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08-19-2012, 05:03 PM
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Always a Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: South Shore Long Island, NY
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Triggerfish help
Hey Ladies and Gents!
I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.
All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.
The problem is, all the information are from boaters.
Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?
I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.
Much obliged!
Last edited by Zeal; 08-19-2012 at 05:04 PM..
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08-19-2012, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeal
Hey Ladies and Gents!
I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.
All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.
The problem is, all the information are from boaters.
Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?
I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.
Much obliged!
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you can catch them from shore this time of year at gooseberry island on the west side,(westport ma) on a Scup high low rig with squid. You won't catch them with any consistency though.
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08-19-2012, 08:10 PM
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Shorts and Sandals
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: southeastern mass
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08-19-2012, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeal
Hey Ladies and Gents!
I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.
All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.
The problem is, all the information are from boaters.
Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?
I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.
Much obliged!
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Almost every inlet on the SS of LI is holding triggers right now. Look for structure such as rocks, rip rap, mussel beds, etc.. Fish when the current slows or spots out of the main inlet. |
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08-19-2012, 10:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Yup and this is the year of the puffer fish in Wp. I have never seen them before this year and they have been here in numbers. Big ones too. Same scup rig will do the job.
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Originally Posted by Cohenfishin
you can catch them from shore this time of year at gooseberry island on the west side,(westport ma) on a Scup high low rig with squid. You won't catch them with any consistency though.
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08-20-2012, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
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Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA
Yup and this is the year of the puffer fish in Wp. I have never seen them before this year and they have been here in numbers. Big ones too. Same scup rig will do the job.
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Used to catch puffers off the mattapoisett pier as a kid. We used to let them puff up and punt them back into the water. They would just deflate and swim away. |
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