Baitfish...where to go?

[striper143]

I do a lot of live lining with eels, but I would like to try "spot". My first question is: are spot menhaden or a different fish all together. It's a little confusing for me because I grew up and fished on Cape Cod. We call menhaden "poagies". My other question is where and how do you catch spot. I have 19' Triumph and usually fish out of Garretts or Urbanna. I've had luck throwing the net in the creeks at low tide but recently I haven't been able to find anything for bait. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[MrJsPleasure]

I caught my spot back in Sept and am about out. I've also been using mehanden or Pogies(as the northern boys call them) but the Rocks are picking the spot out of spread over everything else. Spot is a completly diffrent fish. I think if you aready don't have the spot penned your not going to get any. Jigging and light tackle casting is doing well and the trolling bite normaly gets good the week of the oyster festival(This weekend) and after. Around here the water temp needs to get down some before eeling starts to work.

Have a good one
Capt Bobby Jenkins

[striper143]

Thank you for the help. I really appreciate it. I'm going to put in and try it tomorrow for a few hours. Been having luck with "Lunker city" saltwater shad, but haven't caught anything worth talking about yet this fall. Hopefully the wind will stay down. Going to start out casting around the bridge then troll for a bit in the late morning. I'm new to this site, and enjoy everyones postings and information. It's a breath of fresh air to see people sharing information. I'll let everyone know how tomorrow goes. Thank you again for your help.

B Smith
Northeastern

[alcovamike]

A spot looks similar to a croaker and is in the drum family. Menhaden are similar to shad. Some call them bunker. People eat spot not menhaden they are caught comercially for animal feed. Very very oily fish.