[willy]

Oh yea, yes on clams, spring here the clams work best, at least for me. I troll sometimes and have had mixed results, especially from about this time forward in the season when the yellow eyed devils show up. And the reports I got say they are here and at this time mostly outside the Hook, but that changes from day to day.
I take a five gallon pail and usually for a short trip I buy half a bushel of fresh clams, I cut open a dozen or so to use as bait right away, and two to four at a time I smash them pretty good in the pail so meat is hanging out of them, I use my kids old aluminum little league bat that stays on the boat for the sole purpose of smashing them and anything else that needs adjusting.
I put out two lines, one weighted heavier to go right on the bottom, and one lighter so it drifts up off the bottom more with the tide. The lighter one is the one that got hit the most this time.
I usually end up with a good mix of clam juice, bits and pieces in a soup on the bottom after a dozen or so smahes, I squirt in some commercial bunker oil, soem old cat food if I found it cheap at a grocery store, stir it up with the smasher put a little sea water in and dump it right behind my motor.
Every single time I dumped this mix in the water I got a hit within four to five minutes.
Of course I also throw the clams in after smashing them up at sporadic intervals.
I then lite a smoke, pop a beer and think on how clever I am.