Well I told GS back in Feb. after he showed me how to fish the Thames river that he had to come and fish a few of my old favorite spots this spring and we did just that last night. He brought along some of his smoke colored split tail plastics and after a few lessons on how to fish them ( I have not fished plastic in salt all that much ) I now have a new favorite go to lure. We started the night out with me showing Bob the layout of the area and then it was off to the first hole. There was one other boat here but they were trolling tubes+worms and I have always done best pluging this spot. I drove the boat as Bob started to cast his plastic he was on as soon as the bait hit the water. He caught 2 dz or more fish from 4# up to 15#. I could only get 5 herring and wanted to use them at another spot before the tide went slack. We moved and I had a nice keeper size fish on the first herring as soon as it hit the water. Bob tried his luck with plastic and had a few hits but no takers. We put out another herring and had some nice runs but no hook ups, the fish had not moved in here yet as the tide was still off by a few hours. Since the night was young yet we moved back to the first hole and the fish were stacked up there now, it was around 8:00 or so and we never left this spot till 12:45. I do not know how many fish we caught but I would say it was well over 100 with many in the 10# to 14# range. If you have not seen or tried GS hand porred baits give them a try, yes we may have gotten bigger fish on the herring but the fun we had for hour after hour on these plastics and light tackle will be remembered for years to come. Oh by the way we left the fish at 12:45 still smashing bait but we had both had enough of this maddness. I would like to thank Bob for showing me another great way to have fun with Mr Striper.
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