One cast?

[LargeHunter]

If you could take one cast with one certain offering, where and when would you do it. No need to be specific with the spot though.

For me I would swim to my favorite rock somewhere in gansett, and cast a big fat juicy eel right next a large boulder. It would be the downside of the full moon of June.

What about you?

[nofish]

Okay, you forced it out of me. I enjoy using a modified ss sinking parrot popper( I change out the treble for a vmc yellow bucktail) on a favorite hunk of rocky southeastern terrain on any given sunrise. Hope not to see you there though.

[ChiefLinesider]

What: one of my secret lures at Where: one of my secret spots When: I get a strong confident feeling there are large hungry fish present.

[bart]

an eel in gansett, slack tide, October...

[rirockhound]

Originally Posted by bart

an eel in gansett, slack tide, October...

yup... but not slack tide...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by rirockhound

yup... but not slack tide...

Sorry for the highjack just want to shed a little light on this.

Slack tide is a great time to have your eel in the water. Some places shine at slack tide. Think musical chairs, the bass are now jockeying or moving and changing their postions in the water. The change in tides along with current influences movement in fish. Sometimes the change and movement may be subtle espeacially if they are keyed in on something or more dramatic. Even baitfish make these adjustments. We learn spots to figure out at what stage of a tide do these places hold fish and become productive but what about the things that make fish transient. Movement could be to the other side of a point, partially around a cove, the opposing side of a reef, large boulder or other structure, to breaks and openings in jettys, down the beach into a cut, out of a cut, to the 2nd bar etc.... The point is it's a good time to be effectively working the water with your offering. The way I see it is a spot should be fished for between 20-40 minutes without activity before moving on to somewhere else, however if I'm at a spot and nothing has been happening as far as activity and the tide is about to change I'm sticking around a little longer. Food for thought and my 2 cents.

[bart]

i agree with you dave- i have noticed the last couple of seasons that at a particular spot there would be no signs of activity while the tide was still running, but as soon the water slowed a small group of bigger fish would start to move around. i don't know if these fish were stationed in a feeding zone that was out of my casting range or if i was just not presenting my offering in a natural manner. either way, like clockwork, the fish would come through and it would be your job to pick off a good one in the short amount of time you were alloted. too bad this season has been an exception, i've only had one shot at a good fish during this brief window of opportunity and i blew it..

[rirockhound]

I agree slack tide is a great time, but we're talking one cast at one spot I want the tide moving a little bit.

[Pete_G]

Slack tide can definitely result in fish going on patrol, but in a lot of my Newport spots I prefer the tide to be moving. It's going to put the fish in feeding spots. Assuming you can reach these spots, this makes things a lot easier. On a moving tide whether I'm on the boat or shore I can usually assess whether anyone is home in about 10 minutes tops, if I really know the spot I'm fishing. If I know where to lay a plug or bait and if there's a fish and I hit the spot and put it right in it's face it's going to feed. Anytime after that I'm just waiting and hoping for fish to enter the area.

The moving tide positions the bass like trout, imo. Slack tide can be great if the fish are active, if not then it's just a stretch of time where if you hook a fish your eel or plug happened to land where the fish saw or heard it. Moving tide can allow you to apply a more precise attack on a spot, especially from the boat.

[nofish]

Peter, one of these days, you and nofish, need to go fish.