Old Man Shoal
Old Man Shoal
NOAA chart number: 13241
Lat & Long: 41°13’ x 69°59.5’
Best tide: Outgoing.
Hazards: Very strong rip with large standing waves at strongest portion of the tide; very large ocean swells may be present. Dangerous to approach in small craft.
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Fishing strategy:
Casting: With boat under power, stand well off the rip and cast toward it with large soft plastics, swimming plugs, metals or popping plugs, allowing lures to swing into the rip. Well known but sometimes hazardous location for large striped bass and large bluefish.
Trolling: Troll in deep water well off the rip on the down-tide side using large lures on wire line.
Top Pick Hogy Lures
- 7” and 10” Original Hogys (bone, amber, bubblegum) for casting on weighted and unweighted Hogy swim bait hooks
- SI Perfect Tubes and Jiggn’ Hogys on Hogy Jig Heads, fished on wire line when trolling.
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EPOXY JIGS offer a nice balance of long range casting with a small profile, but still allow for a topwater presentation. 7/8 and 1 1/4oz are the most utilitarian in sizes. Bone, olive and pink are popular spring colors. See Example
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METAL CASTING JIGS should be in every Nantucket fisherman's box for a variety of reasons including maximum casting distance and the ability to easily drop underneath schools of stripers. See Example
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Producing great results for stripers and bluefish, TROLLING SQUIDS are commonly trolled on lead core or wire in the rips and fished in an "S" pattern. Spring colors include pink, amber and bone glow. See Example
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