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My First Certified Florida BIG CATCH of the year 10 Replies
Started by Lee. Last reply by John Sheehan Aug 3, 2013.
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Comment by John Sheehan on October 29, 2017 at 9:30am
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Tried out this years favorite Jig on the small creek Red Breasted Sunfish. I plan on going back and seeing how they will respond to a plain Squirrel Tail Jig .Got a few fish ( tiny Bass and Red Breasted Sunfish ) a few weeks back tipping with a crawler piece . I do believe they are aggressive enough to go for an un tipped ST jig however.
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Targeting RBS
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Love fishing for RBS and using those hard Rubber Creme /Burke Terrestrials in the summer on a flyrod .Feisty little guys were taking the Red legged Yellow Brown Grasshopper and the Black Ant on this venture .
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Visited the river yesterday . A few RBS on a Tabbert ant/Flyrod and a RBS on a Teeny Wee R crank. The RBS were hitting but not eating .I suppose they are protecting nests.
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Two approaches that took better RBS from a small New Jersey river . Some fish were around 7 inches which is about as big as I've seen in the Wanaque River .
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Tried the Keitech 'Easy Shiner' ,electric shad color . Put it on a #6 Aberdeen hook . Used up three of the 12 pack. Caught 5 species in the stream ; RBS, SM, LM, PS, AND BG. Good bait with strong shrimp scent ,about 40 cents a bait .I caught 6 fish or so before having to replace but maybe if I glue the baits to the hook shank I can up that number .
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Comment by Mark Sleeper on July 17, 2015 at 11:22am
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Thanks for the add Mark
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The difference in color of RBS from two rivers 20 minutes by car , apart :
Wanaque River Top ,Ramapo River bottom
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