They are a non existent, legend...kind of like Chessie and the Loch Ness Monster. We tell people the rock are full of them in late April Early may so they stop fishing and miss the best bite...I hope noone flames me for giving the secret away
They are a non existent, legend...kind of like Chessie and the Loch Ness Monster. We tell people the rock are full of them in late April Early may so they stop fishing and miss the best bite...I hope noone flames me for giving the secret away
Nah, since you're already a flamer, not much we can add to it.
A lot of the guys trolling who have trouble catching Rock during the May worm time do not change their rigs.
The Rock are eating small 1 to 3 inch red worms that mass up very close to bottom.
Now - you troll mid depth with 6 to 9 inch shads - not many Rock will bite.
Small surge hoses 3-6 inches long fished with 20 ozs almost on the bottom - two bounces - will catch them. A downrigger with a tube umbreela is killer. Adjust the cable so the weight is close to bottom.
Going very early helps as the worms spawn at night. A very good finder tuned high will show a fuzzy cloud if the mass of worms is thick enough.
25 to 35 feet of water seems best. You can catch Rock in the worm hatch - just need to change lures.
When the Mayworms are hatching you gotta get stuff down deep.......small surgical hoses on a long leader from a dropper weight....20oz, 18" long.....bounce the weight off the bottom at trolling speed, the lure will be just above the bottom in the worms.
Like Skip said, 25-30 feet is best, muddy bottom.......the hatch will be on for maybe 2 weeks max.
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