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09-13-2010, 08:36 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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A few recent catches on the pichney stuff
Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock...  The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours.  No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.
Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun... 
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-13-2010 at 08:45 AM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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09-13-2010, 08:44 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there!   |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-13-2010, 09:01 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there! |
 Considering they wouldn't take an eel one night, it was actually easier with plugs...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. I did get one about 35# on an eel the first night though...everything else came on wood.
Here's the musso sr...it held up real well, but a large bluefish took a big chunk out of it.
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-13-2010 at 11:46 AM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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09-13-2010, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Tagger took this for me
Bless him
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09-13-2010, 06:53 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. .
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Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice. |
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09-14-2010, 11:45 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice.
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I actually have a sinister plan in mind next to crushing the barbs. 
An old comrade of mine used to hand line commercially for striped bass way back off the Nantucket and Monomoy rips. One time he showed me a bunch of his plugs rigged up with 5/0 and 6/0 siwash hooks...he said the trebles would straighten out under the strain of the 600# hand line, so he put big singles on and the problem was solved. You'll miss a few more fish I'm sure, but a real large fish would have no problem taking everything down and unhooking would be much easier and safer. Landing a big fish in current would be much more likely too as you can apply much more pressure to the siwash hooks. You would likely cull out the smaller fish as they wouldn't be hooked as easily and damaged, which brings up a problem:
Despite the fun I had recently I put back a lot of real small fish that were severely damaged due to the treble hooks. There were punctured eyes, gills, and open gashes on many of them after the battle which I regret...there is a lot to be said for single hook fishing(eels, jigs, shads, etc.) in terms of releasing fish in good shape as one single penetration in the mouth area has to be better than mulitple site punctures inflicted by trebles...just a thought.
Gonna re-rig the big swimmers this week with singles and see what happens.
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-14-2010 at 11:51 AM..
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It's not the bait
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It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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09-14-2010, 12:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock... The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours. No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.
Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun... |
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09-14-2010, 12:43 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Dave,
You're a very consciencious observer.
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-14-2010 at 02:00 PM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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