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I am new to fishing for stripers around the mothball fleet, can anyone give me some tips on best area to fish, thanks
There are multiple hills just east of the fleet straight off Mulberry point on the WEST side of the channel. This area is called the Horsehead. It is very productive for school sized rock, especially late October through November. You have to get in there and work it but any of those hills will hold fish, especially second half of incoming through the first part of the out-going. Sometimes the fish are on top of the hill, but usually you will find them between 17-35' on the bottom. Second half of outgoing is usually too muddy up there. We generally troll it with braided line, a three-way with a 4' drop to a 12oz sinker and a 20' leader to a bucktail.
QUOTE (redman @ Oct 4 2007, 09:04 PM)
There are multiple hills just east of the fleet straight off Mulberry point on the WEST side of the channel. This area is called the Horsehead. It is very productive for school sized rock, especially late October through November. You have to get in there and work it but any of those hills will hold fish, especially second half of incoming through the first part of the out-going. Sometimes the fish are on top of the hill, but usually you will find them between 17-35' on the bottom. Second half of outgoing is usually too muddy up there. We generally troll it with braided line, a three-way with a 4' drop to a 12oz sinker and a 20' leader to a bucktail.
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