Dan's Tackle Box

Flat Rock, Rockport, MA

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There is a public path from the road to Flat Rock. Parking is the rub here, but if you are resourceful you can find a few legitimate options. Penzance Road for example has free street parking at Pebble Beach, but it requires getting in some exercise, walking around 1 mile to get to Flat Rock, and parking fills up early with beachgoers, scuba divers, and spearfishermen. It's a busy place.
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View from Flat Rock
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Atlantic pollock, a member of the cod family. McDonald's uses the Alaska pollock in their Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
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Caught the fish with a 3/8oz gold Kastmaster lure modified with a single hook that points up so I can scrape the sea floor, without getting hung up, because that's often where the fish are. I use fluorocarbon leader for abrasion resistance against coral and rocks, and in case I hook into any blues.
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I was also using this jig with a swimbait trailer, but did not catch anything with it. The weedguard allows me to rattle it around on the bottom.
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