[Billfish715]

The amount of killies that were in that one pool was incredible. What was even more mind boggling was that there were so many that survived the cold and snow and ice. While it's true that the spearing do come in early to spawn, the mainstay of forage fish is the killie. Seeing how resilient they are and the fact that they will be here whenever the fluke show up make them my number one bait. Killies are natural baits and their lively movement is irresistible to a hungry fluke. Check out the Wonder Rig videos and talk to anyone who regularly fishes in the Manasquan, Shrewsbury, Navesink, or Shark Rivers or the back bays even some sections of the ocean and they'll agree that killies rule. The faster the drift, however, usually forces a change to a different bait. In the meantime, I am just fascinated by the fact that it's been so cold and this tiny bait fish is still hanging tough. I might have found a new place to set my killie traps this summer.