Unuasual Pics and story - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Surely Bassey · 08-07-2005, 09:31 AM

I found these pics on a disposable camera that I just developed but the pictures were taken the last week of August 2004 (last year).

I don't want to burn the exact spot but it was along the CT/RI shore where a college operates a summer aquaculture program. They use an old 35 foot boat to drag an Otter Trawl net aroung LI Sound to show what lives in the area. I took the family last year and it was kinda fun. The Capt dragged the net for about 45 minutes in about 35 feet of water. The net caught spider crabs, lobsters a 4 pound fluke, searobbins. porgies, flounder and about a dozen squid. Everything was returned to the water alive except the squid which were dead from being trapped in the net.
The captain kept the squid and said we would use it when we docked the boat. So we pull into the slip on a Friday August afternoon at about 2pm. Sunny, clear blue skies, little bit of boat traffic, nothing unuasual. He ties up the boat shuts the motors off and says watch this... Throws a dead squid in the water along side the boat and a striped bass takes the squid immediately. Throws another squid, more striped bass. By the time he throws the last squid there are about 10-11 bass in the 20-25 pound range jumping out of the water looking for handouts. Capt said that they have been doing this all summer and the bass are basically trained. I got a few pictures of the bass from my cheapie disposable camera and thought I would share. This confirms that chumming works.....

Christian · 08-07-2005, 11:28 AM

holy crap!
nice

eelman · 08-07-2005, 01:14 PM

Same thing happens in gallilie at the co-op. Go down there with some squid and chum and watch, only I would not do it without a rod!!

Read story in this months RISAA Newsletter!

http://www.risaa.org/newsletter/august12.pdf

Surely Bassey · 08-07-2005, 04:38 PM

which magazine was that?

eelman · 08-07-2005, 05:45 PM

its the risaa news letter, rhode Island saltwater anglers association.

Those pics are however very cool!!

Katie · 08-07-2005, 09:03 PM

awsome pics man.. reminds me of a once in a lifetime thing i saw once.. about 2 years ago, i was out fishin with my dad, full moon, could in the water till it was waist deep on me, i was 5'5 then, and right before i stepped into the water i saw the coolest thing ever.. there must of been like 7 or 8 bass there, like all huddled together and they were just there. i ran and told dad, went back they were gone, except for about 3 of them swimming away. thats something i'm never gonna forget.