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Cd662
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 Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:25 am Post subject: Milford 12/08 Herring |
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| Quick trip on the incoming, nothing so far, just wanted to see if they were around. It is still a bit early, but those things are so unpredictable... |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:28 am Post subject: |
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So, the herring run with the stripers? Since I started fishing for stripers in the last two years, the only other fish I've boated have been a couple of white perch. How do you fish for herring? What do you throw?
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fishingkid
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| Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | So, the herring run with the stripers? Since I started fishing for stripers in the last two years, the only other kind fish I've boated has been a couple of white perch. How do you fish for herring? What do you throw? |
To fish for Sea Herring all you need is a Sabiki rig. Just attach one of those ball weights to the bottom (I usually use 1/2 ounce depending on the current) and just cast and jig it in. If there's a strong current where you're fishing you don't even have to do much reeling, just cast the rig out and the only retrieving you'll do with a sabiki in a strong current would just to keep tension on the line, the current will do most of the work. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I'll try throwing a sabiki rig the next time I get out there.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| They're around. Know of some caught in Norwalk as well as in Fairfield. |
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insomnia11
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| Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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there're in norwalk!
caught three(lost two) LAST sunday afternoon (dec 1).had to leave and go to work.
no schoolies in the river.had sandworms on one rod and worked the sabiki rig on another
small schools of herring 10ft from shore in 5ft or less of water for the most part!.
i caught those at low tide closer to shore and in 2ft of water! 
used one for striper bait in stratford saturday with no luck....AGAIN 
should've stuck with the herrings
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PECo
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:13 am Post subject: |
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I gotta find my sabiki rigs! You know, the ones I've bought over the years but never used?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | I gotta find my sabiki rigs! You know, the ones I've bought over the years but never used? |
didn't you invent them? 
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PECo
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Crest Daddy wrote: | | didn't you invent them? |
No. Didn't Gary Yamamoto?
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Cd662
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| Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Atlantic Herring are usually in intercoastal zones, harbors, and rivers during December to February - there's never any set time they appear. They show up in large schools and vanish just as quick as they come. When the fishing is hot, it's hot!
As someone else mentioned, sabiki rigs with a weight on the bottom work best. Simply jig the rig up and down so that teaser paper flashes. The herring are drawn to the action and hook themselves. If you leave one on the line, sometimes it's fight will attract more and you can fill up t he whole rig with fish.
I fished last week at South Benson, it was very slow. A guy I talked to said he's been fishing there all week (he was unemployed) and there were a few small bursts of activity but otherwise, it's generally slow. Who knows what will happen this weekend though, especially since we've had cold weather. |
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insomnia11
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| Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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anyone got an update on the herring action outside of norwalk???
i was at the maritime center today for an hour(low tide) and got NADA!
i really wasn't expecting much..there has been a huge dredger on the river for weeks now.
a few days after i made my post..they MOVED the dredger upriver.. to right between the piers. 
the dredger is back downriver now...dredging seven days a week...but i think it might've killed a great herring spot for the year!
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