Catching Spot?

[young~gunz]

How would i go about catching my own Spot? Best time of year? Cast net? Are they found in the bay? Looking to buy a bait pen and keep my own spot for next year.

[brew]

We caught them right off the beach this year using kingfish rigs. They were mixed in the surf with the kings. Not an expert but would say Sept is the best time, maybe late August as well.

[striperbob817]

the season for catching spot is from the end of june till like the middle of oct. you can find them in the creeks in the bay and the river near shore were the is sand or grass good luck

[slackerracker]

what kidn of bait would you normally use for spot?

[young~gunz]

Are they hard to keep alive? What do u feed them?

[striperbob817]

i like to use blood worms or sand worms and grass shrimp and you can feed them anything i like to feed them a block chum of bunker or mackrel this way it will feed them slow and they all will get to eat

[SpecialSauce]

Young-gunz,
You can castnet them if you can find them in a tight area like a skinny inlet with small rips. I was able to catch some in 12 ft of water letting the net sink to the bottom. Sept, Oct are the best months. They are hearty so should last in a pen but you have to feed them. I like catching peanut bunker and putting them in the pen with the spot...as the peanuts die, the spot eat them and then you never have to do any work. I had some last two months this year that way.
You can also catch them with light tackle rod and reel with sabiki size hooks with small pieces of gulp worm for bait but it is one at a time. Use the rod and reel to find them and then castnet that area.
Good Luck:)

[young~gunz]

Thanks alot

[glennexit13]

A block WHAT of bunker? :eek: :D :eek:

[young~gunz]

Any spot around Sea Isle?

[take one]

do they actually sell blocks of c#m of bunker ???? and does freshness matter?

[fishincrazy]

i like to use blood worms or sand worms and grass shrimp and you can feed them anything i like to feed them a block cum of bunker or mackrel this way it will feed them slow and they all will get to eat

OPPS?!!?!??!?

[Supafly]

I was cast netting tons of them in the surf in september

[striperbob817]

at the girls place you can buy a small block of bunker chum or she has a couple sizes in bunker and mackrel or you can feed them your left over bait from each trip of even the scraps of the fish you catch from the day

[snprblue2]

at the girls place you can buy a small block of bunker cum or she has a couple sizes in bunker and mackrel or you can feed them your left over bait from each trip of even the scraps of the fish you catch from the day

Do you mean chum bunker? I hope so, because if not I just heard of the worst job ever.:D

[Joseph Lamberty]

do they actually sell blocks of c#m of bunker ???? and does freshness matter?

HAHAHAHA....Have a vision of someone Milking a Bunker for that Precious Bunker C*M...You gotta Milk alot of Bunker to get a Block..of Bunker C*M....Whats even tough is getting them excited first...!!!!

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Forced 2 Work

[J Benckert]

We fished for spot in the Cesssy and used light tackle, small hooks and either or, blood worms cut into 1/4" lengths or artificial blood worms. They both worked great. There were 6 of us and we would catch around 100 or so in about a 1/2 to one hour.
Then we'd go for striper!

[striperbob817]

my bad guys i ment chum not cum but i have to say it was a funny mistake hope it made every ones day with this post

[fishincrazy]

my bad guys i ment chum not cum but i have to say it was a funny mistake hope it made every ones day with this post


You know it!!:D This made my morning.:D I haven't laughed this hard in a while.:D

[glennexit13]

Was getting ready to have Mike Rowe sent over to Dock Street :D

[Joseph Lamberty]

Was getting ready to have Mike Rowe sent over to Dock Street :D


I ll bump that....