Limit...almost [Archive]

BLAZEHOK68

10-31-2006, 09:45 AM

Went Out Yesterday Out Of Holgate Inlet Around 3:30. There Were A Lot Of Boats Out There, So We Went About 300 Yards Away From Them, And Within 30 Minutes, We Were Hooked Up. Had A Real Heavy Chum Slick Going, And Were Using Fresh Clam. We Got 3 About 29 Inches, 1 32 Inches And 1 42 Inches. First Day On The Water And Had A Real Good Time.

We Actually Tried To Get Out At 11:00 But The Tide Was So Low, My Buddies Boat Was High And Dry.

loanfish

10-31-2006, 10:04 AM

Good news.But I went out last night and tried Doulble Creek to get to B inlet but NO GO. Alot of the channel had 12" of water. No fun running aground at night. I packed in in and will try this afternoon

smooth67

10-31-2006, 10:25 AM

Nothing but shorts at flat top... Any suggestions?

czopper

10-31-2006, 11:55 AM

welcome to the board and thanks for the report. any bunker schools? I'm hoping the weekend forecast holds up and plan on getting out there.

BLAZEHOK68

10-31-2006, 12:52 PM

Actually There Were Tons Of Bunker Jumping Out Of The Water About 10 Feet Behind The Boat....good Sign.

And When I Was Cleaning The Fish Last Night, I Cut His Belly Open To See What He Was Eating. Found A Lot Of Different Things. Some Sand Eels, Some Clams, Some Big Whole Squid, Half Of A Bunker, Some Mackeral Chunks That I Was Chumming, And These Little Things That Look Like Mini Lobster Tails, Almost Even Like A Large Crayfish Tail With No Head On It. Anyone Have Any Idea?

Fish hawk

11-01-2006, 07:39 AM

Mantis shrimp. Do a web search on them. Supposed to be pretty nasty if you encounter a live one.

BLAZEHOK68

11-01-2006, 08:58 AM

yeah i know what a mantis is. i actually have a saltwater reef aquarium and have encountered them before. i just never new they were in these cold waters. i thought they were a tropical species.

Lightwave

11-01-2006, 11:50 AM

I use them for bait when I have them. I got about a dozen and a half this fall while castnetting bunker off my dock. This is what they look like (at least when they are frozen

http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/DSCN0081.JPG

channel runner

11-01-2006, 12:37 PM

Nothing but shorts at flat top... Any suggestions?KEEP TRYING THE LARGER MODELS WILL BE SHOWING REAL SOON