08-21-2004, 03:37 AM
anchovies - yeah, the little fish steal them and i haven't got any pointers. Smaller #6 or 8 circle hooks? Try a drop shot set up where the weight is at the end of the line for a bit more sensitivity.
About locations:
This is a little hard to describe so bear with me.. At the tires entrance to Boulder Basin Harbor there is the rocky hill you mentioned. Sort of inside the harbor area you see the tire line on the west side of the harbor. Adjacent to that is a 75 ft long gravel bar gradually sloping to the water, but off it's end is about 35 ft. deep. I believe there are still marker buoys on the gravel point. Several times recently I have graphed fish off that point. If you fish there you can cast off the point and also toward the tire line.
I think technically you are out of the harbor and legal to fish. If not, you are close enough to be able to talk you way out of it. Especially since fisherman regularly fish the tires.
Another place I have seen good sign is a lot longer walk. Maybe park at Saddle cove and hike out along the north shore of Saddle Island till you get to the end. The cut between Saddle and the first rock off shore is about 60 ft. wide and shallow to about 14 ft with deep water on both sides so the stripers drive shad up into the cut sometimes. Seen sign in that area on both north and south sides of the point. There are also a couple shallow coves on south side and you might get lucky.
Third place you might consider is south end of Willow Beach, along the rocky shore south of the canoe take-out beach and plan to fish Friday or Saturday from about 8:00 pm till it gets hot the next morning. All those bait plans should work. There is rocky point which can be good and downstream of that are some flats that have old salt cedar stick-ups submerged which the stripers sometimes get into looking for trout. The shoreline trail is a little rugged, but passable without getting wet. Then you might need a scale..but the store will weigh it for you.
Heath, Hot Sauce is pretty good huh? I've been using it for years on largemouth bass. It will really toast some of the plastic baits and dissolve the rubber of jigs if the jigs get hot in the tackle box. I'm now looking to try some of the megastrike, but it is specialty item as well.
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About locations:
This is a little hard to describe so bear with me.. At the tires entrance to Boulder Basin Harbor there is the rocky hill you mentioned. Sort of inside the harbor area you see the tire line on the west side of the harbor. Adjacent to that is a 75 ft long gravel bar gradually sloping to the water, but off it's end is about 35 ft. deep. I believe there are still marker buoys on the gravel point. Several times recently I have graphed fish off that point. If you fish there you can cast off the point and also toward the tire line.
I think technically you are out of the harbor and legal to fish. If not, you are close enough to be able to talk you way out of it. Especially since fisherman regularly fish the tires.
Another place I have seen good sign is a lot longer walk. Maybe park at Saddle cove and hike out along the north shore of Saddle Island till you get to the end. The cut between Saddle and the first rock off shore is about 60 ft. wide and shallow to about 14 ft with deep water on both sides so the stripers drive shad up into the cut sometimes. Seen sign in that area on both north and south sides of the point. There are also a couple shallow coves on south side and you might get lucky.
Third place you might consider is south end of Willow Beach, along the rocky shore south of the canoe take-out beach and plan to fish Friday or Saturday from about 8:00 pm till it gets hot the next morning. All those bait plans should work. There is rocky point which can be good and downstream of that are some flats that have old salt cedar stick-ups submerged which the stripers sometimes get into looking for trout. The shoreline trail is a little rugged, but passable without getting wet. Then you might need a scale..but the store will weigh it for you.
Heath, Hot Sauce is pretty good huh? I've been using it for years on largemouth bass. It will really toast some of the plastic baits and dissolve the rubber of jigs if the jigs get hot in the tackle box. I'm now looking to try some of the megastrike, but it is specialty item as well.
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