COWHUNTER GIVES UP SECRET SPOT - ULTIMATE BURN -- DON'T TELL! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Fish_Eye · 10-05-2005, 04:16 PM

Hi Everyone,

I had the pleasure of working an early morning tide today with Ken Zwiko, AKA Cowhunter and he's given me permission to reveal one of his secret spots; as you'll see from the picture attached, there are no boats visible because nobody's ever heard of this place. Cowhunter’s code name for the spot is "The Race."

After working a new moon tide, I think I know why he calls it The Race.

Every drop of the bait resulted in a hook up. Most were big blues with nice sharp teeth...lots of rig tying and rebaiting...lots of tap, tap, tap followed by vicious runs and rod pumping action. The bluefish would take advantage of the current to the point where I heard Ken grunt once or twice. Big blues do pull hard.

I know it’s a pain in the butt when you’re trying to get down to the big cows and the choppers are everywhere, but I’ll bet if we weren’t targeting trophy bass and we switched from fluorocarbon to wire we would have caught some monster blues. Last week blues up to 17 pounds were mixed in with bass up to 40.

A place like this could catch on, so let’s keep it our little secret. The action for big cows should pick up any day now.

Mike

JohnR · 10-05-2005, 04:21 PM

Err - not much of a secret?? Is it?

Sea Dangles · 10-05-2005, 04:32 PM

Your kidding right Mike?Someone delete this crap NOW!!!

Fish_Eye · 10-05-2005, 05:17 PM

The Race is about as much a secret fishing spot as The Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park are secret getaway destinations.

I can think of about two dozen stories, articles and refrences to fishing there in the last 2 years alone. Not to mention weekly fishing reports from dozens of sources. If someone doesn't know about The Race, they've never opened up a chart of Long Island Sound.

Some people need to lighten up about this subject matter and that's all this post is trying to accomplish. Knowing that the The Race is there, and knowing how to fish it are two entirerly different matters. I know the moon is there but getting there and exploring it is another thing.

I've been working on a DVD that will give anyone the tools they need to find hot fishing spots anywhere on the striper coast and some rather famous places will be mentioned and I'll be revealing the underwater structure that exists in these areas. I've been doing this for over 15 years. I'll be discreet in most cases but pinpoint sharp in others...but only when these places are so self evident that anyone with any fish sense could immediatly identify these places by going to a chart or even Goggle Earth.

JohnR · 10-05-2005, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish_Eye

Some people need to lighten up about this subject matter and that's all this post is trying to accomplish. Knowing that the The Race is there, and knowing how to fish it are two entirerly different matters. I know the moon is there but getting there and exploring it is another thing.

Some people need to take a step back and not to look at "spots" thru green colored glasses. Someone in your position is damned if you do and damed if you don't. In order to sell your fish porn you need to blast your pics of places all over the place to maintain that edge for people to buy your stuff. But in the process of all these pics going out, many of which really are drool instigating, you, to a lesser degree, cause traffic to some places.

I don't know what to tell you but you are one that can do a lot in the protection of access but at the same time you must be careful not to inadvertantly or blatantly cause a torching...

Some people feel that the "spot" issue is really going overboard lately. Perhaps to some extent you are right. Unfortunately, the one thing we as anglers can't afford to be careless with is access.

Backbeach Jake · 10-05-2005, 07:37 PM

Whew! I thought that you were talkin' 'bout eh errr uh nevermind!

kippy · 10-05-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish_Eye

The Race is about as much a secret fishing spot as The Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park are secret getaway destinations.

I can think of about two dozen stories, articles and refrences to fishing there in the last 2 years alone. Not to mention weekly fishing reports from dozens of sources. If someone doesn't know about The Race, they've never opened up a chart of Long Island Sound.

Some people need to lighten up about this subject matter and that's all this post is trying to accomplish. Knowing that the The Race is there, and knowing how to fish it are two entirerly different matters. I know the moon is there but getting there and exploring it is another thing.

I've been working on a DVD that will give anyone the tools they need to find hot fishing spots anywhere on the striper coast and some rather famous places will be mentioned and I'll be revealing the underwater structure that exists in these areas. I've been doing this for over 15 years. I'll be discreet in most cases but pinpoint sharp in others...but only when these places are so self evident that anyone with any fish sense could immediatly identify these places by going to a chart or even Goggle Earth.

Mike when is the new DVD coming out?