Help finding Black Sea Bass

[Wreck(ed)Diver]

Hello all!

I am a research diver for UMass and one of the projects our lab is working on involves juvenile Black Sea bass. Now the issue is, we don't have any. We are working on reaching out to local fisherman to help us round up some but the process has been slow. We have been toying with the idea of diving down and trying to catch some but we aren't sure exactly where to look. If any of you see juvenile Black Sea bass on any of your dives in the New England area, it would be a huge help to know what sites you're seeing them at that way we can narrow in our search.

Thanks for the help!

 

[tkaelin]

Ft Wetherill. Usually in abundance in the coves while diving 15’ to 30’.

 

[DanSinks]

Sorry for the late reply, you must have all you need by now, but if you don't and can afford an eel trap you can easily catch an unlimited supply of small black sea bass and numerous other small fish. You can stand on the rocks somewhere at Ft Wetherill or any other place and toss the trap in(get the trap in at least 10' of water, attach a rope first).
(you can purchase various types of traps at Ketchup Supply New Bedford)

I have even managed to catch a few eels with my traps!

 

[DanSinks]

Did you ever find the juvenile black sea bass that your research program needed?
Are you willing to share some details of what the research program is about?