This place is dead......

[piemma]

Originally Posted by fish raptor

I found your post most interesting.... I just can't envision night time manuvering on the boat. I guess with a full moon it might be doable but without..... how do you see (avoid) all the lobsta buoys ? it's not the getting to and from that I am worried about, it's hitting something in between. I should either try something simple (close) the first time or.... go with someone else at night to get a "feel" for what to expect.

Where do I meet you....

Narragansett Bay is FULL of lobster pots and we run at night all the time. In 10 years I have snagged 3 pots at night. Usually its a matter of power down, tip the motor up and, sometime, cut the line. Other times just unwrap off the prop if its not too tangled.

[Rmarsh]

My lure bag has a collection of plastic swimmers like sp minnows, which is what I use most of the time, but they don't work very good in a strong current.

So last night I switched to a 2oz bucktail jig tipped with gulp.

Not a large fish at all.... but saved my night, and I might have learned something.