9-17-07 HARBOR TACKLE REPORT - RED DRUM

[btf25]

Harbor Tackle Fishing Report September 17, 2007

There are still spots open for the 6th Annual Red Drum Tournament. You may register up until Thursday at 7 PM. Looking forward to seeing a show of red drum this weekend as a few were caught this past weekend.

Another customer of mine, Don Norcross caught a 44 inch red drum last Saturday. He was using a kingfish rig with a piece of fresh finger mullet. Don thought he had a shark hooked, but when he saw the fish in the wash he knew he had a red drum. The fish straighten the small hook out. Already reported was the first Harbor Tackle reported red drum was on Saturday by Kevin Quinn from Warminster, Pa. He caught his 40 inch red drum about 8 AM. He was using fresh spot for bait. In the surf are blues, flounder, croaker, kingfish, and sharks. Devon Fernandez caught a 24 ¼ inch flounder in the Inlet. John Cacchio hooked up with a 27 inch and 24 inch flounder using Black Saltys. Pat Connolly picked up a 22 inch gray trout at the Inlet using grubs. A few black drum have been taken from the back bay behind Assateague. Emily Campanaris hooked up with a 25 ½ inch flounder over an artificial wreck. Harbor Tackle receives fresh bunker, fresh spot, and fresh mullet daily.


Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, fresh spot, fresh mullet, live eels, live minnows, live peelers, and 2 sizes of live black saltys.

[WAHOONBOX]

IS HARBOR TACKLE IN WEST OCEAN CITY?

THANKS FOR THE REPORT AND WOULD YOU CLARIFY YOUR LOCATION PLEASE....

AND WHAT ABOUT A PICTURE OF A BLACK SALTYS

[Bert Rodgers]

IS HARBOR TACKLE IN WEST OCEAN CITY?

THANKS FOR THE REPORT AND WOULD YOU CLARIFY YOUR LOCATION PLEASE....

AND WHAT ABOUT A PICTURE OF A BLACK SALTYS

Marty, HT is in W. OC, on the corner of Colf Course Rd and Sunset.
And the best description of a black salty I can think of is they look like a dark brown gold fish. I have not been able to find what their official name is or any other info on them. Rock love them but they don't stay frisky near as long as a finger mullet or spot.

Bert

[btf25]

A black salty is a patented gold fish. They are farm raised and sold out of Arkansas. Saltys are sent overnight Fed Ex in drugged water.

[captcl]

Here's a link on the black saltys Box. They are the live bait phenom here in OC this year.

http://www.blacksalty.com/buy_baitfish.htm

[Honey Hole]

Caught on a Black Salty in January off Va. Beach.

[Bert Rodgers]

Interesting link. My experiance with them was a little different than the testamonials on the web sight. They didn't seem to last very long once hooked.

I didn't know that they were a commercially raised gold fish, but that explains it. I'm wondering about the wisdom of introducing such a creature to the environment. Green crabs come to mind.

Bert

[matey1]

bert they are bred to not live in salt water at all.

[captcl]

I have not used them as of yet Bert and Iagree is this introducing another non-indigenous speices were we should'nt? (like green crabs)They seem to be all the rave around here, call me old fashioned but I can't carry enough of the pre cut squid and my own bunker filets.