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whats the best bait to use live or dead bottom or just off
If you’re fishing near rocks, which you usually are with cusk, they will quickly bury themselves in the rocks if you give them too much line. I had this happen to me several times on one of my first trips cusk fishing before I figured out what was going on. Now I use the rubber band trick so they can’t take more than 5-10 feet of line before the rubber band stops them, usually enough for them to swallow the bait and not bury me in the rocks.
do u use a mono leader I was thinking of going with a pre tied snell hook next time
If it is legal.... baby cusk.[/quoti asked, its not. asked 3 men in green, after 20 minutes they came up with its in the sport fish group so cant be used for bait
Quote from: zwiggles on Jan 29, 2018, 01:28 PMIf it is legal.... baby cusk.[/quoti asked, its not. asked 3 men in green, after 20 minutes they came up with its in the sport fish group so cant be used for baitAre you talking in NH or in ME?
Are you talking in NH or in ME?
somehow i caught a cusk in a bait trap, played it safe that day and let it go.
The law book specifically lists all of the legal baitfish. (Dead or alive) If the fish is not on the list, it is not legal for use in Maine waters. There are 20 total species including smelt. Cusk are not a legal baitfish. It really surprises me that the wardens had to go through all of that to then take a guess. Wouldn't you think they would have a general law like that down stone cold?
You sure it was a cusk and not a Sculpin?
have only fished cusk in nh, they are really dumb fish, you just need to be where they are. a nh cusk trap is just a board to wrap the squidding line around and tie it off, a 1.125 ounce weight to make it nh leagal, the pretied eagle claw hooks with 6 inch mono, a squished bait. maine you will need to routinely check it or bury in snow at a 45 to see if the board moved. these traps are made to get run over and or lost, nh allows you to leave them out overnight. there isnt much need for a fancy trap or setup, cusk are not line shy
You on the station end? There were 2 groups setting up as we were leaving today.