 18 home to fillet last trip out with a friend, all on 3/4oz Kalin Ulimate jigs tipped with my 4" split tails, drifting a reef that tops out in 35 feet off Cutty (Goose knows where  ), but that was close to the top of the tide. Black Sea bass love jigs, bucktail work great, I have an olive head bucktail with red/black bucktail in 4oz that kills them in a deeper hump off the Vineyard, that tends to have faster water and requires a heavier head. You can catch them with fluke rigs and squid, but frankly I've never had that method out fish jigs, so why bother. |
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07-17-2013, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
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[QUOTE=Rmarsh;1006607]Any tips for catching them?
they are pretty easy to catch, aggressive feeders. squid ,clam, worms, just about anything works. hi/low rig right on the bottom. i prefer to drift but anchoring up works too. think rocky structure. if your not catching - move to another spot
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Originally Posted by Got Stripers
Brought 18 home to fillet last trip out with a friend,
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you may want to check the current bag limits |
my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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07-17-2013, 08:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Clams, cut so that the strip has a bit of the stomach still attached are by far the best bait. Squid, also works as does almost anything else. I like to use a three hook rig on dropper loops, with the first hook 6 inches above the sinker and the other two six inches up and six inches up. I use 3/0 or 4/0 circle hooks, they have big mouths and the big hook avoid hooking the cunners and scup.
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07-17-2013, 08:43 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Drift and jig! find some moving water
Last edited by PRBuzz; 07-17-2013 at 09:01 AM..
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07-17-2013, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
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The bigger fish are holding in deeper water humps at this time of year ,,40'+... Go fluking at Lucas's and you'll surely get some good ones.
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07-17-2013, 04:40 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Go scupping at Devil's Bridge, you will definitely get some big BSB and maybe a striper, too!
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Last edited by PRBuzz; 07-17-2013 at 05:59 PM..
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07-17-2013, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Jigfish metals. No need for any type of smelly bait.they sell them at #^&#^&#^&#^&s and Wally world
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07-18-2013, 05:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,974
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Thanks Guys...I will try again soon.
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