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    Default T&W kayak fishing for JUMBO porgies

    I know most people target bass with the T&W. However, there are some jumbo porgies in LI Sound. They can be caught with T&W as well. The only problem is many of them are around rocky areas, and you might lose a rig or 2 (I lost 2 yesterday)

    I'll try to lay out some of the things that have worked for me as I intentionally target the jumbo porgies.

    Anyone else, feel free to jump in with comments or info you might find out there.

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    A debt of gratitude to Chanan, a friend who started catching them by accident. Some of these ideas came from him, he's the one who motivated me to try.

    Here are some tips to help better your odds:

    1. Only the tiniest piece of worm is necessary, 2" at most. Any bigger and they'll just steal it.

    2. Always thread the hook through the center of the worm, again to stop them from stealing it.

    3. Tube length doesn't seem that important, but trolling speed is. I've found that to get porgies you really have to bounce bottom more often. If not, you're not in the zone and will get less strikes.

    4. Downsize, downsize - the hooks must be smaller, but not too small... they'll pull if you get a keeper bass. I think he was using 3's and 4's, I'm using circle 5's and have gotten them on that Finchaser rig. However, you would be well advised to downsize them to smaller, you'll increase your hookup ratio.

    5. You will get a lot of smaller ones bashing it, but if your hook size is right you will miss those pesky little critters, leaving you to concentrate on the jumbos.

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    6. Mussel beds. Find the mussel beds, find the porgies. I generally do this when I'm drifting worms and remembering where the sinker dragged bottom and I could feel the mussel beds.






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    You have got to be kidding

    Pay attention to what history has taught us or be prepared to relive it again

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    Love those porgies, don't you dark?
    Will you be fishing for sunnies with the t&w next?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishinmission78 View Post
    Love those porgies, don't you dark?
    Will you be fishing for sunnies with the t&w next?



    Guess I'll have to down size the hooks seems he misses the smaller ones

    Pay attention to what history has taught us or be prepared to relive it again

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishinmission78 View Post
    Love those porgies, don't you dark?
    Will you be fishing for sunnies with the t&w next?

    Quote Originally Posted by finchaser View Post

    Guess I'll have to down size the hooks seems he misses the smaller ones

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkSkies View Post
    A debt of gratitude to Chanan, a friend who started catching them by accident. Some of these ideas came from him, he's the one who motivated me to try.

    Here are some tips to help better your odds:

    1. Only the tiniest piece of worm is necessary, 2" at most. Any bigger and they'll just steal it.

    2. Always thread the hook through the center of the worm, again to stop them from stealing it.

    3. Tube length doesn't seem that important, but trolling speed is. I've found that to get porgies you really have to bounce bottom more often. If not, you're not in the zone and will get less strikes.

    4. Downsize, downsize - the hooks must be smaller, but not too small... they'll pull if you get a keeper bass. I think he was using 3's and 4's, I'm using circle 5's and have gotten them on that Finchaser rig. However, you would be well advised to downsize them to smaller, you'll increase your hookup ratio.

    5. You will get a lot of smaller ones bashing it, but if your hook size is right you will miss those pesky little critters, leaving you to concentrate on the jumbos.

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    6. Mussel beds. Find the mussel beds, find the porgies. I generally do this when I'm drifting worms and remembering where the sinker dragged bottom and I could feel the mussel beds.






    Don't just take my word for it.
    Give it a try, it's a blast!
    Thx for th kind words bro c u out there!

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    All of those words were true, I just wrote it as I see it, bro. You're welcome.

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    Wow, it is hard to imagine fish that have such small mouths will go after a biig tube with a worm on it. What would they ever do if they got the whole tube,, assuming they think it's an eel or something? They could never eat it.

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    Those scup can be voracious, like salt water pirhanas.

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    Pffft, not impressed. Catch a cownose on one o them things and have someone film you as it tows you around, now THAT would be something,

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    ^^ Hey, at least it's something to pass the time away when waiting for that trophy bass to hit. The recent WR bass caught off the shores of CT was sitting near a rock, well-known to hold fat porgies. That's what the biggest bass are eating when they can't get bunker. Fish where a lot of big porgies congregate and you will eventually find some bigger bass.

    To that end, if you want to land more fish, porgies and bass, put circle hooks on all your tubes. My hookup ratio is greater than other yakkers as I fish side by side. Part of that is my experience and attention to detail.

    Honestly, the biggest part of it is the circles. Once you pull tight from a circle hit, the fish is on, and your biggest task is to control it and not lose it in the rocks. I cannot say enough about the deadly effectiveness of circles for T&W fishing.

    Try it and see for yourself.

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