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It is. Not only that...it's World Famous.Wow I just saw this thread from the bump.
This looks awesome.
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that may be why it's world famous.
It is. Not only that...it's World Famous.Wow I just saw this thread from the bump.
This looks awesome.
I love fishing. I get really expanded when I'm around the water like that.It is. Not only that...it's World Famous.
...so, you are very absorbent?I love fishing. I get really expanded when I'm around the water like that.
Aaaaah, OK. A co-worker used to fish the upper Delaware. Around Port Jervis I believe. Searching I saw a lot about the Lenape people.It is known now more commonly as the Delaware.
. I know good stretches of the river from Narrowsburg NY to the Water Gap. Below as you get closer to the bay is where you get the Stripers and larger smallies from what I hear but I never get down there. Believe it or not the most wild stretches are through (bordering) northern NJ which is all state lands.Aaaaah, OK. A co-worker used to fish the upper Delaware. Around Port Jervis I believe. Searching I saw a lot about the Lenape people.
I was on a beer run to Wilkes-Barre for some Stegmaier Porter. He had convinced me to try fishing at some of his sneak spots where we would not be asked for licenses. We caught nothing but the spots were beautiful.
Here's another blast from the past. Notice it is from Germany. We used a lot of ANDE line, also from Germany. I'd say between STREN and ANDE that did us well until DuPont made PRIME. That is a co-filament line. Inside, no stretch at all. Outer layer is STREN. Expensive, did not sell, I grabbed a much as I could when it was on closeout sale. I have been using it for almost 30 years.
Thems EWGs so the flat part of the hook lays exposed along the plastic. I find they tend to need attention every few casts, but you get a good hookup ratio. Also, in that case the weight is fixed, where with a two piece system you can mix and match your weights and hook sizes.Ah, so. A special hook. I get it. I have used bullet sinkers with worms, mostly for the 'fish finder' function so the fish can hit the worm and not feel the sinker. I usually just use a lead head jig, slip a worm or grub on, maybe a squid strip for flavor. But that catches sea weed. How about this here? A lead head with a worm hook.
I see. How does the weight attach to the hook? Or do you mean the bullet weight ? That would be important to me as depths change fast and weight requirements change too. I do have an assortment of bullet weights but I never tried them in deep water. In my area I can go from 1/4oz to 8oz in a short time. I have learned that on a rising tide the fish will drive the bait right into very shallow water. That is where a Whaler shines as I only draw less than a foot of water. I have been in water so shallow I can see the fish fighting over the bait.with a two piece system you can mix and match your weights and hook sizes.
Of course if you peg the weight you can position it up the line if you like, or let it ride free w/o pegging. Naturally if you Texas rig then you have to hit it harder to drive the hook through the plastic, but it is a very effective weedless rig.Hmmmm. I have never pegged the weight. I expect the weight to swing free. If stuck at the hook, the fish can feel it. I mostly use a bullet weight on my line on a sandy slope in the inlet, from shore. I toss it out and slowly slide the rig up the slope. If a fish bites he only gets the hook and skirt- no weight.
I also use a 'fish finder' which is a plastic sinker holder that lets the line slip freely. Fish takes bait, sinker stays put, fish feels nothing until I set the hook. Sinker never gets close to hook because I use a swivel about three feet from the hook to attach the leader. I particularly like a float rig so the bait stays away from the crabs.
Here is the shoreline rig I use. I stand just inside the inlet at Far Rockaway. I add maybe a squid strip and toss it out to the end of the ledge into the channel. Work it up the slope slowly. Fish doesn't feel weight. First is expanded view, next is as in use.Wide gap hook, a glow bead to fill the head of the glow skirt, bullet weight.