Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

430.0. "Seminar by Saco Bay Tackle" by AOSG::HEBENSTREIT () Tue Feb 14 1995 12:01

On 2/10 I attended a seminar presented by the Saco Bay Tackle Co,
They had two charter boat skippers speaking about stripers and also
had quite a number of very snazzy custom rods to show off.

In any case, here are the notes I took on that occaision.  Let me
encourage anyone else who attends a similar seminar to share their
notes in this Notesfile.

regards, mark



Al Anderson from The Prowler
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Charter boat captain who fishes Block Island, Rhode Island.


Generally he trolls or casts uptide from rips.

Al uses 1.5 oz bucktail jigs (on Cape Cod they typically use 2 oz.) when 
trolling the rips during the day.  Uses lime colored lures in dark water.
At night he trolls danny plugs, googoo eyes, atoms, and rebels. Always
trolls with wire line in rips.

Often Al uses very light rods with Penn 320s ... sections
of wire are connected with heavy dacron.  This protects
guides and marks length of wire.  He also uses Penn 113H with wire.

When trolling, slide along rip face such that the lures are back
under the first wave.  

When he's plugging a rip by casting, he trys just to stem the tide and
cast to rip from stern of boat out to the side on a 45 degree angle,
then let the plug work its way directly behind the boat.

Tends to fish in as little as 6-8 feet of water at night.  Trys to
fish much deeper in bright sunlight.

Suggests fishing the ends of bars.

Suggests fishing the first hour to hour and a half in the tide ...
also the last hour to hour and a half.  Trys to avoid fishing the
middle of the tide when the current is running very strong.

For large bass he uses live eels at night. Drift in 60+ feet
of water over lumps.  5/0 hook,  50# leader, nylon fish
finder rig with sinker on short leader.




Dean Krah
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Charter captain who fishes the Kennebec and Sheepscott Rivers, Maine.
Guided the person who caught the state of Maine record for striped bass,
64+ pounds.

Fishes bait almost exclusively.  Spends most of his time fishing in
the rivers rather than outside.

Last year mackeral outfished eels 10 to 1 in his area.
Night fishing for bass was very hard; mornings were much better.
Water was abnormally cold until July 1; thereafter it was very warm.
As a result, pogies didn't appear in Maine to any extent.
The latter half of the season, bass only fed within a foot of bottom.

Uses egg sinkers and only 9" of leader for bait fishing.
Once bait is overboard takes reel out of gear and puts on clicker.
On a strike, bow rod tip, gives bass 3-4 seconds, allows them to 
tighten line, then hit fish, but not too hard ... You don't need to 
"rip his lips".

When drifting, try to keep line vertical.
Bass not not boat shy or leader shy.

He uses finfish, eels, and occaisionally seaworms for bait.  Finfish work
alive, dead whole, or cut.   All can be drifted or still fished.

For shallow still fishing, hook live mackeral just in front of dorsal fin.
(Hooking bait should always be lightly ... you want to hook to pull
out of the bait on a strike.)  In 5-6' of water, use balloon about
3' above the hook. 

In deeper water, drifting or still fishing whole live bait, hook
fish thru top lip and out the nose.  If you hook the fish thru both
lips, it will drown.  For drifting live eels, hook the eel up thru
the lower lip and out either the nose or eye.

For whole dead bait, hook thru both lips ... prevents spinning.

Chunks should be hooked thru thinnest part.  Can be stillfished
or drifted.  For drifting the head end of a finfish, hook bait thru
both lips to prevent spinning.