Today I'd like to share one of my favorite moments from the 2019 season!
In this video clip, we'll go underwater to watch stripers as they encircle, engulf, and spit out a frozen chunk of mackerel.
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I filmed this clip during September of 2019. As mentioned above, I was using a chunk of frozen mackerel which had been in my kitchen freeze for about 4 weeks.
I was also using a Trokar size 7/0 non-offset circle hook with 30lb Seagur fluorocarbon leader. The camera I used to capture this shot is called a Spydro underwater camera.
Members of My Fishing Cape Cod can watch more underwater footage like this by visiting our new Wildlife & Nature page here on the site.
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Last year I wanted to try to fish with eels. I went to Canal Bait and Tackle for a few provisions and also asked Jeffs dad if they had any frozen eels. The store was suddenly completely quiet, “You want FROZEN eels?!.I explained that I wasn’t comfortable or set up to handle live eels. They GAVE me a bag of frozen goodies, from their personal freezer. It conained eels and some other bait fish all frozen together (I guess they use this stuff for chum!)They said “Watch out when they thaw! They might come alive! and take a picture of whatever you catch!” I left smiling with my goods and headed to Sandy Neck to meet up with a couple of friends from MFCC who fish there all the time. At that time Sandy Neck had been in a dry slump for a couple of weeks. My friends were excited about my frozen eels, “This might be a game changer!” one of them said! I loaded my eel on my hook, took a picture of it thawed, dead and droopy and heaved it out into CC Bay. I didn’t have one darn hit all night! I cant really blame the “skunk” on the frozen eel.Fishing was slow for everyone that night. But I had so much fun just trying that eel and hanging out with the Sandy Neck crowd.Fishing with friends at night off the beach on a nice summer night!…..sweet!
Great story! I’m glad you had a fun night regardless of not catching any fish. Believe it or not, fishing dead eels on the bottom like that can work quite well for sharks from Vineyard and Nantucket Sound beaches. For stripers you could fish a dead eel just like you would a soft plastic lure, slowly reel it in and twitching it across the surface. It works! Thanks Leslie!
yup! Thats a good one! No freezer Mackerel for that guy!
I was so pumped when I realized I caught that moment on camera. I can’t wait to get more shots this summer. Hopefully I will have no problems acquiring fresher bait!