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-- Aan -- --- Andris Suherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Expert fishermen in southern New England sound off > on > the best ways to tempt bluefish on a variety of > surface plugs. > > > Mitch Passero prepares to release a blue that nailed > his surface plug off Branford, Connecticut. > Replacing > trebles with singles makes de-hooking easier. > > > Few people would deny that catching monster bluefish > on wire line, chunks or diamond jigs is a lot of > fun. > However, the sight of a voracious blue - be it a > feisty five-pounder or a full-grown gorilla - > tearing > up the surface as it chases down a plug is about as > exciting as inshore fishing gets. Just ask Mitch > Passero. > > "I remember several times when a bluefish chased my > plug all the way to the boat without taking it, only > to have another fish rocket out of nowhere and soak > me > just as I was lifting the lure from the water," says > Passero, a tournament fisherman from Stamford, > Connecticut. "It's enough to give you a heart > attack!" > > Anglers seeking this type of heart-stopping action > need look no further than the rugged southern New > England coast. Our prime bluefish habitat was > created > thousands of years ago, when the Late Wisconsin > Glacier moved across the landscape, scouring the > bedrock like a giant bulldozer. The great wall of > ice > shoved massive amounts of rubble and soil ahead of > it > until the glacier finally stopped just beyond the > current Connecticut shoreline. When the ice age > ended > and the glaciers retreated, the sea level rose > nearly > 300 feet. The remaining mounds of glacial debris, > called moraines, became the multitude of islands, > reefs, rock piles, and shoals that now dot the coast > and serve as prime bluefish structure. > > Choose Your Structure > All-Purpose Surface Plugs > > These surface plugs will all draw stunning strikes > from hungry blues, despite their different shapes > and > hook configurations. A fast retrieve is most > effective. > > > If you're new to surface lures," says Matt Hillyer, > owner of Hillyer's Tackle Shop in Waterford, > Connecticut, "I can recommend some good choices to > keep on board. They're about 41/2 inches long and > simulate escaping or injured baitfish." Hillyer's > picks include the following all-purpose plugs: > > 3 oz. Gag's Grabbers Bluefish Bomb > > > 1 1/2 oz. Creek Chub Striper Strike > > > 1 oz. Yo-Zuri Mag Popper > > > 1 1/2 oz. Atom Swingin Swiper > > > 1 1/2 oz. Gibbs Lures Polaris Popper > > > But not every piece of structure holds fish, as > Captain Dixon Merkt points out. "First, you need to > learn how to read the water," says Merkt, a > light-tackle specialist who works the tide-swept > islands and rips of eastern Long Island Sound. "Look > for what I call 'nervous' water created by the > current > moving over submerged structure. Start fishing > upcurrent of the structure and work your way down > through it. Never hesitate to cast beyond that line > of > nervous water and retrieve the plug through it, as > though it was a baitfish traveling downcurrent." > > Other top guides agree that the right combination of > current and structure is the key to finding > plug-hungry bluefish. "Moving water is very > important," says Captain Ned Kittredge, who fishes > out > of Westport, Massachusetts. "A strong current > disorients the bait that the bluefish are feeding > on. > A rip line over a reef, or water flowing around the > end of a rock or breakwater, are the first places to > fish." > > However, not all rips produce surface strikes, no > matter how fishy they look. "Deep-holding bluefish > can't sense surface commotion and often won't pursue > a > topwater lure," Kittredge adds. "If there's bait > present and the bluefish are active, they'll come up > from 20 feet to grab a plug. But not much more. On > the > shallow end, I've found them in as little as 18 > inches > of water. The action in this depth range can be > phenomenal." > > Preparation Pays! > Mitch Passero and I had a spectacular afternoon with > shallow-water bluefish last summer. We were > intending > to work diamond jigs in some small rips off > Branford, > Connecticut. But as we passed a reef in 12 feet of > water - generally too shallow for diamond jigging - > we > thought we saw a fish break. I spun the bow toward > the > activity, and moments later three diving terns > confirmed our suspicion. > > > Working birds and breaking fish guarantee hot > surface > action. Here the blues are hammering juvenile > "peanut" > bunker. > > We quickly stowed the jigging rods and snatched up a > pair of spinning outfits rigged with 1 1/2-ounce, > blue-and-white topwater plugs. After running > upcurrent > of the rip line, I cut the motor and we began > working > our lures just ahead of the riffled water. Moments > later we both had bluefish snapping after our plugs. > The action was unbelievable, and continued non-stop > for about two hours. In that time we must have > released 30 fish. > > Poppers and stickbaits - whether made of plastic or > wood - are proven attention-grabbers when big > bluefish > are on the prowl in thin water. These lures cast > well > into a stiff breeze, hold up to sharp teeth, can be > bounced off exposed rocks without cracking, and are > available in a wide range of sizes and colors to > match > local baitfish. > > Topwaters can be fished on baitcasting or spinning > gear, but boat fishermen should go with shorter, > lighter outfits than those used by surfcasters. Your > final selection will depend on conditions and lure > size. For example, 3/8- to 7/8-ounce plugs are a > good > match for a 61/2-foot medium-action rod when > bluefish > are feeding in shallow water on small baitfish. > However, if the blues are holding in deeper rips or > bays and preying on larger forage such as herring, > adult bunker (menhaden) or butterfish, a seven-foot, > medium-heavy outfit is needed to sling and retrieve > larger plugs weighing three ounces or more. > > Using Science to Catch More Fish > If you're the kind of fisherman who is interested in > how the ocean "works" and why fish behave the way > they > do, this book is for you. Author David A. Ross, > Ph.D., > a senior scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole > Oceanographic Institution and a columnist for Salt > Water Fly Fishing magazine, has a lot to teach > concerning fish and the world they live in, and he > presents this information in a way that will be of > immense value to anglers. In Part One of this > ambitious and wide-ranging book, Ross tackles such > subjects as tides, currents, waves, upwellings, > downwellings, nutrient cycles, the thermocline, > offshore eddies, water-temperature "fronts," the > effects of wind and much more. He also discusses the > various types of estuarine, nearshore and offshore > environments, including salt marshes, mangrove > swamps, > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website mancing-l at http://www.MancingL.com --> Fishing information, online chat, forum discusion, clasifiedads, etc MancingL Archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Fishing@Indonesia a MancingL sharing picture forum at http://communities.msn.com/FishingIndonesia Millis ini terselengara berkat dukungan PT. 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