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Note: sea bass are extremely active when you chum
and use submerged lighting at night, in fact many times they go into a feeding
frenzy. Also the biggest sea bass are caught at
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Sea Bass fishing is common sport along the Atlantic coast. In Maryland and Virginia, anglers fish from Ocean City, Chincoteague, Wachapreague and Virginia Beach for this very tasty fish.
Peak fishing is usually May and early June and again in the fall. In the spring, wrecks, reefs and rough bottom in depths of 50 - 80 feet usually hold the most fish. Biggger fish can sometimes be enticed by using larger baits. Favorite rigs for bigger fish include single hook rigs with a whole squid for bait, large bucktail jigs with squid strips and large metal jigs. The larger baits catch less total fish but with a much higher average weight.
A stiff rig and 6 to 8 oz. of lead may be required, depending on the depth, current and drifting of the boat. Braided line is essential in water over 50 feet. This line is absolutely mandatory when fishing deeper wrecks to 200 feet deep.
Deep wrecks can hold some monster sea bass. Also ling or red hake can be caught in deeper areas, even along the drops of the canyon edges.
Saltwater structure and wreck fishing
The term "Wreck fishing" is when
you fish rough bottom, artificial reefs, and shipwrecks. The methods and
descriptions are generic and can be used for all saltwater areas and locations.
This section highlights on fishing specific species but more specific
information about individual fish speciesis is
available elsewhere on this site.
Finding good structure is trickly buisness and takes some research and practice. But with practice you can become a good fisherman. Depending on where you plan to fish or where you are located, there is allot of public information on where old ship wrecks and plane wrecks are located. This type of structure will hold many different species of fish. One of the best ways to find wrecks when you first get stated is to follow the charter captians, if you pull up to a wreck and the charters are pulling in fish, stop and try your luck. Make sure you document the gps location so you can come back at a later date.
Today, you can find information about wrecks from many sources, there are books, webpages, and user forums to aid you in finding good fishing spots. An easy structure to seach for on the internet artificial reefs. Theses Locations are widely published and many of the structures are large and easily found.
When you locate a wreck don't drop anchor right away. Make
three or four passes around the wreck in a circling mothing documenting depths
so you can determine the layout of the wreck . There maybe many brocken pieces
around the main wreck that will hold fish too. Also make sure you monitor
your sonar to make sure fish are there. some wrecks are only seasonal. Also your
sonar can give you clues as to the type of fish species that is located at the
wreck.
Bait and tackle
You
need to prepare before you make your trip. Do some research as to what live bait
is best to bring along. I recomend you use medium to heavy action rods
with conventional reels. Make sure all your tackle is saltwater quality. I use
30lb spiderwire line. I recomend you make up some quick change leader about
24 " long that can easily be replaced when you get a snag. tie on a swivel clip
on your main line that way you can change or replace rigs quickly. make sure
your rig has has the sinker on the bottom and a #4/0 hook about 18" above it.
Make sure the rig at the top has a hangmens noose type clip. Before any trip i catch good live
bait for the trip. Click Hereto see how i
catch the live bait. Different fish species take different baits. for
example, Tautog like hard crabs or clams. Trout eat only squid or clams.
for fresh cutbait cut up into strips, Dolphinfish, skipjack tuna or false
albacore. Sea bass will bite on any bait, but Squid is the basic sea bass
bait. if you are going for larger sea bas then you need to fish with large cut
bait strips. The larger sea bass will be located in the schools of smaler fish.
The smaller fish may pick at your large strip baits but they cannot swallow it.
Larger fish will hold back until they see larger baits. You won't catch as many
fish, but they will all be of the larger sizes.