how many fish a day makes a spot "hot"

[GonnaCatchABig1]

just wondering.... how many fish do you need to catch in an average outing (must be fairly consistent, and yes the small fish are included)at a spot before you decide it's one of your hot spots?

i'm just wandering what the average good spots produce. my fav spot is currently producing 3 fish a night.. with a few others to other people. i used to have a spot that would give me like 9-12 a day.


not looking for the locations. just how many you expect to catch when you go.

[BigFish]

Chris...a "hot spot"....honey hole, glory hole......is anyplace you frequent that produces fish on a regular basis. By your own definition it could be lots of small fish quite often, or a slob almost everytime you go there! Usually such a spot would be your favorite or "go-to" spot! Its all what you make it as evryones definition will be different as you will find out!

[bloocrab]

Hot Spot = A place where every lure OR piece of bait I toss gets picked up within a couple of minutes by a 20+ POUND fish and I land at least 1/2 of them for a period of 30 minutes or more and I can return to the same spot and repeat it.


Everyone has certain expectations for certain spots. There are spots that I fish that I don't expect a LOT of action, but what action I do expect is LARGE. On the flip-side, there are spots that I expect a LOT of action, but I don't expect any size.

A BLITZ is a moving HOT SPOT and doesn't count


I think a better question is: What do you consider a GOOD night?

How many fish (size included) in a certain period of time?

I've heard some guys say: "I killed them" when they only caught 3 fish, 1 @25"...and 2nd at 31"...and the 3rd was a bloofish...

[chris L]

for me its the quality of the fish .

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by chris L

for me its the quality of the fish .

"BING" One spot I frequent might produce 1 fish .. maybe a skunk .. But it will be a quality fish .. Drive by schooly fest to get there.

[chris L]

Originally Posted by Tagger

"BING" One spot I frequent might produce 1 fish .. maybe a skunk .. But it will be a quality fish .. Drive by schooly fest to get there.

exactly
small fish need to grow into big fish and 1 quality fish is worth much more than a ton of fish . I could catch 1 fish and no more that spot/trip and I would say for that time that spot was hot .

[Gunpowder]

as many that makes u happy. sometimes i only need to catch a couple to get the blood pumpin. other days, i love the blitzes. either way, if im catchin fish, im always a happy camper.

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

I think a better question is: What do you consider a GOOD night?

How many fish (size included) in a certain period of time?

I've heard some guys say: "I killed them" when they only caught 3 fish, 1 @25"...and 2nd at 31"...and the 3rd was a bloofish...

thats pretty much what i meant by my question.

to me KILLING them is about 6 or 7 + schoolies. or about 3 bigguns. or 1 biggun and 2-3 schoolies.
a good night = 1 fish of any species any size.
anything else is a bonus to me. (yes i have very low expectations this season)
time period = 12-16 hours.

[patpatriot]

12-16 hours in a spot? if it isnt producing within an hour or so and if the tides/winds arent gunna change id move on, but im with you, a good night for me would be a fish every half hour or so be it blue, sandshark(3 footers), or striper. If im at a spot that i know has a greater potential for a big fish, ill play the waiting game. if not im moving on

[Back Beach]

For me:
Gotta be a place where you can catch larger fish (20# plus) with consistency. You can catch schoolies just about any place,any time. The whole ocean is a schoolie hot spot. Its different with the larger fish as their distribution areas are lesser than the school fish as is your window of opportunity for catching them. That's why you keep spots like that close to the vest and share with only those you trust and love.

[GonnaCatchABig1]

see the thing is.. this spot produced 12 keepers last week. it has potential. and i mean i drop a line in and 5 mins later.. it starts hitting. but the hits are so quick (take the line for about 3 or 4 seconds). if i landed everything i would have like 20 schoolies. in 5 hours. once i get a bait runner for chunking i think i will be square. i had my friends for two days.. and that ended my 3 week skunking. with 3 fish right away. i dunno know though. we tried eeling it tonight (thanks to g/fs that ended earlier than expected) with no luck. that kinda threw me off we still got 3 hours in. but last night i saw gulls take atleast 100 eels of the surface. we got nothing. i guess it's one of those hit or miss spots. i'm just really trying to figure out if its worth a few hours drive out of the way to a spot. (which we first have to spend probably weeks finding.) when you get hits regularly at this one. it's by far the most productive spot i know of in town. if not atleast the fastest paced. the not a thing on eels threw me off though after hearing all the success stories about how they take them when nothing else works. i am starting to think the fish just hate me


end massive (probably grammatically incorrect, thanks to cook out.) wall of text.

[stiff tip]

hot spot is where u was yesterday and u can,t get there today......orrrr a spot that u get 5 bigin a trip

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

hot spot is where u was yesterday and u can,t get there today......

[striprman]

Hot spots are constant producers. A hole/rip that produces on a certain stage of the tide,day or night.
You could fish a"hot spot" 5 hours and not catch anything, but when the stage of the tide is "right" you can clean house. Know how to read the water.
One guys hot spot may be another guys sxit hole.

The tide brings the fish and takes the fish, be there at the right time and you can do well. The wrong time will be an excersize in futility.

[Rick Ackley]

I'd consider a "go to" as a must stop there every trip, shore or boat, because in the past it has always produced. Period.