A sad day indeed! Enjoy your last day of the season out there. 6 oz diamond jigs are deadly for those cod and it's amazing how well those cheap Wallyworld sabikis work. You head down south at all in the winter to do any fishing?

@@seasidenomad great question! I wish I traveled more to Florida to do fishing. My parents retired to central Florida when I graduated college in 2008, so my family goes to see them 1-2x a year. But, there's only freshwater ponds around where they live (great largemouth fishing) - I haven't done any ocean fishing in Florida.

Hey, buddy! Nice to meet you, and thanks for watching! I got you and feel your pain! So, in short, there's not a lot to be had this far north. The mackerel and pogies head down south with the stripers. Although, there are some rivers that do keep holdover stripers. The closest ones would be in Mass, and it really depends on the weather. The holdover stripers tend to be small, and it takes a lot to get them to bite. Sometimes, if the water is too cold, they'll all just die, and you can see them wash up. I've done some diving in winter in Maine and NH and have spotted sculpin and cunner, but other than that, close to shore Dec-Mar is really quiet. You might get some stray pollock or cod that come in shallow, but most of the fish are offshore. If you're fiending a bite, consider heading out deep sea fishing on Eastman's in Hampton. I believe they fish haddock offshore in the winter, and I think the rates aren't bad for what could be a lot of haddock fillets. Other option is to drive down south to Conneticut to try to catch fiester holdover stripers or flounder from shore. Maybe even some scup, black seabass, or tog from shore. The bite won't be as good, but any fish in the winter is a win! Hope that helps! Maybe I'll do an episode on one or both of those ideas. I'm always looking for more ideas for content during the winter.

Thank you so much for the reply. I've spent my whole life fishing fresh water and a buddy at my Masonic Lodge turned me on to shore fishing for stripers last summer down on Plum Island in Mass. Now I'm hooked and want to learn about salt water fishing and everything it has to offer. I bought a Penn Battle 3 5000 last summer and put it on a 9' MH ugly Stick as kind of an all (a)rounder, and just this week picked up a Battle 3 4000 High Speed and an 8' medium as kind of a lighter weight set up that in a pinch I could use on Stripers or Blues, but I will primarily focus on Schoolies and smaller species off of the jettys, rocky shores and near shore surf casting with. I was also a diver years ago until I had some health issues, and have been diving off the Nubble several times. It was great to see you fishing off of there. Have you fished the rocks on the right as you head out to the end of land there ? I've seen guys fishing there and I just have no idea if it could be productive. Once again thank you so much for responding. I'm a reader so I will check out your books. Best to you and hope to run into you at the shore some day. dennis in Weare, NH.@@seasidenomad

Striper fishing from shore or a kayak is a rush. Penn reels and ugly stiks are my bread and butter. I like being underpowered against stripers as long as I have braid or fly line (when I flyfish for them). I have caught fish all around the island there and up and down the coast north and south of Nubble. We caught a big blue a couple years back off Long Sands as well. So many cool cliffs and rock piles to fish around York. I need to spend more time down around Plum Island this next summer.

@@danieledwards7178 Will you have a boat or kayaks or anything or fishing from shore?

@micaelconley639 Honestly, you could do it 15 feet of water or 215 feet. You'll want to keep an eye on the fish finder, and when you spot a bunch of fish, drop a sabiki down into them wherever they are in the water column and jig away. Something will come for it. And the wide variety of species makes it really fun.

Good question. I don't stick to a certain size for pollack, but I've caught them on size 6 hooks all the way up to a size 2/0. When you get the sabiki rigs with the 1/0 or 2/0 hooks you usually get 5 hooks, but with the smaller ones like a size 4 hook, you often get 6 hooks. Either way, read the reviews or if you're buying them in a store, check to make sure that the hooks aren't too cheap. I mean, sabikis seem to be all pretty cheaply made, but some line and hooks will bend or break way too quickly. One of these days I plan to tie up my own sabiki rigs with quality hooks and flouro. One of these days...