600-800 foot.
We chose to fish or rigs on electric combos with 80 pound braid, although it’s possible to go to lighter braided lines and hand crank reels. We’re typically fishing from 600-800 foot depths and require 4-6 lb lead to hold bottom.
Where do you catch golden tile?
Tilefish are found along the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope of the entire U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. They are most abundant from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, south to Cape May, New Jersey.
How do you deep drop tile fish?
Deep Drop Fishing Hotspots
To locate golden tilefish, head for the edge of the Continental Shelf and drag your baits along the bottom in 600 feet down to 800 feet or more. Prime areas will be found when you locate plateaus along the edge of the Shelf where the bottom is composed of mud.
What size hooks for tilefish?
The 8/0 circle hook is an ideal size hook for blueline tilefish, grouper, snapper, golden tilefish, blackbelly rosefish, barrelfish, Red Snapper. If you are targeting smaller snapper, from the 2-5lb range, we offer a similar deep drop rig in a smaller 6/0 size.
What does golden tilefish taste like?
Seafood guides quicktabs
Golden tilefish is low in fat and has a delicate, sweet flavor similar to lobster or crab. Tilefish is primarily almost always sold fresh, usually whole, though it is also sold fresh in fillets and steaks, and when sold frozen, it is skin-on, bone-in fillets, and steaks.
Are tilefish hard to catch?
Most anglers will agree: if you’re going to catch just one fish, it might as well be a state record. Another deep-dropping boat crew member out of Austin says they’ve caught golden tilefish as shallow as 750 feet, and as deep as 1,200. The shallower range is obviously easier to fish.
What size hooks for deep dropping?
Deep Drop Terminal Tackle
All good deep-drop fishing rigs are made with circle hooks and nylon monofilament main line and leaders. Julylia recommended specific hook sizes for general use. “Use 9/0 circle hooks for fish under 10 pounds, 13/0 or 14/0 for most other fish and 16/0 hooks for large grouper,” he said.
Where can I find blueline tilefish?
All you need to locate bluelines is a patch of hard or live bottom, virtually anywhere off the Atlantic coast. In fact, good numbers of bluelines are present up to the Hudson Canyon area, and they’ve been caught all the way up off of Maine.
How do you catch golden tilefish?
Catching tilefish involves dropping a heavily weighted rig to the bottom with squid or fresh cut bait. The preferred rig for goldens is a “lay down rig”. This type of rig opposed to a chicken rig consists of 2 weights, with a heavier lead close to the main line and another at the end.
Is golden tile fish high in mercury?
Golden tilefish, a bottom dwelling fish living at the edge of the continental shelf, has high mercury concentrations averaging about 1 part per million, enough for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include this species among the four groups that warrant greatest concern.
Is Golden Tile good to eat?
About Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) Tilefish is a lean fish that has a firm, flaky texture when cooked. It has a sweet and delicate flavor that’s often compared to lobster or crab – which makes sense because tilefish eat lots of crustaceans!
Are tilefish good to eat?
Don’t eat: Tilefish
Even though the tilefish population is healthy, thanks to some responsible wildlife management by NOAA, they’re still susceptible to overfishing. Additionally, the mercury levels in tilefish are elevated to the point where they’re not safe to eat.
What is a deep drop rod?
We offer rods that are designed for deep dropping, they are light so you can hold it up under your arm and reel. Deep dropping rods will vary depending on the depth you are fishing. We carry brands from Shimano to our own special Melton Tackle rods.
Do you use a sinker when using live bait?
Using a sinker anchors the bait to the bottom and may mean no fish feeds there. Letting a live bait swim around mid-water is great as it will cover a lot more area than being anchored in one spot. Floats can be used to keep track of your bait and indicate when your target species hits the bait.
What is the best hook for live bait?
For live-bait fishing, I recommend thin wire hooks. This style penetrates your bait more easily and damages it less, thus allowing it to move freely on the hook and stay alive longer than when using heavy-weight hooks. Most live-bait hooks for inshore salt waters range from size 1/0 to 8/0.
Where can I catch a bar cod?
Bar cod tend to inhabit the edges of the reef and flat areas. Catching the bug eyed ocean perch (a red rock cod lookalike) is a good indication that you are in prime cod country. Snapper, pearl perch and most other species are found on the actual reef structures or above them.
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