Spearing Shortage

[captmike28]

Loved using killies!! I never had a problem getting killies with a 2 man seine. With a strong ebb tide, one sweep through a flowing cut of the eel grass banks of Mt Sinai harbor and we were good to go.

Only stopped using killies when I discovered that I could grab 6” eels hiding under the weeds and rocks on one of the harbors gravel banks.

And then I moved to Purgatory, the Midwest…

Was that your transition point to Bass fishing Roccus?

And, I agree, for a coastal/ocean fisherman, the Midwest must be Purgatory!

 

[Roccus7]

Was that your transition point to Bass fishing Roccus?

And, I agree, for a coastal/ocean fisherman, the Midwest must be Purgatory!

Oh no, I had already sold my soul to the Devil more than a decade before. My killie and tiny eel experiences were initiated by the mid Sound invasion of fluke in the 70s. People need to remember that mid Sound fluke and BSB were just about extinct until the later 70s.

My first fluke of that era was caught while surfcasting a Hopkins 3 1/2 to kill some time on a summer afternoon. As I got it closer to the beach my scornful comment was, "Crap, another sundial!", which quickly changed to literal and figurative comment of "OMG, it's a fluke!!" when the fish flipped over and I realized the belly side was WHITE, not translucent!!

 

[george]

I was surprised to find that live "pinfish" in Florida are $3 a piece. We go through at least 100 when we go offshore. Good thing we net our own!

 

[Avenger]

While I am not an engineer, I often thought that someone needs to invent an "Ignition interlock kill switch" tied to chum pots, killie carts, etc. to prevent this common problem!!

Good idea. Although a "lockout" tag on the helm should work as well.

I was starting to experiment with a method of creating a self-dispensing chum in the form of a frozen block that could be deployed without a chum pot.

One day, I'll have to write a novel about the experiment. Probably best to wait until it has a proper ending though.

 

[Crabman]

I was starting to experiment with a method of creating a self-dispensing chum in the form of a frozen block that could be deployed without a chum pot.

How about wrapping it in cheap chicken wire. If it's lost it will corrode away.

 

[Avenger]

How about wrapping it in cheap chicken wire. If it's lost it will corrode away.

That's an idea. I was really trying to avoid anything more than a short piece of rope but it's certainly an option worth considering.

My first iteration was made in a qt container from Chinese soup. It was secured with a rope attached to the lid which acted as a stop to keep it all from slipping off the rope as the ice block thawed. So the only potentially lost components were sisal rope and the lid. The rope would degrade, but the lid would not. I wasn't entirely thrilled with that, but it wasn't a huge risk.

 

[hartattack]

Spearing shortage continues here in NJ b4 Sundays fluke opener. Can only get last year's small pkgs. No bricks available. Good luck flukers....