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Scott's Fishing Bulletin
June 21, 1996

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Summer Arrives!

Welcome to summer! It was official at 10:21 pm Thursday night. The heat is here to remind us and with hot days thunderstorms will come. Keep an eye to the sky and an ear to the radio.

A most uneventful week here on the Great Bay. I would have to say that the most exciting news is about a few large brown sharks. I even heard of some being caught by surf fishermen at the end of Great Bay Boulevard also known as Seven Bridges Road. Put some mackerel bait on steel leader 9/0 hook and cast as far as you can from land. A weight is needed, so use between 4 and 6 ounces to hold the bottom. If you are fishing from a boat, a lighter weight may be used, because the line will drift straight back from the boat and you won't have to worry about a snag. A couple quarts of bunker chum are also beneficial to help draw the sharks to the boat. With the warmer water in the bay, a quart takes about a half hour to melt away.

Fluke

There are still a lot of fluke in Great Bay. Where's the keepers??? By sorting through all the information we have heard, it seems that larger fluke are being caught in shallower water. If your looking for shallow water there is no better place to find some than in Grassy Channel. This area of the bay is the body of water to the south side of the inland waterway over to the Brigantine Wildlife Refuge. The fluke will lay up in this shallow water looking for bait fish such as minnows and shrimp. Drifting these shallow waters is difficult with larger boats and probably shouldn't be tried unless the tide is coming in. This is a good weekend to give it a shot because high tide is around 1:00 in the afternoon in Grassy Channel. Now, any of your favorite rig choices will work...but the guys that are catching have been using real light tackle, meaning fresh water type rod and reel combos with 6 to 10 pound line. Tie a tiny shad dart directly to the line and bait it with a minnow only. Try a second shad dart with an extremely thin squid strip with a minnow and see which works better and switch over.

Weakies

There are weakies being caught but I can't say where! I have never seen such a year where the weakfishermen are being so tight-lipped. Grassy Channel most defiantly has to have some weakies in it by now. If you can find some shedder crab, use it. The crabs are not shedding this week, so we were unable to get any live ones. We have a few frozen crabs; they will work but not as good and they are a lot harder to clean, because the freezing process makes them a little mushy. The next best choice would be to soak some squid strips in an artificial oil called shedder oil. The Perfex Corp. did a real good job on manufacturing a artificial shedder crab scent. It's a real good product and is good to have when shedders are scarce!

Summer hours:

Monday through Thursday 5:30am to 8:00pm
Friday 5:30am to 9:00pm
Saturday 5:00am to 9:00pm
Sunday 5:00am to 6:00pm

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