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Most fish bait will work well.
Ex. fluke works excellent,(cut fillet with meat on into 4-6in long strips and about 1in across.
dog fish strips work well also and basically any type of fish.
Most fish bait will work well.
Ex. fluke works excellent,(cut fillet with meat on into 4-6in long strips and about 1in across.
dog fish strips work well also and basically any type of fish.
SealTeam6....tilefish are aggressive feeders and literally any bait such as skimmers, squid and especially strip baits of bluefish, skate, will work.
More importantly and this has been documented by many fishermen, is adding a large glow bead(s0, or cylume sticks next to your baited hooks. It really does make a difference, and fishermen who regularly tile fish buy these glow accessories and add them onto there tile rigs.
Key thing is to have you hooks on the bottom, since tilefish rarely rise any distance off the bottom to take a bait. They have been caught jigging by a number of people, but with the best tile fishing occuring in water depths of over 500 feet, it is best to use a bait that stays on the hook as the vessel you are on, drifts along.
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More importantly and this has been documented by many fishermen, is adding a large glow bead(s0, or cylume sticks next to your baited hooks. It really does make a difference, and fishermen who regularly tile fish buy these glow accessories and add them onto there tile rigs.
Key thing is to have you hooks on the bottom, since tilefish rarely rise any distance off the bottom to take a bait. They have been caught jigging by a number of people, but with the best tile fishing occuring in water depths of over 500 feet, it is best to use a bait that stays on the hook as the vessel you are on, drifts along.
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Small whole Squid or Skimmers produce well as does fresh strip baits from Fluke, Bluefish, Silver eel's. I usually tip my Squid or Skimmer baits with a strip of fresh meat from any of the above mentioned baits. Fish a two hook rig 7/0 - 8/0 on two heavy duty 3 way swivels. Spool up with 65 lb Braid with a 50 ft topshot of 60 lb pink ande and you'll be in business
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Small whole Squid or Skimmers produce well as does fresh strip baits from Fluke, Bluefish, Silver eel's. I usually tip my Squid or Skimmer baits with a strip of fresh meat from any of the above mentioned baits. Fish a two hook rig 7/0 - 8/0 on two heavy duty 3 way swivels. Spool up with 65 lb Braid with a 50 ft topshot of 60 lb pink ande and you'll be in business
If anyone has not caught tilefish before and wants to see where these fish actually live, these two sites will give you a idea about the tilefishs' burrows, along with another short video showing the beautiful coloring of our golden tilefish:
Tilefish works its way in and out of a clay burrow
Tilefish have colorful blue and olive coats with brilliant yellow spots
To view these videos, you must have Apples Quick Time player installed on your computer.
EC NEWELL MAN<>
Tilefish works its way in and out of a clay burrow
Tilefish have colorful blue and olive coats with brilliant yellow spots
To view these videos, you must have Apples Quick Time player installed on your computer.
EC NEWELL MAN<>
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