King Mackerel Bait?

Dan Krueger wrote:
I have never heard of any caught from shore but that doesn't mean it
can't happen. I did read about some babies caught from a 1000' fishing
pier.

Dan

Before Ivan took out the Ala. State pier, (825 feet) huge Kings were
caught off of it all season long, every season, they were caught free
lining live bait, with blue runners (hard tails) being the best bait,
with L Y's being the number two choice.

Free lining is done with a small float or just the line,, the bait
hooked in the tail and allowed to swim freely "out",, a number 4 treble
hook, about 18 inches of steel single strand (16 to 27 lb test) for a leader


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Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Any plans to rebuild the pier, Rodney? I spent many a vacation day free
lining off the end.
Steve
"Rodney" wrote in message
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Dan Krueger wrote:
I have never heard of any caught from shore but that doesn't mean it
can't happen. I did read about some babies caught from a 1000' fishing
pier.

Dan

Before Ivan took out the Ala. State pier, (825 feet) huge Kings were
caught off of it all season long, every season, they were caught free
lining live bait, with blue runners (hard tails) being the best bait, with
L Y's being the number two choice.

Free lining is done with a small float or just the line,, the bait hooked
in the tail and allowed to swim freely "out",, a number 4 treble hook,
about 18 inches of steel single strand (16 to 27 lb test) for a leader


--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

STEPHEN PEEK wrote:
Any plans to rebuild the pier, Rodney? I spent many a vacation day free
lining off the end.
Steve

They say they have plans to rebuild, (on their web site) but looking at
the new park plans they take up the pier's old parking lot with camp
sites. They must be planning on moving the new pier further down the beach

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Rodney wrote:
Dan Krueger wrote:

I have never heard of any caught from shore but that doesn't mean it
can't happen. I did read about some babies caught from a 1000'
fishing pier.

Dan


Before Ivan took out the Ala. State pier, (825 feet) huge Kings were
caught off of it all season long, every season, they were caught free
lining live bait, with blue runners (hard tails) being the best bait,
with L Y's being the number two choice.

Free lining is done with a small float or just the line,, the bait
hooked in the tail and allowed to swim freely "out",, a number 4 treble
hook, about 18 inches of steel single strand (16 to 27 lb test) for a
leader



Yep, that's the gospel truth.
I haven't been to GS in a long time. Is the pier completely gone?

--
Thad

t h a d wrote:


Yep, that's the gospel truth.
I haven't been to GS in a long time. Is the pier completely gone?

It was nearly totally destroyed, I can email you a photo of what's left,
but it will make you sick, email me for the photo

--
Thad


--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

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Dan Krueger wrote:
I have never heard of any caught from shore but that doesn't mean it
can't happen. I did read about some babies caught from a 1000' fishing
pier.

Dan

Before Ivan took out the Ala. State pier, (825 feet) huge Kings were
caught off of it all season long, every season, they were caught free
lining live bait, with blue runners (hard tails) being the best bait,
with L Y's being the number two choice.

Free lining is done with a small float or just the line,, the bait
hooked in the tail and allowed to swim freely "out",, a number 4 treble
hook, about 18 inches of steel single strand (16 to 27 lb test) for a leader




Thats how they do it in NC. I saw a kid catch a 30 pounder 2 weeks ago.
I was plugging for Spanish.