SSP 5/28 Report

[phishead]

Arrived around 7:45.  Ton of bait.  No macs.  Did manage 2 mangos.  10" nothing large.

I my limited experience I find my self catching a lot more Macs when I do not see a ton of bait.  Every time I fish around huge schools of bait, I strike out.  At at least do not recall doing well.

[parkpass]

Not crazy about fishing bait schools that cover half an acre....sometimes you can nail a few nice macks as the small schools move down the pier, but that's usually early in the year. Present water temps dictate cut or small bait under a popping cork at select spots

[phishead]

Update. Went back around 7 pm
Around first bathroom.
Bluerunners
24” Mac
Two 16” Mac
Lost two macs.

[SkyJay]

a good summertime tactic for big macks
is to gold hook the big threadfins and
filet/strip them and then pitch the carcass
in for chum.
I gaurantee you get a good line of stink runningg
for long enough and you can flop
a few big'ns on the deck.
cut a strip off the backstrap
hook it one time through the end on a
#1 long shank
put about a 1/4 -1/2 oz of lead on a couple
feet above the hook.
fish that strip like you would a gotcha plug.
herky jerky quick stop and go
reel real fast stop reel stop back to
bottom reel you get the idea.
you can absolutly wear em out with this method

[ChathamAngler]

May 28, 2019 21:44:54 GMT -5 SkyJay said:

a good summertime tactic for big macks
is to gold hook the big threadfins and
filet/strip them and then pitch the carcass
in for chum.
I gaurantee you get a good line of stink runningg
for long enough and you can flop
a few big'ns on the deck.
cut a strip off the backstrap
hook it one time through the end on a
#1 long shank
put about a 1/4 -1/2 oz of lead on a couple
feet above the hook.
fish that strip like you would a gotcha plug.
herky jerky quick stop and go
reel real fast stop reel stop back to
bottom reel you get the idea.
you can absolutly wear em out with this method

I'll have to add it to the list of tricks to try. Thanks as always for the tips

[phishead]

May 28, 2019 21:44:54 GMT -5 SkyJay said:

a good summertime tactic for big macks
is to gold hook the big threadfins and
filet/strip them and then pitch the carcass
in for chum.
I gaurantee you get a good line of stink runningg
for long enough and you can flop
a few big'ns on the deck.
cut a strip off the backstrap
hook it one time through the end on a
#1 long shank
put about a 1/4 -1/2 oz of lead on a couple
feet above the hook.
fish that strip like you would a gotcha plug.
herky jerky quick stop and go
reel real fast stop reel stop back to
bottom reel you get the idea.
you can absolutly wear em out with this method

Yesterday saw a guy catch 6 24” plus macs in fresh dead bait. Don’t known which. Do you thing your suggestion would work with small frozen sardines or mullet