surf fishing at gilgo/democrat point area
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It sounds like you have been having trouble. Me too. Although I know a lot, I have only been doing this for a few yoears and consider myself a beginner. I have not landed one bass this year. If I were you, and you want to catch something big like bass or blues I would use bunker chunks. If you just want to catch something and you are willing to put up with sea robins, skates, and sand sharks, you can use squid or clams and both still have the chance of catching you a bass or a blue. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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use clams.. I have better luck with the frozen smelly "Regal bait" clams, then fresh..
Use a FLOAT rig with a sharp hook on a piece of florocarbon. With time and patience you will catch a bass any time of the day with this method.
NO FLOAT = SKATES SKATES SEA ROBIN SKATE SKATE SKATE SKATE..
Use a FLOAT rig with a sharp hook on a piece of florocarbon. With time and patience you will catch a bass any time of the day with this method.
NO FLOAT = SKATES SKATES SEA ROBIN SKATE SKATE SKATE SKATE..
I never really did that well by using a float.And when i did most of the bass were tiny.
I'd stick with freshest buker you can find on a 12 inch leader and a 10/0 hook
This fool moon is messing things up with weed right now ,so you have to pick and choose your spots but this past week there was fish on just about every beach west of FI ,and good size too.
I'd stick with freshest buker you can find on a 12 inch leader and a 10/0 hook
This fool moon is messing things up with weed right now ,so you have to pick and choose your spots but this past week there was fish on just about every beach west of FI ,and good size too.
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ZenoH wrote:
I never really did that well by using a float.And when i did most of the bass were tiny.
I'd stick with freshest buker you can find on a 12 inch leader and a 10/0 hook
This fool moon is messing things up with weed right now ,so you have to pick and choose your spots but this past week there was fish on just about every beach west of FI ,and good size too.
Zeno is right however this was just if you want to kick back have a little fun during the day light tackle perhaps..
If you wanna go hardcore of course fresh bunker in the dark for the bigguns..
I rarely fish at night myself. But yes the fish are smaller in the day but the float doesn't seem to scare them as I most always use one, on florocarbon, and they don't seem to mind it. I'm waiting for someone to invent one that looks like a baitfish.. hmm
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I never really did that well by using a float.And when i did most of the bass were tiny.
I'd stick with freshest buker you can find on a 12 inch leader and a 10/0 hook
This fool moon is messing things up with weed right now ,so you have to pick and choose your spots but this past week there was fish on just about every beach west of FI ,and good size too.
Zeno is right however this was just if you want to kick back have a little fun during the day light tackle perhaps..
If you wanna go hardcore of course fresh bunker in the dark for the bigguns..
I rarely fish at night myself. But yes the fish are smaller in the day but the float doesn't seem to scare them as I most always use one, on florocarbon, and they don't seem to mind it. I'm waiting for someone to invent one that looks like a baitfish.. hmm
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see my post on Tuesday labeled "GILGO". A note to add is the past couple of weeks the bite has been on the incoming tide. There was several blitzes yesterday but, never got close enough to the beach. The Laura Lee and The Fishfinder, party boats out of Captree, were all over these blitzes for a couple of hours. It was far enough out that I couldn't see the "fog" of birds working until I looked thru my binoculars. Good luck.
see my post on Tuesday labeled "GILGO". A note to add is the past couple of weeks the bite has been on the incoming tide. There was several blitzes yesterday but, never got close enough to the beach. The Laura Lee and The Fishfinder, party boats out of Captree, were all over these blitzes for a couple of hours. It was far enough out that I couldn't see the "fog" of birds working until I looked thru my binoculars. Good luck.
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thanx for the advice, i will be using a float probably because last weekend i was tossing some macarel chunks and bunker chunks(snagged macarel the weekend before) and the crabs were unbearable!! i will use bunker and mabey some clam bellies in da afternoon on a fishfinder rig with some snelled 4/0 hooks. anyone know that small cove at gilgo with the two big rock formations and a bay next to it, right across from demo point?? i will probably b fishin this beach area on the outflow. any more advice??
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that's the sore thumb. hard to fish it in the weekends with the crowds and boats get in your face looking for bait..
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right on the crowds, but everyone seems to leave as it gets later so i am going try to get a spot as soon as i can and toss some baits. hopefully i will get a some fluke on a bucktail w/squid and spearing and mabey chunk up some blues and bass. just gonna have some fun and relax.... ill post some pics asap
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you have the right attitude, good luck.. I've had better luck with the fluke along that beach than the rockpile, as well as the bass an blues. The ebb current is great timing to be there. good luck. I will be in the area Saturday, which is the better of the two weekend days by far. If you see a white truck with slide on camper stop over and say hello
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Also my fluke bait of choice is a pink bucktail with a thin strip of clam, split tailed.. with live bait even better but the spearing are a bit small now to net.
Also my fluke bait of choice is a pink bucktail with a thin strip of clam, split tailed.. with live bait even better but the spearing are a bit small now to net.
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