Sealing the Deal

I was able to make it out this morning to a couple of good spots in Narragansett.  The first spot on the bay side had nothing happening so I moved on to my back-up spot.  I was only able to connect with one schoolie size bass this morning.  Wouldn't you know - I caught it on a white 3/4 oz. bucktail while working some rocky structure with a lot of good white water.  This is the most productive lure I have ever used!

While fishing this a.m., I also saw a small seal.  It scared me a bit as it did a quick flip in the wash near the lip of the shore just a few feet in front of me.  Be on the lookout for these dudes if your are fishing Narragansett.  I also saw a couple of nice rainbows in the sky as there was a sprinkle just as the sun came over the horizon.

This previous weekend I made deliveries of my casting eggs to Quonny Bait and Tackle and Cardinal Bait and Tackle.  I was really pleased with how these turned out and can't wait to hear how they are working out for customers.

Bucktailing Success!

So far this year I have landed 88 Striped Bass.  Every single one has been on some type of subsurface lure.  Cocahoe and jighead, soft plastic swimshad and jighead, or bucktail with porkrind trailer.

I have caught 5 keeper size bass thus far and all of them have been on a white 3/4 oz. bucktail with a trailer.  The picture above is of my most recent catch.  This bass was holding behind a visible piece of structure that was breaking the incoming current.  I dropped the bucktail just in back of that structure and WHAM!  Fish on!!!

I am really enjoying learning how to fish bucktail jigs.  I have fished them on sand beaches, rocky shores, rocks and inlets and continue to be amazed at the fish producing power of this lure.  If you haven't tried bucktailing - you should.  You will catch fish and losing jigs just doesn't happen as much as you might think it does.  I would also highly recommend John Skinner's new book Fishing the Bucktail.  This book has decreased my learning curve by a ton and helped me to make and dye my own bucktails for fishing. 

With bigger tides set for this weekend, I am looking to the bucktail to produce more keeper bass.  Hopefully my first 20 pounder!

See you in the surf - jc.

Full Moon Fever!

The big tides over the weekend also brought in some big fish.  I landed 4 keepers over the weekend in Narragansett.  The smallest was 9.5lbs 29 inches and the largest 35 inches probably 17-20 lbs.  All except one of these beauties were caught using my new favorite lure - the BUCKTAIL!  I am loving learning how to fish this lure.

I am looking forward to new moon fever later in the month.  Hopefully it will mean some even bigger fish for the taking.  See you in the surf - jc.