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Originally Posted by PeteyHD
Sand Fleas work great too!
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When you say "sand fleas" I believe your are talking about what we always called "sand bugs" which we used for Blackfish (NOT TOG!) on the jetties back in the 1940's-1970's. They look like little gray army helmets about an inch long.
As you say they also work great for Porgies, but other fish as well. I've also caught, fluke, sea bass, stripers, weakfish, kingfish, skates, sea robins, sand sharks, bergalls,and eels on them while fishing for blackfish off the central jersey jetties.
However, here's a
QUESTION for you guys out there....
On several occasions, I've had "Bugs" left over alive from a day's fishing. The next day I tried using them in the
Raritan bay, or brackish water of the Navesink or Shrewsbury rivers, around the bridges where I could usually pick up some blackfish or sea bass. The experiment was a total failure. No hits whatsoever. I finally came to the conclusion that the BUGs did not occur naturally in these areas. The fish were not used to seeing them in these mud-bottomed areas.
Did anyone else ever have this experience?
Denny
