Bass Chunk
Priamo Gregory
I used the Egu Chunk primarily as a jig trailer during testing and could have no doubt gotten it to hold up a little longer had I used super glue to lock it into place to start with. I started off sliding the full bait bait up onto the hook shank each time. I then found I could extend the life of the trailer a little more by biting off a bit of the body and just running the hook through the center of the trailer, like you would with a pork trailer or standard chunk on an old school jig and pig.
The Egu Chunk comes in 4-inch and 3-inch versions. I spent my time testing the 3-inch version, which fit a standard jig and a shaky head fairly well and could be trimmed to fit a finesse jig too. The 4-inch version would likely work better as a Texas rigged flipping bait, though it could certainly be used with a Carolina rig, wobble head, Tokyo rig or various other presentation.
The YUM Craw Chunk soft plastic crawfish bait has a realistic meaty body bass can't resist striking. Perfect as a jig trailer or flippin' on a Texas rig. The claws on a crawfish are always moving. Likewise, the claws on the YUM Craw Chunk are oversized yet thin, with thicker ribbed ends so they undulate with every movement of the rod or smallest breath of current. They're attached to a realistic, meaty, body perfect for use as a jig trailer or for flippin' and pitchin' on a Texas rig.
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I usually like to use fairly large chunks in hopes of enticing a big striper, but I think the mouths on the striped bass in the following video were probably too small to swallow the size of the chunk I was fishing with.
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There were literally no bass guys on the sands at this point of the low tide, and I had little thought that any good fish were still around. I was standing on a finger jetty looking south to a huge rip between myself and the next finger. I saw a guy walk up to the rip and toss a plug in. It turned out to be a friend and fellow fisherman, Ted Kamish. I waited for Ted to finish his toss session until he finally came up the beach.
Heading up over the sands, I noticed that the tide was ultra-low now. It was 80 degrees, and sunbathers and swimmers were out in force. I scrambled down to the rip and what a rip it was; it was spitting out water like a 40-year-old washing machine. I hooked a head and tossed it directly into the turbulent tide. As I turned to gather my things and set up for a sit, the drag had begun spinning within seconds. I set up and immediately knew I had a good fish on. I thought of everything but a bass; perhaps a ray, a shark, or maybe something else. As I got control and the fish came shallow, I noticed its fin. It was a huge bass.
The tide was so low that the fish got hung up on the sand in between me and a large trough. I panicked. The fish was literally sideways now and flipped his tail up out of the water. I just tightened up and backed up the beach, pulling with all my might. The bass righted itself and swam right into the trough in front of me. I was elated as I got the bruiser bass up, the tourists now gathered all around me. I ran off the beach and up to the tackle shop where the big girl weighed in at 42 pounds on the nose, putting me into position to win the spring bonanza.
A red bunker is a sign of age, and often way too soft to keep on a hook when smaller fish are present. Even though heads are a big bass favorite, a fresh head will undoubtedly out fish a frozen one all day long. So, finding fresh bunker or even going out and catching some of your own is going to give you the edge, no doubt about it.
As I got a bit older, I learned a few tricks for fishing in June. The beaches in June are alive with sun worshippers, swimmers and surfers, and finding a quiet spot to wrangle a big summer cow is a chore in itself. I would wait for a low tide and don some Korkers and access the finger jetties, both separating me from the summer crowd as well as giving me much better casting distance. I was laughed at one occasion as I walked down the beach with Korkers over my shoulder, but those laughs ceased quickly when guys figured it out. And when I was actually fishing the sands during high tides, I would never hug a finger jetty, even though the bass are there corralling bait.
I remember one day when a couple guys were fishing on the beach beside me, and these guys lost three big bass in a row as they thrashed up onto the fingers. I would find a nice hole or rip, but in between the finger jetties, giving me some time to tire the fish before he sought refuge on the merciless rocks. I also brought along two rods, setting one up with chunks, but always having a head out there as an offering. I also made sure that my braided line was not stretched and old, having been damaged and nicked from the prior bluefish run. I also used a good stout rod and fresh leaders, never taking any chances on losing a fish to lazy gear handling.
On a couple of occasions in the month of June, I fished under cover of darkness and this made things much easier. No sun bathers, no surfers. I remember one particular evening when I brought my son along on a night trip as he wanted to battle a big bass. We headed up and over to a popular spot on the north end, Coast Avenue, which had been the site of many, many big bass beachings. I stayed with my strategy of setting up in between two jetties, and told Jr. that I was going to go walk a finger, and he nodded.
After countless requests, the Googan Squad has developed the perfect jig Trailer. Using the Rattlin' Ned and Krackin' Craw as inspiration, members of the squad have put months into testing and developing the perfect chunk style bait. This bait can be fished on the back of a jig or solo as a ned style bait. The Rattlin' Chunk uses the same patented flange appendages from the Krackin' Craw and the same removable rattles as the Rattlin' Ned to make a loud presentation that is guaranteed to get the attention of any fish.
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put some sash weight in your chum pot and make sure the bucket has holes big enough to let the chum pieces come out...1.25" (bounce every 10 minutes or so.) let the pot hit the bottom and crank it about 5 foot off the bottom....tie it off on the bow. Crunch up the shucked clams and wing them off the bow as well...bring a bucket and bat. any broken clams get crunched up as well. We bring a bushel of fresh clams, 2 chum logs and a bucket of bellies as well. Clamming can get FURIOUS and running out of bait sucks!
put the lightest weight you can near the bottom. Throw the clam back off the stern a good 20 yards or so. Try staggering distances as well. Sometimes you find that they will only hit baits really far off the stern or sometimes they swim right up to the pot and are right below your boat.
IMO chumming for bass means briging them TO YOU. if you read fish its better to troll/drift over them and not anchor on top of them. This does not mean that structure is not important, but dont hesitate to anchor with NO FISH on the sounder....with plenty of chum they will come!
ya can't just anchor up anywhere and do this.. Fish holes, channel edges, dropoffs, ledges, rips, ridges, rockpiles, etc. anywhere there's some structure that'll hold bass.. anchor upcurrent of the spot so your baits will be in the strike zone.. Give the fish 30-45 mins. before ya make a move if nothing's going on
How many holes should I make in the bucket assuming that I am actually using the bucket the clam bellies came in ? Or, do I actually put the frozen bellies in an actual chum pot with hoeld big enough ?
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When these bigger baits show up along the coast the bass will be on them. The herring particularly will hold bass in the spring as they move into freshwater rivers to spawn. Boat fishing then should improve in the ocean.
Buckets of frozen clam bellies or chum are available in tackle shops. You can add a mix of mussels, bunker, crabs, squid and shells to the basket. Spike this slick with hand-tossed chunks. Cracking whole clams with a small bat or hammer works well. Toss in the shell also.
If need be, toss the chunks up current. Allow hooked baits to work back into the slick until you find the location behind the boat where stripers are feeding. When your slick is working, your fishing rods should start to get bites.
The striped bass daily regulations are one fish at 28 inches to less than 43 inches and one fish at 43 inches or greater. With a bonus permit, anglers can keep one fish 24 inches to less than 28 inches from Sept. 1-Dec. 1.
Winter flounder fishing has not been good but not many boaters have been fishing because the weather has been so raw. Reports seem to indicate that most of the flounder had an early spawn and already have moved out of the back bays.
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