Plugs for Cutty in the fall

[baldwin]

Pencil poppers for day, Dannys and needles for night.

[DaveS]

Any good needlefish in:

White
Blurple
Pink
Parrot

Swimmers (MAC Pikies, RM Smiths, etc):

White
Blurple
Yellow
Parrot

They also have a fondness for Beachmaster Cowboy Jr's in white

Pencils (Any good brand like AH, Habs, Saltys, etc)

Parrot
White
Yellow/red head

Leave the little stuff home too, your going to catch bigfish, and the dinks will smack a 3oz plug as much as a 1oz. Think big!
Last fall out there, I did well in the AM with parrot pencils Dont forget extra flashlight/batteries,it gets mighty dark out there and you'll be in deep **** without a light. Plan on doing alotta walking, I mean alot . So, when we goin?

ps, Dont forget to bring eels!!

[Slipknot]

don't forget darters
ya may want some that do not go too deep, keep it shallow since the water is shallow.

fuul moon so maybe lighter colors
I just picked up a squid white/pink tattoo darter

gonna bring everything

[NIB]

Where's that picture.

[Flaptail]

Having dug somewhat deeper into the mysterious art of plugging several Elizabeth Islands from shore, may I be permitted to interject the following:

Most of the islands are not conducive to anything that would swim 2 feet or more below the surface. In fact when I am going to land on one of thier rocky shores I carry only two types of plugs: Needlefish and Dannys, period.

Night time is the right time. Fishing from shore in the day is not even close to the opportunitys that await the nighhtstalker. And all my daytime fishing is done from a skiff. Thses fish tend to hug the shore. At night they aren't spooked as they are when you wade down into the rocks under the rays of the sun. Casting from the skiff from outside to inside has proven to be the method of choice in daylight fishing the Elizabeths.

Any needle that stays on the surface, creates a big wake and has the profile of an eel is number one in my very small book of Island fishing techniques. You can bring all the spook, swimmers, poppers you want but the biggest bass eat needles consistently and your needle should be outfitted with a properly tied single siwash in the back and a single oversized treble on the belly. Not garish tying either on the tail. Four sadlle hackles (two each side facing each other) some bucktail and subtle hints of flash from crystal flash or my personal preference, Angel Hair.

And scents. I am totally convinced that added scents catch more fish. Dead slow once on the surface for both plug types, No twitching, snapping of the plug just a straight dead slow retrieve and let the scent and tail dressing do the work.

[Flaptail]

Oh yeah, on the full moon fish dusk till the rise and then go back to the clubhouse and imbibe in a few snorts of whatever libation you brought with you and hit the suds again in the wee hours before sun up. Full moons suck there.

As for Cuttyhunk itself, I would rate it at third place in Elizabeth Island fishing spots and a distant 3rd at that.

[eelman]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Oh yeah, on the full moon fish dusk till the rise and then go back to the clubhouse and imbibe in a few snorts of whatever libation you brought with you and hit the suds again in the wee hours before sun up. Full moons suck there.

As for Cuttyhunk itself, I would rate it at third place in Elizabeth Island fishing spots and a distant 3rd at that.

wow, thats encouraging! next weekend there will be a bright moon and everyone will be on a "3rd place" Island.

[tlapinski]

Flap, what are you using for scent?

My fall Cutty bag looks pretty much the same as my anytime Cutty bag
- 3 ounce Habs needle
- 7" Gibbs or Scud needle
- shallow running stubby needle (Tobias stubby works GREAT!!!)
- mid sized danny such as a Beachmaster or a Tattoo danny style
- old school Gibbs darter for the SW point
- a BIG pencil popper for dawn/dusk

I am in no way a Cuttyhunk pro, but for the few times I have been out there, I have put in a lot of time working and learning the island. Like Flap said, nothing that goes too deep unless you have found some of the deeper bowls and have figured out the short window of opportunity available in them.