Originally Posted By: GodLovesUgly
Originally Posted By: stonefish
GLU
Great looking fish.
I'm talking way back past recent years though.
Think the 80's.


Yeah I've only heard tale of such things. I never got a chance to fish it before the major cuts to the Blackmouth program were initiated. It really is a shame, for sure. Bluebird days in the dead of winter are hands down my favorite days to be out on the sound.


The blackmouth were so plentiful back then that we used to catch them off of shore and docks if it was too rough to take the boat out.
We'd use a Herring strip with no weight other then a swivel and a single hook. Cast it out and leave the bail open and wait for the line to take off.
Never caught anything over 8 lbs doing that but it was great fun on a trout rod with a spinning reel. Myself and another board member spent many winter days doing that.
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