Posts for: maddog10e
Jun 27, 2021 09:38:20 #
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In New England we have rocks at the bottom of our lakes and ponds the size of cars left there from the last ice age. If you went diving, you would find $1,000,000 worth of sinkers on the bottom edge of all those rocks! Maybe I should take up diving. Lol!
Jun 27, 2021 09:19:17 #
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About the only thing I have ever used 60# mono for is when I go out for yellowfin. Braid is a lot easier to use and it is more sensitive, but it is a bitch in heat if you have multiple lines out and they all get tangled.
Jun 26, 2021 20:15:05 #
It's early in the season. The Gulf Stream hits the islands and the Cape in September. That's why the MV fishing derby is from Labor Day to Columbus Day.
Jun 26, 2021 20:08:45 #
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When I bottom fish, I set my line taut with the drag set low so the fish can run with it. I put my rod in a holder when I'm bank fishing and I put a light bobber with a paper clip on the line between 2 eyelets and let it hang a little bit. If that bobber jiggles just a little bit, I leave it alone. On the other hand, if that bobber either drops fast or goes flying off the line, I set the hook fast. That's what has worked for me for the last 60 years.
Jun 26, 2021 19:52:57 #
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Depends on the bottom that you're fishing. If there are big rocks, and heavy weeds, egg sinkers can get you jammed up.
Jun 26, 2021 19:46:40 #
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I agree with lorafa93 - if you have to use 60# mono, then use crimp on sleeves.
Jun 24, 2021 15:14:47 #
Haven't seen anything big yet. Some schoolies. They are hitting the CC canal pretty good, so they are working their way up.
Jun 24, 2021 13:18:31 #
Your most overly stocked trout ponds in Massachusetts are Peter's Pond in Sandwich, and Little Pond and Long Pond in Plymouth. Trout fishing has gone deep with the hot summer weather coming on.
Stripers are starting to show in Massachusetts with the peak occurring in September. My favorite striper location is Cape Ann. Plum Island is ideal, but parking is a premium.
Stripers are starting to show in Massachusetts with the peak occurring in September. My favorite striper location is Cape Ann. Plum Island is ideal, but parking is a premium.
Jun 22, 2021 18:43:43 #
Jun 22, 2021 18:32:43 #
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Hi small - I have fished Jamaica Pond. Had good luck with Berkeley PowerBait pumpkinseed worms. Set up a Texas rig, keep the hook tip buried in the worm so you don't pick up weeds, and move your rod tip from side to side on your retrieve. Once you cast, let it sit there for a minute before you start your retrieve. Good luck!
P.s: didn't pull that big boy from Jamaica Pond
P.s: didn't pull that big boy from Jamaica Pond
Jun 22, 2021 18:06:25 #
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I use leeches on a bottom rig to go after brown trout. They suck them up right off the bottom.
Jun 21, 2021 21:31:45 #
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Jun 20, 2021 16:08:04 #
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Depends on how thick the vegetation is and how sporting you want to be. Caught this big boy with a 10 foot leader of 12 # mono in lilypad hell with a shiner on a #10 bait hook. Quite frankly, it was a miracle that I got him in. I kept his nose up so he couldn't rap around the lilypads. Had to tie a new leadr on afterwards because it was all stretched out and twisted. The Power Pro 50# is thin enough to tie directly to the hook. I guess it depends on how bad you want to land a fish.
Jun 20, 2021 14:45:48 #
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Power Pro is the best. I don't know what you're casting into, but if it's lilypads, 50# is what you want.