With Clam Chumming for Stripers in full swing now, the Gamakatsu Octopus hooks are THE most popular style hook used by our customers for this style of fishing. These hooks happen to have an off-set eye and work best when they are SNELLED on a leader, as opposed to simply tying them on.
Straight eye hooks, like the Gamakatsu Octopus SE 4X hooks, for example, can be snelled OR tied on… there is no off-set to worry about!
Take a look at the picture below and you can see the difference in the eye’s of the hooks.
This past Sunday (5-25-08), 7 year old, Ryan Krauss, landed his VERY FIRST KEEPER BASS! Ryan used clam bellies to hook and land this beautiful 35″ fish. GOOD JOB RYAN!!!
Fluking has been GREAT…. but tough. As far as action goes, there is plenty of it. There are planty of Fluke around to keep the rods bent but it is very difficult to put a keeper in the boat. With the new 20 1/2″ size limit, people are catching all the 19 and 20 inch fish they want but the keepers are few and far between. SOOOOO many people are complaining about having to throw back a THREE POUND FLUKE because it’s “short”. All we can say is WRITE YOU LOCAL LEGISLATOR and BE HEARD!
BUT, for those that are fishing, they ARE catching. As crazy as it sounds it seems that there are more fish in the bay right now than in the ocean. Some of the better reports are coming from Reynolds Channel (by the golf coarse), Swift Creek and Merrick Bay. Squid and Spearing are always reliable and many people are trying (and LIKING) the Berkley Saltwater Gulp baits too. We completely sold out of the Gulp Shrimp and the 5″ Sandeel this past weekend, so what does that tell you?
The Fin-Strike Pro Series rigs have been the most popular rigs lately too… especially the the rig with the pearl flash… people are buying this one by the dozen!
Sounds like any bottom structure in 40 to 60 feet of water is holding LOADS of Sea Bass lately! Doesn’t sound like many real big ones, but plenty of keepers and simply tons of action! Any of the local reefs like the Atlantic Beach Reef and Hempstead Reef would be great places to start but the Cholera Banks and the McAllister wreck have been producing as well.
Glenn, from the shop, fished aboard his boat the “Kerri Lee” on Friday and they put the hurt on the Sea Bass. They fished in 50 feet of water, on a piece south west of our inlet and had action ALL DAY LONG. They had a few Porgies in the mix too!
Judging by the reports we’ve had, we would recommend using rigs like the Fin- Strike Hi-Low style rigs and it’s pretty hard to go wrong with clams for bait.
WHAT WEATHER we had this weekend, but fishing seems to be about the same as last week. We did have a few good reports though, mostly from the boat fisherman in the bays. Clam chumming remains steady around the West Bar, all the bridges and various places in the back bays.
Chuck and Pete, from the shop, fished early Friday morning with our customer Terrence. They had a few fish early, on the last of the outgoing, fishing the Big Meadowbrook and the second Wantagh using the 5″ Rainbow Trout Fin-S and the new 7 1/2″ Eel Skin Slug-Go on 3/4 ounce Ultimate lead heads. Once the tide turned they set up at a spot in the back bay with clams and clam chum and caught about 15 nice fish, although none of them were keeper size.
We weighed a nice fish for another customer “Anthony the Pirate” who caught a nice Bass, just shy of 20 pounds, on a clam at one of the Wantagh bridges. CLICK HERE to see his picture!
Frank Palmisano drifted a live bunker in the inlet, late last week, and landed this 22 pound 4 ounce Bass! Good Job Frank!
There is also a decent amount of action for those who are plugging in the back bays around high water!
From the surf, things were a little on the quiet side though with just a couple reports from scattered areas. Sounds like there are still plenty of Blues running around our area though. The few Bass reports we’ve had seem to be from the bsit fishing crowd. Fresh Bunker and Clams have been out-producing the lures on just about every beach!
Back your drag off a little! With the “Zero Stretch” lines, you can very easily break a rod or reel and with no give at all, this line can open up big holes in the mouth’s of the fish… making it easier for the hook to fall out!
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