Nantucket Essentials

[beachwalker]

all you friggin people over there are a bunch of cakeboys. you can't fool me...

and I am a oiffie anyway.

old island failure

[thefishingfreak]

nice big fresh bluefish chunks on a 6 foot wire leader hucked into the channel at **** ****and a serious sand spike.
some rather large sandbar sharks patroll the beaches at night. 70-80 pounds not uncommon

[CANAL RAT]

make sure you bring plenty of heavy test wire leaders nantucket has the biggest population of alligator bluefish in new england because it is close to the gulf stream.
i would bring some tin hopkin,Kastmaster,kroc some storm shads some poppers pencil,polaris,atom and some swimmers bomber,windcheater,danny,darter,atom40. maybe throw in some spro bucktails jigs for good measure. tie up a ton of leaders and keep them coiled in some ziplock bags. bring the basic colors lite colors for sunny days dark colors for overcast days and nights

you could fit these in a large surf bag like the one from the surfcaster.
bring some hip boots and rubba bib pants for protection from the surf if your not going to do any true wading.

its says in striper hot spots by frank daignault that brant point,eelpoint,smith point,surfside beach, and great point are some good spots. i have been to nantucket 5 times and have had good luck at all these spots listed

[JohnR]

Penn 6500SS on a Honey Lami, flipped upside down so you can backwind with the best of them


Roberts Rangers, Teevas, and a faux L.I. accent (inside joke)

[bassmaster]

[Diggin Jiggin]

Black and Pearl and yellow bombers, in the large and the smaller A salt sizes, & a few hopkins with tubes and maybe a few storm shads. Thats all you really need.

I fish down there a few times each year and until I got into plug building thats all I'd have in my bag. My dad fishes needles a lot and he does well with those.

All kinds of Wood will work. I was 'testing' some dannies I made when I was down there last week and i did well with those.

Watch out for your rubber stuff, the blues are gonna chop it to bits...

Now go back and reread beachwalker's tips, there's some really good info in there.

[CowHunter]

Dont even bother going to great point, it is Googan City! There are much better places to fish than that as long as you know how to read the water. The only place I had Blues on that island was Great Point, yes there were bass there too but so were the crowds all throwing pearl bombers... I did the best on the south shore, smith point and eel point. They close the access via SUV to smith point so you have to take the hike in..Youll have it all to yourself since people are gonna be lazy and not take the walk. The fishing is really good there and same with all the small points on the way out and back, they all hold fish! Eel point is also good, youve go to walk out on the bars and fish the beginning of the incoming, just make sure you have a good sense of direction because you will probably get fogged in on the bars there, when the tide starts ripping in its like a river, pretty wild...And youre all out about a quarter mile of the beach, litterally. You will slam the fish as they flood in..guaranteed....My weapons of choice, eels of course, along with a silver and black 7" Mega Bait. It is absolutely deadly out there. bring at least a few of them because they will be destroyed in a few nights. Best of Luck out there, PM Me if you need more info...

Ken

[beachwalker]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Penn 6500SS on a Honey Lami, flipped upside down so you can backwind with the best of them


Roberts Rangers, Teevas, and a faux L.I. accent (inside joke)

ha

just back in. another boring night of 20 lb'ers

backwinding bah !