Cincinnati
Contributing Member
I read an article in this month's 'On the Water' that talked a lot about the squid in and around eastern CT, RI and MA. The stripers, of course, are targeting the squid in May and early June during the squid hatch. The article points out that the bigger stripers hunt on the bottom and that the squid change colors from pink/white to a dark red when threatened by predator fish.
The approach to catching these hogs is to troll on the bottom using white/pink/red parachute jigs. Now I've used these jigs in the SW CT LI Sound, but not in the spring - usually white or bright green colors. I use them when the water warms in July/Aug to target the deep cooler water reefs/structure.
Any of you NE boys know if this approach really works in the spring (hint = NE TBOT)? Up until now, I've been planning on fishing the spring run with soft plastics in the rips (9" slug-go and 10" fin-s with 1-1.25 oz jig heads).
The approach to catching these hogs is to troll on the bottom using white/pink/red parachute jigs. Now I've used these jigs in the SW CT LI Sound, but not in the spring - usually white or bright green colors. I use them when the water warms in July/Aug to target the deep cooler water reefs/structure.
Any of you NE boys know if this approach really works in the spring (hint = NE TBOT)? Up until now, I've been planning on fishing the spring run with soft plastics in the rips (9" slug-go and 10" fin-s with 1-1.25 oz jig heads).