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[fishingcaptain]

Ive bought a rod good for 20 lbs..8.5'....holds 200 yds..20 lb test line...is this suitable for stripers?... or overkill?..... fished them years ago in n.y. long island but uts been a while....i have live eels and bloodworms for bait, are these good?.... should i bring a canoe or my boat or is fishing from shore fine?..... any info is greatly appreciated.....my two sons plan on trying it and im trying to get as prepared as possible.....thanks.

[Gerry]

I fished the Stewiacke river (last year)which runs into the Shubie and used mackeral, prawns, squid. Also used repellas, plugs. I read that eels were the bait to use along the New England coast but I havn't heard of it used here. I use 20lb test line. Hope that helps.

[Luciano]

Hey captain,

Yea that rod will do, bloodworms are like crack for stripers...so i have heard. As someone mentioned live eels are supposed to be good too.

Curious...I grew up on Long Island...do you remember where you were fishing, staying, etc...?

[fishingcaptain]

i was fishing in montauk....surf casting and from a boat trolling,but that was like 25 years ago now...the crazy buggers done there went fishing at night with dry suits on and drifted around in the water with pockets full of bait with sharks around!..i read an acticle about a guy who hooked a big stripper and it started towing him out to sea and he didnt know if he should cut it off or keep fighting it....he landed 5 kms down the shore from where he put in and had a 57 lber.....they called it skimming.

[fishingcaptain]

btw.......went fishing in the shubie and lost two but one of my sons landed a nice 35incher.....not bad for his first fish....he couldnt talk and his knees were shaking so bad you could see his pants shaking.....lol.....couldnt ask for a better fathers day weekend!

[fishingcaptain]

fishingcaptain, on 30 June 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:

i was fishing in montauk....surf casting and from a boat trolling,but that was like 25 years ago now...the crazy buggers done there went fishing at night with dry suits on and drifted around in the water with pockets full of bait with sharks around!..i read an acticle about a guy who hooked a big stripper and it started towing him out to sea and he didnt know if he should cut it off or keep fighting it....he landed 5 kms down the shore from where he put in and had a 57 lber.....they called it skimming.

[keithc]

Anyone fishing Shubie or Stewiacke River lately?

[fishingcaptain]

keithc, on 22 July 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

Anyone fishing Shubie or Stewiacke River lately?

went along the coast a couple weeks ago....i think it's a little late for the rivers.