Big fish want big meals. If they are scrounging shellfish and a big slow injured mackerel comes along they'll go for it............BOOM. Matching the hatch is not always the same as giving fish what they want.
indeed. i just didnt think that they could sustain themselves on crustaceans on such a high percentage of crustaceans. i thought they required the hardier fish.
i guess i forgot how big some crustaceans can be.
if ya go look at the report on the mass website.. you can see they eat hundreds of different things. but for the of those in 80% of the cases the numbers are below 1 compared to the numbers above. so those are obviously the favorites. so small thats it seems almost pointless to fish those imitations.
stuff we consider baitfish that are even more frequent in these waters make up almost nothing of their diets. i always thought they just fed heavily on anything in the area. seems they have preferences. with a major difference in the numbers. reading the charts of what they feed on was almost overwhelming. there are so many options available. but you start realizing there is a lot <.01 and very very few things over 1. only the above popped out. everything else they at in such small numbers, i wouldnt even call em a food source. more like a snack that swam into their mouths for them.
they have it set up for three areas the north shore (from plymouth area upward) the cape and nantucket. it's worth a look and head ache trying to decipher it.
also.. boat guys.. keep using bunkers. cause once you get into open water the big ones flip again and feed more heavily on fish.
after reading all this stuff i cant wait till next year. heck the rest of this year. i have some ideas brewing. thinking i'm gonna go grab some crayfish rubbers and douse them in crab scent.. see what happens. if that works.. i'm definitely finding those big ole hogy lobsters and never lookin back.
Is it a case of wanting them or settling for what they can get? I suspect the latter. That said, lobster tails were the prefered bait and chum at the old bass clubs around the turn of the century, and accounted for some very impressive daytime fish (60+ lbs) in the middle of the summer and within spitting distance of shore.
Is it a case of wanting them or settling for what they can get? I suspect the latter.
i dont know about that. because the diet switches in open water. you would think it would be harder for a fish to catch bunker in open water as opposed to trapping them inland pockets. but the inland food of choice is crabs and lobsters..
not saying they wont mow down injured fish.. but crabs and the like seem to be the way to go.
and then i find this video..
it's stripers eating french fries...
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