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Conference wahoo::fishing

Title:	Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:	See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:	DONMAC::MACINTYRE

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1660
Total number of notes:	20970

1434.0. "Nearshore fishing tips" by TOOK::SWIST (Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102) Fri Jun 15 1990 09:42

    How about some near-shore tips for the mid-Maine coast?
    
    I'm getting frustrated.
    
    I was the guy the wrote a note about a year ago that I couldn't
    catch any fish in the Sheepscot River estuary due to huge numbers
    of seals and predatory birds (well that was my excuse at the time :-)
    
    So now I have a boat big enough to go farther out, but too small to
    hit the really open water.   And I still don't catch anything.
    
    I've been bottom fishing sandworms.  I also tried jigging some of those
    silver diamond things (at someone's advice).  
    
    I fish for food.  I don't care what it is as long as it's edible.  
    
    I need some more specific advice, like:
    
    - any other recommended bait or lures?
    
    - should I stay at anchor or try drifting?
    
    - time of day?  Is early AM better?
    
    - should I look for any particular bottom terrain (it's very
    irregular).
    
    - are the presence of lobster pots significant?
    
    Jim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1434.1	Fishing tips for offshore as requested	JOULE::DREW		`Wed Jun 20 1990 17:18`	31
	I've been fishing off the coast of Maine for years with generally great success. The seaworms on a drop line at the point where the rocks meet the sandy bottom is good for flounder and small cod. It's usually best to fish the outgoing tide for flounder. I laso have used the small diamond jigs and larger ones to get cod off the botton on heaver fishing rod. If you need to fish deep use an 8-16 ounce diamond jig with red tubing around the hooks. What will also work is a scotchman's rig using either clams or seaworms. When I bottom fish i usually anchor the boat. If you want to catch mackeral, use a 3/4 ounce diamond jin on a light spinning rod and drift fish. If you want to fill up the boat with mackeral, grind up a couple of mackeral or pollacks and mix with a little water. Take a large spoon and throw some of the mixture in the water every minute or two. If the mackeral are around you won't be able to keep you line in the water. I haven't resorted to this yet this year because I don't want to clean that many. Each time I've be out this year I gotten at least 30 mackeral in an hour or two of fishing. In a month or so the bluefish will be in. To get them I will troll using Rapalla plugs with a heaver rod with 40 lb line, lead core metered line and a 3 foot steel leader. Pound for pound there isn't a better fighting fish. I keep my boat in York Maine and will fish the southern maine and N.H. coast. Good luck Jim
1434.2		11SRUS::LUCIA	Anxiously awaiting the choppers...	`Thu Jun 21 1990 13:26`	7
	40lb line for bluefish? Where's the sport? I troll Rapalas on 17lb and cast poppers on 8lb 6'6" MH ugly stick! Also, the last few times I went out, I could have pulled up over 100 macks/hour with a jig and Xmas tree rig (5 hooks = 3-5 fish per cast)... That's how thick they've been. Blues are rumored to be at Stellwagon now. I can't wait for them to come into shore...