matching the hatch "sand eels" stellwagon bank

[monsterfish]

with sand eels showing heavy this year on the bank and in Cape Cod Bay what was the best lure to match the hatch when it comes to sand eels???

[seaworm1]

I find a 4 foot black squid bar to be a near perfect imitation

RonZ makes a killer sandeel immitation (capecod sandeel)

[CaptKevin]

Maria lures are great for all kinds of fishing, Striped Bass, Blue Fish, " light tackle" Mahi Mahi, Bonito, Skip Jack, False Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, that is everything that I have caught using a Maria. They come in a bunch of different colors and sizes.
When using them for larger fish I replace the treble hook with a Xstrong J hook.

[Innovator]

[wrap-check]

Sandeels may be the hatch, but they still eat squidbars.

[Terrapin88]

Gulp Alive makes a good one; as well as Bill Hurley - and hes local. I have put em on as high as 6oz jigs with good success.

[Captain Greg Sears]

My friend put a big sand lance from a tuna belly on his spinning rod and was tight before it hit the water. he lost this fish and spent the hole day trying to catch another this way. Not a sniff he said he was bouncing it off the tunas heads and no takers. Meanwhile I trolled 4 fish with a Trick or Treat squid bar. ( orange and black) Hmmm I have never seen an orange and black fish or sand eel? (Bouncing off the water at 5kts). Like a cat and a laser beam they just can't resist it.

Why do Marlin eat a fussy bubble jet Orange Red and Green and chase it for a 1/4 mile? I have seen allot of these swimming in schools?

We are still searching for the Tuna version of Crack?

[Innovator]

Also how many Rainbow colored baitfish have you seen in these parts? I always have wondered what the hell to tunas think a rainbow colored squid bar look like??? Could it be the proximity to P-town???

But yet again why try to out think something that has a brain the size of a golf ball. If it ain't broken don't fix it!

[Wayward Sun]

You guys ever run cedar plugs up there??

[cappyD]

They'll eat anything that swims. All of the above! Go light on your flouro too. There are a million ways to catch bluefin tuna. The Sniper lure is a great piece of tackle...very effective by itself or behind a bar. The trick or treat(black/orange) bar seems to be outfishing all the bars out there...hmmm...mimicking the mutated toothed eel perhaps...They breed over near the power plant in Plymouth.

Guys were doing well I heard on live mackeral today at Peaked Hill. We caught a 66 inch fish on a pink skirted ballyhoo on sat but Im finding the fish were very leader shy. We dropped down to 100. Had a couple more fish eat the wwb baits...only one up on a bar. Need to get a black and orange in the arsenal...

Has anyone been catching macks? I'd love to take a few down to Chatham. Hoping to get back out on thurs