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Michael
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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:19 pm Post subject: Glass Minnow HJ-6 is a KILLER!!! |
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Headed down to Seaside Park Friday afternoon. Arrived at the cannon around 1:45pm and high for Bridgeport was scheduled for 4:44pm.
Lures I tried throwing on my schoolie setup included shiner Shallow Shad Rap SSR-9, olive green Clackin Minnow CNM-9, spotted minnow Saltwater X-Rap SXR-10, flake blue Max Rap MXR-15, chrome Skitter Pop SP-9, and purpledescent Flat Rap FLR-10. Nothing ever touched all lures. Never got a follower on any. The only thing I saw was a small swirl behind the SP-9.
Finally decided to switch over to my light action freshwater setup and go to work with the snappers. My usual trusty lure, the glass minnow Husky Jerk HJ-6, was the one doing it.
After landing close to 20 snappers on the HJ-6 and losing plenty things slowed down at the peak of high tide. Moved over to the rocky stretch and casted with my schoolie setup but had no luck.
I decided to take a break to cool down and rehydrate Downtown at 5:26pm.
After cooling down and resting with something to drink, I went to Remington around 6:30pm.
Threw most of the lures I had thrown at the cannon, including a purpledescent Clackin Rap CNR-8 but nothing ever happened.
Went back to the HJ-6 with my light action freshwater setup and was into those snappers!
Things quieted down around 8pm even though there were still some small breaks on the surface. Hit the road around 8:30pm.
Landed a total of over 20 snappers with the biggest being a chunky 12". Kept my limit of bigger ones in the 9 to 12 inch range. The glass minnow Rapala Husky Jerk HJ-6 was outdoing other snapper fishermen as usual. Fish after fish on the hook including 2 doubles!
One other fish I saw prowling the surface was a gar.
2 men chunking at Remington were going to town with the snappers on lighter gear and were using small pieces of CHICKEN!!!!!  |
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samthefisherman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| snapper are fluke bait! they will hit anything those bastards |
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fishingkid
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| samthefisherman wrote: | | snapper are fluke bait! they will hit anything those bastards |
They're good for bass and blues, too. |
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samthefisherman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| hell yes |
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Michael
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| samthefisherman wrote: | | snapper are fluke bait! they will hit anything those bastards |
A classic nickname I have from another website is Snapper Smasher. Snapper Smasher to go with Bluefish Buster.
Fun time on a light action setup. The HJ-6 always outdoes everybody else from Kastmasters to snapper poppers to soft plastics. |
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samthefisherman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| me and my friend call you the bluefish guy because you used to have pictures on ctfisherman of blues |
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samthefisherman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| whats your biggest blue? |
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Michael
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| samthefisherman wrote: | | whats your biggest blue? |
My PB is 15 pounds. That was from a boat 5 or more years ago. My PB surf fishing blue was a 29" 10 pounder caught at Penfield Reef in September 2010 on a 3" Mister Twister grub rigged on a Wagon Man jighead. |
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