Tough day on the Miss Montauk

[bucky]

I headed out on the Miss Montauk under promising conditions but by the time we made it to the fishing grounds in 100 ft of water the wind was blowing against the tide. Started out with 10 ounces and  got dialed in catching my limit early up to 7 lbs.  We had some quality fluke coming over the rail with fish in the 6 to 8 lb range then the captain decided to make a move into shallower water due to the wind and guys showing up with their trout rods filled with heavy mono using light bucktails. The rest of the day was a very slow pick, I ended up using 14 ounces catching 7 fluke,2 whiting,2 ling and 7 sea bastards , in my opinion anything over 10 ounces takes the fun out fluke fishing. Always a beautiful sunset from our balcony

 

[hunterbob1]

Good job Bucky👍But 14 Oz's for fluke? Good thing you had your 30 class tuna rod.....

[rgw]

I normally don’t bring anything over 8 oz or 10 oz. 

[Lunatic]

5 minutes ago, hunterbob1 said:

Good job Bucky👍But 14 Oz's for fluke? Good thing you had your 30 class tuna rod.....

At one point 24 oz did not hold bottom for me on the last trip

Edited August 4, 2021 by Lunatic

[bucky]

43 minutes ago, rgw said:

I normally don’t bring anything over 8 oz or 10 oz. 

Same here, scope was still to long using 10 ounce jigs, I went to 14 oz boat lead to avoid tangles with the guys that had no clue where the bottom was. Here is some great advice, if you want to deeeeep water jig fluke leave your trout rods and mono at home, instead spool up with 20 lb braid, bring a stout rod and reel to match that will handle up to 12 ounces, otherwise you will not have an enjoyable day and most likely go home fishless Walmart combos like this WILL NOT cut it, watched this guy struggle all day

 

 

 

Edited August 4, 2021 by bucky

[JHbowhunter]

So many get fueled up on info from FB groups and Skinner videos and have no clue that you need to change it up based on the present conditions.  You still got more quality fish than what NJ is producing just not the numbers. 

[bucky]

1 minute ago, JHbowhunter said:

So many get fueled up on info from FB groups and Skinner videos and have no clue that you need to change it up based on the present conditions.  You still got more quality fish than what NJ is producing just not the numbers. 

I bring one rod for 6 ounces and under and a heavy rod for anything heavier than 6, both spooled with 20 lb braid

[JHbowhunter]

13 minutes ago, bucky said:

I bring one rod for 6 ounces and under and a heavy rod for anything heavier than 6, both spooled with 20 lb braid

Similar but I use 15# for baitcasting rods jigging 4 to 12 ounce and 10# spin and baitcasting rods for 1/2 to 3 ounce 

Edited August 4, 2021 by JHbowhunter

[bucky]

10 to 15lb test is great on soft bottom, I tried 15 on rough bottom but it didn't hold up well now I stick to 20

[hammer4reel]

1 hour ago, bucky said:

Same here, scope was still to long using 10 ounce jigs, I went to 14 oz boat lead to avoid tangles with the guys that had no clue where the bottom was. Here is some great advice, if you want to deeeeep water jig fluke leave your trout rods and mono at home, instead spool up with 20 lb braid, bring a stout rod and reel to match that will handle up to 12 ounces, otherwise you will not have an enjoyable day and most likely go home fishless Walmart combos like this WILL NOT cut it, watched this guy struggle all day

 

 

 

All my set ups look like that lol .

‘But all my reels have 30 pounds of drag , and the rods  handle 12 Oz with ease .

betting most guys actually think they bought the right stuff , having no clue .

 

[bucky]

Just now, hammer4reel said:

All my set ups look like that lol .

‘But all my reels have 30 pounds of drag , and the rods  handle 12 Oz with ease .

betting most guys actually think they bought the right stuff , having no clue .

 

Agreed Keywords, LOOKS LIKE THAT, but not even close...lol

[Zipper]

Getting it done in tough conditions. 

Great job Bucky!

[Zipper]

1 hour ago, JHbowhunter said:

So many get fueled up on info from FB groups and Skinner videos and have no clue that you need to change it up based on the present conditions.  You still got more quality fish than what NJ is producing just not the numbers. 

Don't make fun of his followers. SKINNER is a God. Lol 

[rgw]

I don’t know what to say, I have seen Johny boy deep drop with a ice fishing rod 

[bucky]

42 minutes ago, rgw said:

I don’t know what to say, I have seen Johny boy deep drop with a ice fishing rod 

With no drift no problem, otherwise you would be better off fishing with your pecker in your hand