What Bait/Lure for Opening Day?

[meat]

I know this might uncover some of your secrets, but what bait/lure or technique are you guys going to use? I've never fished this time of the year before and I was wondering how to approach opening day. I'll be fishing the back bays. Thanks in advance.

[smellinfishy]

Clams, Clams, Clams

[ 02-26-2006, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: smellinfishy ]

[Brian E. Mullaney]

clams and bucktail tipped with strip bait

[meat]

are you going to chunk the clams fred style?

How do you fish the bucktail? Let it fall to the bottom and jig it?

[Bay Stalker]

Pink Zooms and White Fin-s

[mastergaffer]

Originally posted by meat:
are you going to chunk the clams fred style?

How do you fish the bucktail? Let it fall to the bottom and jig it? slow slow slow let it drag across the bottom

[ 02-26-2006, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: mastergaffer ]

[meat]

Originally posted by mastergaffer:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by meat:
are you going to chunk the clams fred style?

How do you fish the bucktail? Let it fall to the bottom and jig it? slow slow slow let it drag across the bottom </font>[/QUOTE]I'm fishing the back. Is it worth it? I'm afraid if i drag it on the bottom i'll pick up too much seaweed.

[LilFisherman]

Storm shads, slow retrieve. Also some nice fat blood worms.

[A Frayed Knot]

Bloodworms til the water warms a bit. Then I switch over to clams. A friend of mine just donated 45 quarts of clam chum to my freezer that will come in handy when the boat goes in sometime in April. smile.gif

[Keeper Seeker]

I will first try bouncing rubber on the bottom around some structure where there is water comming off of or across a flat on the outgoing. Preferably near the bottom of the tide at dusk or just after dark.

Just checked... tides are perfect all week the first week of March. :cool: All we need is sunshine.

[ 02-26-2006, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: Keeper Seeker ]

[Fishenough]

I'm with Frayed. I normally hit the rivers with bloodworms, but with the price of them you might want to get a hold of some herring if possible.

[meat]

Originally posted by Keeper Seeker:
I will first try bouncing rubber on the bottom around some structure where there is water comming off of or across a flat on the outgoing. Preferably near the bottom of the tide at dusk or just after dark.

Just checked... tides are perfect all week the first week of March. :cool: All we need is sunshine. its supposed to warm up later in the week too. When you say the bottom of the outgoing tide you mean right before it goes completley low? How many hours before low is optimal?

[striper2278]

Originally posted by Bay Stalker:
Pink Zooms and White Fin-s I agree!

[Eugene]

[ 02-26-2006, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: Eugene ]

[Eugene]

When does stripper season come in???? :confused: :confused: redface.gif redface.gif

[ 02-26-2006, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: Eugene ]

[Reelman73088]

March 1 it comes in. Will there actually be bass to catch come march 1 thats the question. gonna be a cold start to this week hopefully doesnt hurt the fishing.

[Eugene]

Thank you very much i thought that is when it was but being new to stripper fishing i just want to make sure ;)

[Keeper Seeker]

Meat,I will fish any time of the outgoing with the sunbaked water comming off of the flats. The change of light is the bewitching hour. Good luck!

[finaddict5]

March 1st!

Bloods!!!!!!!!!!

[brew]

Originally posted by Eugene:
When does stripper season come in???? :confused: :confused: redface.gif redface.gif Stripper season is open 24/7 in my book. :D

Back bay striper season starts 3/1 as stated.
Couldn't help myself...

[aquasport190]

Bloodworms have always worked well for me in the early season. White perch and winter flatties like them as well.

[meat]

how do you rig the bloodworms?

[Eugene]

How does bunker do at the begining??

[aquasport190]

I thread them on the hook, myself.

[IGGY2]

7 inch crystal shad assasin, to mimic the few herring that are around in the back bays, fish them slow at the beginning and end of all tides when the tide isn't running hard, the water temp should be warmer at low tide, fish the outgoing if possible, the chances of catching a keeper are slim, but some will be caught.

[Vitalsigns]

I would use dollar bills for the strippers and blood worms for the stripers. I try to hit the last 2 hours of the outgoing toward the evening. The water coming off of the marshes and flats is warmer turning on the bite. But above all fish when you have the time because you just never know.

[Working Class Hero]

Pearl Storm Shads slowly along the bottom. They will outfish bloods or clams every time!!
Even in cold water, stripers will hit plastic lures much better than bait ....... but skates and sharks, ...... now bait is what they like!!

[Parrot6909]

Clams, bloods and occassionally sandworms. Clams first...