Humbling Nantucket Shoals experience

[Ry609]

Originally Posted by Richieclip

Good post . Many should know you don’t just go up there and get a 10+...was up there a few weeks ago and broke off a couple big fish before I switched to heavier leader . It was def a learning curve but I will be prepared when I go back in August

For sure, definitely went there foolishly thinking just that. I will be better prepared the next time! As soon as I switched to the 6 oz bucktail when the tide slowed down, that's when I got the keepers and dropped the big one which made sense since that's how I'm used to fluking. Next year I'm going up with some different gear more ready to handle that kind of lead. Good luck to you on your trip back up too!

[Richieclip]

Thanks Ry, hopefully get to share some good pics . Humbling was the perfect way to describe it . I was prepared with rods for all situations including bouncing 30oz of lead by the end of the day. Just wasn’t planning on using 50lb flouro. Nor was I expecting them to be inhaling enormous baits right up to the dropper loop. In the morning when the current was weakest I started with 6 & 8oz jigs and was absolutely crushing the fish and had 3k before anyone else using bait had a fish . It was short lived though. Went from 16oz sinkers to 3o by the days end . It took a while to get used to fishing with that and next thing you know the current just became too much . Had too many keepers to count keeping 5 fish between 5-7lbs