Yankee Fleet

[Smellfish]

I would recommend:
1) Getting there earliy if you want a corner/ stearn spot
2) Mark your spot w/ your rod or towel (oh yeah bring a towel)
3) Bring your own rod .... the boat gear is usually not well maintained
4) If bait fishing.... use at least 16 oz of weight to get vertical as possible
5) If stearn is crowed .... stay as close to it as you can since the waves will make you bounce up and down more near bow
6) Let bait hit the bottom and crank it up about 1 foot.
7) Don't wear white clothing
8) Have fun and good luck

[bart]

thanks for all the feedback.
they tell you to get there at 630. is this considered early or should i get there before then?

i will be renting a rod as i don't own a conventional. i aksed if i could bring a spinner with 300 yards of braid on it but they said that it would be insufficient. is this true?

TDF- can you bring your own beers? they said no on the phone but weren't too convincing.\

thanks again

[bart]

Originally Posted by Smellfish

If bait fishing.... use at least 16 oz of weight to get vertical as possible

should i bring my own weights? thanks

[t.orlando]

gimme a call

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Going agaisnt the flow, i always head to the bow, bout 10 feet from it. Started out doing it when i was a kid and it stuck. If using the rental rod , on the way out check things over good, i always sharpen the hooks, and re-tie. Might want to bring a couple red gills with ya, they make a good teaser for all sorts of stuff, beef up the hooks a bit though. Good luck out there. Tip the mates good.

[bart]

thanks for all the replies.

tony if you get this tonight will you call my cell, lost your number. thanks..

[bart]

thanks to everyone who replied on this thread and in PMs. we had a blast catching haddock, my girl caught the biggest between the two of us so i was pumped for her. it was an absolutely beautiful day on the water. yankee fleet definitely puts you on fish, everyone seemed to be hooking up. a big wolfish took the pool.

only problem/concern i had was that i saw a lot of dead fish in the water. also, are those burlap sacks they use to hold fish biodegradable because they just dump them over the side after they fillet the fish.

other than that it was an awesome day and i would definitely do it again.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I dunno bout the burlap, i would assume its degradable. When i go out there i think its key to bring a cooler with a block or two of ice in it, and bleed the fish when they go in the box. Dont know how much of a difference it makes, but i am a bit sketched out by letting the fish sit on the deck in a sack for 6 hours.