We locate the wreck first.When we find it we drop a jug over with lead and line with the right depth of line plus 10 ft... so if it is 75ft. we put 75ft plus 10 ft to the jug........ we keep doing circles to find more and keep on marking them... Then we find our drift after we find our drift we go way past were we want to be and put our big anker out. then back up to the jugs we move by letting more line out or take in line.This works for us We limit out every time last year . We use brown crab for bait.... We get them from the conch boats the tog eat them every day they are there natural food. One hook,30 lbs leader,and home made sinkers.
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hey Ike- welcome to the site- you can post it if you like- i didnt write it originally so i dont deserve any credit. just dont mention the chum bag- i think ahi has a mark on my head - lol. see ya, craig
I actually make my rig out of 100# Jinkai, it keeps it in nice shape, and almost eliminates tangles. The Tog don't care what size line you use. We kill 'em out there LOL. I don't normally fish in Spring for them, I wait for the Fall bite. Limit in Spring/Summer is 3 fish per person. I do Fall meat trips when I can keep more.
I like using medium tackle. Too light and you won't control them quick enough to keep 'em from burying in the rocks. Too heavy and you miss a lot of bites and also don't have as much fun.
I'm using a 15-25# (I think) Ugly Stick with a 704Z. I know, a lot of guys are going conventional but I can't seem to get rid of my 704Z's, LOL. I use the same rod for Fluking, Sea Bass, Scup. I have others for spares/other guys who don't have one, but this is "mine" lol. Lot of action, and stiff enough to control the fish. Love the looks on the other boats when my rod bends into the water hehehehe
We use Green/Brown crabs in the Fall. I cut the legs into a bucket, and cut the crabs in half down the middle. Hook thru one of the leg holes and out the gut. That way the bait stays on well, and also, when the tog goes to eat the crab gut, the hook point is right there, easier to hook.
Once in a while, throw a couple handfuls of the legs up off the bow. I haven't bothered with a chumpot yet, but been doing the legs thing for years, seems to work well.
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I like the SeaStriker yellow pack snelled hooks. Tie a dropper for the sinker then on the bottom of the string tie a snelled leadered hook from the yellow pack. Half way down the hooks leader attach another leadered hook, loop ta loop stylethen secure with two overhand knots.
This rig isn't as pretty as a chicken rig but it places both baits on the rock. I believe keeping the bait still on the rock is where ole rubber lips is used to seeing it and more natural than a chicken rig.
The pool winner in NY allways caught um this way.
The chicken rig is good so long as it doesn't land ontop of a rock and yer baits are danglin in the water coliumn.
If the chicken rig lands next to the rock then it will appear the baits are climbing the side of the rock. This is good for the bait but bad fer the sinker.
spring time fiddlers, fall time green crabs all da time hermet crabs
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Another way to fish is with surgical tubing and sparkplugs for a weight.We used to do this in oc on the jetties.Lots of snags.When you get snagged just give it a tug and the sparkplug seperates from the tubing and you save the rest of your rig.After the other evening I'm thinking of going back to that set up.
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LMAO Will you post that on TF? If not, can I and give you the credit?
- lol. see ya, craig
