Nantucket Essentials

[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

[NIB]

Wit that said i had the best fishin of my life at great point.Fish 15 -35 lbs every cast all week long.If I had only a few days to fish one of them would definitly be there.middle of the night the googans leave we would sit in the truck an wait for em to go by 11pm u have it mostly to urself just put a pearl,or chicken scratch bomber in that rip an hold on.Fishing can be very good off to the side of the rip also so don't limit urself to the rip alone.Mag darters work good at keepin the plug in the water when there's a 40 mph crosswind...I would love to throw some needle fish there this time of yr.there's a small inlet on the backside of madaket we murdered them on eels there.hard to get there.but worth the exploration if u have time.U can fish some spots on the way out to smiths that will produce also.I like danny types on the south side.

[Mike P]

I've never fished Nantucket, but to me, Great Point sounds a lot lot Wasque in the old days, when the rip wasn't the way it is now, and was on the southwest side of the Leyland property. Full of googans chasing blues by day, but empty at night. Try it on a late night tide, drag a bucktail or jig/plastic thru the bottom of it and see what shakes out I've released more 30+ fish from Wasque back then than I've caught at most other places.

It's worth at least one try, methinks.

[Squibby17]

The blues should be available on the south shore and the point during the day. Make sure to use a leader.

Also don't be afraid to fish inside the pond at night. Its never crowded and can be alot of fun. Watch out for the bird nesting area's

Tight lines

[beachwalker]

I vote we put an end to this thread right here and now.


for two years I have been visiting this site and nobody said a peep about this place and now look what happens

all these spots burning before my very eyes


i'll get over it....

have a great time Motor

[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 !