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  1. Matts

    Another Braid-to-Leader Knot that's pretty straightforward

    My head is still spinning. It seems like it is not that much stronger or smoother than an FG. My big issue with an FG is finishing it. With the bobbin knot, you have that same issue: locking down the braid tag end and preventing that annoying leader tag end from creeping out during use. That...
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    Magnolia pier

    My guess is that because a party boat can't advertise a catch and release trip for sea bass and cod, and there are customers who are anxious to bend a rod, they advertise "cunner" trips. But what do I know. I've been told that cunners taste great.
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    Blackfish Jigs and colors

    I agree that color really does not matter. More important is weight, hook gap, barb length, point sharpness, hook diameter, and shank length,
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    Record price set for a BFT

    The owner said there would be no price increase. I agree that it may be difficult to confirm that you are really eating sushi from that fish. In any event, I will say that tuna sushi in Tokyo beats what you can get here.
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    Offshore Wrecks

    Thanks Matt. Keep em coming. A few thoughts. first, the video shows that you can be anchored right on a wreck even if your sinker feels "soft" bottom, because so much growth has covered the metal and wood. Also, why it is important to have a long leader below your braid, since parts of the...
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    Comment by 'Matts' in article 'The Biggest Lie in Striped Bass History Started With Two Fish'

    George, do you have a link to the DMF study?
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    Air Exposure is Critical to Striped Bass C/R Survival!

    This is why it important not to read too much into a scientific paper. Their focus was narrow. What is the condition of striped bass in relation to air exposure within the first 20 minutes of release. They also reported on fight time, water temperature and fish size. Not mortality. Not a host...
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    Air Exposure is Critical to Striped Bass C/R Survival!

    Does anyone else remember a study in the early 90's where a few hundred schoolies were diamond jigged in Sound and put in a tank for observation. Pretty much 100% survival. Captain Herbie Hahn may have participated. Does that ring a bell?
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    Eating less popular fish

    Saturday, I ordered "tautog" in a fancy Manhattan restaurant. After I asked, the waiter assured me that it was really tautog, and that it was sourced from "Rhode Island." I asked him if he was sure, since I thought it was a little late in the season for Rhode Island. I was later informed that...
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    Eating less popular fish

    I don't care for the texture of ling. As far as bergals, I can never distinguish them from among the sea bass and blackfish fillets, so not comments, but I've heard that they are very tasty.
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    Eating less popular fish

    I've had sauteed skate a few times in a restaurant, so I cannot tell what specific type of skate they were. Pretty tasty. Shark-like texture. I eat sea robbins all the time when I'm making fish tocos. I just fillet the tail. After you bread and fry them, unless you really try, it's hard to...
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    Air Exposure is Critical to Striped Bass C/R Survival!

    Some interesting observations: small lures can lead to more deep hooking. Using a jaw grab was preferred over a net based on an earlier study. The fish in the study seemed to be mostly under 30 inches. I suspect that with a 36"+ fish, nets are preferred. Even their high water temps are low...
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    Air Exposure is Critical to Striped Bass C/R Survival!

    George do you have a link to the article?
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    Reduced Hypoxia in LI Sound.

    All that wind churning up the surface probably didn't hurt either!
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    Reduced Hypoxia in LI Sound.

    that's good news.
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    Current was light and I fished with a jig for most of the day, caught a bunch of bergals and sea bass, but they just did not want a jig. All the tog were caught on sinker rigs. This fish was caught in about 100' with 30# braid and my conventional Al Goldberg spiral wrap.
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    I ended the season in grand fashion. We were supposed to fish Newport today, Monday, but the captain called last week to say he had a cancellation for yesterday, Sunday, that the weather would be much better Sunday, and that we might not make it our Monday trip due to high wind. I jumped on it...
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    Feeding after the rain

    I was at Caumsett Park two weeks ago and saw loads of doe, plus a beautiful 10 pointer, but none of my iPhone photos came out that well after I scrambled to take off my gloves and pull my phone out of my pocket.
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    Are you hanging it up for the season or still fishing?

    My area of the Western Sound (West of Rye and Matinecock Pt.) went from on fire (see photo) to not a tap in two weeks. Yesterday i tried wrecks at 100' and 70' and rock piles at 40' and 35' and we had barely a sniff. My boat gets pulled Saturday. But first it's a trip on the Gypsea and a last...
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    North Star

    Mackerel fishing in the late 70's was off the hook. Boats from Sheepshead Bay would make the run up the east river to fish the western sound. My dad and I used small tins and freshwater rods, loosened the drag, and those big Macks would take off like a tuna. Too bad it never came back.

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