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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2008, 12:00:36 PM »
Brown Trout Trick, You know S*#t floats !  ;D

Only if you are dehydrated!  t^


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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2008, 12:02:31 PM »
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2008, 12:54:20 PM »
Brown Trout Trick, You know S*#t floats !  ;D

Only if you are dehydrated!  t^
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2008, 03:02:29 PM »
i've used a small, 1/2 ounce trolling weight, about two feet of mono leader, and a tiny bunker spoon on the end. cast and retrieve on ultra-light tackle
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #24 on: March 08, 2008, 04:16:30 PM »
A 1/4 ounce-1 ounce bucktail jig is good to use.

I've caught holdover bass on the jig.

It's fun on the ultra light tackle. ;D

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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2008, 12:27:18 AM »
I have been using smaller bucktails at the Barnagat Inlet.  Went out a couple of times but no luck.  I had something on last week but I could feel the head shake and then a dead line the line snapped at the dropper loop.  I was using a white bucktail tipped with a white grub and a red and white teaser.

I was thinking of going out tomorrow as I have to be there to take pictures for a project I am working on.
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #26 on: March 10, 2008, 06:26:13 AM »
I have been using smaller bucktails at the Barnagat Inlet.  Went out a couple of times but no luck.  I had something on last week but I could feel the head shake and then a dead line the line snapped at the dropper loop.  I was using a white bucktail tipped with a white grub and a red and white teaser.

I was thinking of going out tomorrow as I have to be there to take pictures for a project I am working on.

Go getem... ;D


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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #27 on: March 26, 2008, 10:37:26 AM »
if your intrested is accumulating herring as bait for stripers,and not hook and lining them,then you might want to make a herring basket.

you can build the frame out of various materials, then wrap it with chicken wire leaving one end opened like a barrel.
attach a long handle and paint the whole thing black.

find a small creek where the herring/shad are moving upstream concentrating on where it narrows, or where they may potentially bunch up.   drop the basket in facing the open end down stream.  when the hering/shad move up stream, they'll enter the backet and you'll feel them hitting th netting.  when you know they're in, just lift the basket opened end first.


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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #28 on: March 26, 2008, 02:09:45 PM »
Never heard of that trick gcap.  thanks for posting it.   t^

BTW, welcome to the site. 
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #29 on: April 01, 2008, 10:41:45 AM »
another trick to catching the herring in  the backet is to live line one, then throw him back in down stream.  reel him in slow towards the basket.  the other shad/ herring will follow him.  let some slack in the line so he swims in.   when the others follow him into the trap, scoop em up.

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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2008, 10:42:57 AM »
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2008, 06:54:31 PM »
sabaki rigs size 6 or 8. you will clean up on herring, catch 4 at a ti me. small weight and a slow bounce. works like a charm.

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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #32 on: March 02, 2010, 08:48:43 PM »
Anyone now any good spots to catch herring from the shore This is the first yr I am going to try to get some but dont now where to go so any info is good thanks

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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #33 on: March 02, 2010, 09:35:32 PM »
frank, welcome aboard. great site great people here. Just read back starting from the first page of this topic. You should get most of your answers

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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2010, 07:17:16 AM »
Frank #####
For herring Manasquan inlet
Then when you get one live line it and catch early spring STRIPERS
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Re: Catching Herring
« Reply #35 on: March 29, 2010, 08:51:37 PM »
Interesting trick, thanks  clp t^
 and WELCOME to the site. grtn chrz

 

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