hooky from work monday. 4 11 year old boys on the boat. only 1 has ever fished. catching more important than keeping. bottom fish the bridges, drift somewhere inside? out of freeport. dont think i wanna do the chinese fire drill outside with the re-baiting and keeping an eye on all of them. out of freeport. thanks, g.
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SNAPPERS & BLUE CLAW CRABS
It's primetime for Snappers and Blue Claws. Anchor up anywhere there are flats next to a deep water channel. For the crabs you don't even need to go out and buy traps if you don't have any. Just cut some wire hangers, and make small loops. On each loop you can string a sinker along with a whole squid (or any other bait, chicken meat, etc..). Then just tie some mono on to each loop and place them all around your boat tied to the cleats, bow rails, etc..
Let the kids slowly pull the loops to the boat while another stands by with the net. After a few tries they will learn to feel a crab when there is one on the line. The trick is to pull very slowly and to net the crab from below.
For the snappers let us know if you need some pointers. But from a boat with a moving tide it's so much easier for kids to fish for them because they don't have to cast (have them let the tied or wind take their bobbers out). Spearing is all they'll need.
Trust me, this kind of trip will be the most fun for them and give you the least amount of headaches!
It's primetime for Snappers and Blue Claws. Anchor up anywhere there are flats next to a deep water channel. For the crabs you don't even need to go out and buy traps if you don't have any. Just cut some wire hangers, and make small loops. On each loop you can string a sinker along with a whole squid (or any other bait, chicken meat, etc..). Then just tie some mono on to each loop and place them all around your boat tied to the cleats, bow rails, etc..
Let the kids slowly pull the loops to the boat while another stands by with the net. After a few tries they will learn to feel a crab when there is one on the line. The trick is to pull very slowly and to net the crab from below.
For the snappers let us know if you need some pointers. But from a boat with a moving tide it's so much easier for kids to fish for them because they don't have to cast (have them let the tied or wind take their bobbers out). Spearing is all they'll need.
Trust me, this kind of trip will be the most fun for them and give you the least amount of headaches!
i hear you doc. been slayin the snappers. i am up on that fishery. i was kinda hopin i could find another one that might give them a chance at a bigger, "better?" fish. crabbin sounds like fun as i remember doing the killie ring thing from the dock when i was a kid. i think for some reason i have seabass on the brain and i guess my question is do we drift or anchor for them. youre probably right though, that might be a little taxing for the captain. thanks, g.
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Bottom Fishing...
Hi
Something I have been doing recently, as I have had opportunity to take some kids (7-11 yr olds) out over the last couple of weeks. Besides the snapper and blue claws, your thinking with the bottom fish can work for you. Anchor up by a bridge or deep hole in the bay by you, rig up some some flounder, sea bass or porgy rigs on some lighter tackle poles and take a shot at the various bottom dwellers around this time of year. I have been having success doing this, pulling up sea bass, porgy, king fish, ****tail blues, blowfish, an occaisonal trigger fish too. Out be me in Moriches, I have had success doing this around the flats that are near known clamming areas and marshy areas too. The trick for me has been to use clam chum as well. Alot of what we catch are shorts, thus the lighter setups, but the action for the kids is alot of fun. And when they catch that occaisonal keeper or ****tail blue, they think they have a shark on the end of the line
Especially if they never really fish.
Good luck.
Hi
Something I have been doing recently, as I have had opportunity to take some kids (7-11 yr olds) out over the last couple of weeks. Besides the snapper and blue claws, your thinking with the bottom fish can work for you. Anchor up by a bridge or deep hole in the bay by you, rig up some some flounder, sea bass or porgy rigs on some lighter tackle poles and take a shot at the various bottom dwellers around this time of year. I have been having success doing this, pulling up sea bass, porgy, king fish, ****tail blues, blowfish, an occaisonal trigger fish too. Out be me in Moriches, I have had success doing this around the flats that are near known clamming areas and marshy areas too. The trick for me has been to use clam chum as well. Alot of what we catch are shorts, thus the lighter setups, but the action for the kids is alot of fun. And when they catch that occaisonal keeper or ****tail blue, they think they have a shark on the end of the line
Especially if they never really fish.Good luck.
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i think for some reason i have seabass on the brain and i guess my question is do we drift or anchor for them.
Either way will produce fish but I've found that anchoring over good bottom in the bays and chumming seems to be more productive and much easier to manage with a boat load of children.
Use your flounder chum pot and buy the same clam chum in the tube-shaped pints.
Just be aware that the water is still so warm that if you poke any more than a few tiny holes in the top of the bag you'll go through an entire pint of chum in less than 15 minutes.
Using a high/low rig and experimenting with a variety of baits (clam strips, squid, spearing, bunker strips, sand worms, etc...) could result in a very impressive mixed bag. The fall winter flounder season opens on Sunday so don't rule out actually catching some keeper flounder as a bonus. With the blow these past few days the Fall Run should be kicking into gear.
i think for some reason i have seabass on the brain and i guess my question is do we drift or anchor for them.
Either way will produce fish but I've found that anchoring over good bottom in the bays and chumming seems to be more productive and much easier to manage with a boat load of children.
Use your flounder chum pot and buy the same clam chum in the tube-shaped pints.
Just be aware that the water is still so warm that if you poke any more than a few tiny holes in the top of the bag you'll go through an entire pint of chum in less than 15 minutes.
Using a high/low rig and experimenting with a variety of baits (clam strips, squid, spearing, bunker strips, sand worms, etc...) could result in a very impressive mixed bag. The fall winter flounder season opens on Sunday so don't rule out actually catching some keeper flounder as a bonus. With the blow these past few days the Fall Run should be kicking into gear.
makomike....not worried about gebby fishing. as is said below just trying to keep the kids reeling them in. paulh....was thinking of a quiet area with a little current and slight boat traffic. thanks for the suggestion. fishmonger....did not even think about chumming up the resident bottom dwellers. great idea. was gonna go with my conventionals flukers but maybe we'll break out the light spinners. thanks to all. that's why this site is awesome. g.
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gebby - black banks is what you are looking for ! it's a 5 mile an hour zone to boot, nice and calm. the action is very fast. you can even "belly" here for bass while the kids fish bottom rigs. get up close to the bank and make sure you are on the hard bottom.
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