Hey guys I have a question about Porgy behavior that I can’t seem to find anywhere online.
Me and my friend are planning a porgy trip on our kayaks. We live on the shore and there is an extremely rocky area of the sound that we fish all time. Lately I’ve been jigging 1/4oz jigs with soft rubbers and hitting tons of searobbins, some porgies, short fluke, baby sea bass, snapper, and even a schooly bass one night. Soon we will be back out there for Blackfish. But right now we’re planning to take the yaks over these rocks and fish around a little farther out than the jetti would permit us for some Porgies before they leave for winter.
I suggested that we stick with what has been working and jig some gulp alives while drifting on our kayaks. My friend says we should anchor up and chum if we want to catch porgy. We know they’re there, so we just want to get as many as we can.
I was/am under the impression that Porgies hide in and around rocks and will attack their prey as it enters their line of vision, therefore I thought that drifting over the whole of the area and jigging these bright colored rubbers would be best. However looking at some videos it may seem to be that Porgies kind of scan the bottom and swim in routes around certain areas like searobbin do; i.e. actively seeking out their next meal. Is this correct? If so, does this mean that chumming will be effective and the scent of bait will draw the Porgies out and bring them to us?
I know I’m asking a lot, so even if you can just give me something like “anchoring with bait has worked better for me than drifting/jigging” or vice versa I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Oh and last question; clam or squid? I prefer clam but I know that the fluke love squid and I'm sure there will be a few around!
Me and my friend are planning a porgy trip on our kayaks. We live on the shore and there is an extremely rocky area of the sound that we fish all time. Lately I’ve been jigging 1/4oz jigs with soft rubbers and hitting tons of searobbins, some porgies, short fluke, baby sea bass, snapper, and even a schooly bass one night. Soon we will be back out there for Blackfish. But right now we’re planning to take the yaks over these rocks and fish around a little farther out than the jetti would permit us for some Porgies before they leave for winter.
I suggested that we stick with what has been working and jig some gulp alives while drifting on our kayaks. My friend says we should anchor up and chum if we want to catch porgy. We know they’re there, so we just want to get as many as we can.
I was/am under the impression that Porgies hide in and around rocks and will attack their prey as it enters their line of vision, therefore I thought that drifting over the whole of the area and jigging these bright colored rubbers would be best. However looking at some videos it may seem to be that Porgies kind of scan the bottom and swim in routes around certain areas like searobbin do; i.e. actively seeking out their next meal. Is this correct? If so, does this mean that chumming will be effective and the scent of bait will draw the Porgies out and bring them to us?
I know I’m asking a lot, so even if you can just give me something like “anchoring with bait has worked better for me than drifting/jigging” or vice versa I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Oh and last question; clam or squid? I prefer clam but I know that the fluke love squid and I'm sure there will be a few around!