So does adding the tied tail to the plug instead of a treble add 1 1/2 - 2 inches to the plug length?
Does the size matter? Does the profile matter with the different hooks?
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So does adding the tied tail to the plug instead of a treble add 1 1/2 - 2 inches to the plug length?
Does the size matter? Does the profile matter with the different hooks?
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2012_7_28_Tatoo_D.jpg
I feel like this is one o those optical illusion trick questions, Monty....:laugh: :HappyWave:
I see the point you're making, though.
For me, I would use the siwash bucktail on top.
When things seem slow and it gets harder to catch a fish. I rely heavily on those.
That crappy looking mag darter I have been fishing, has such a bucktail on the end.
Sometimes I don't know if it's the teaser that attracts them, or the plug, or the action I give to it...but I feel, for me and the type of fishing I do, it's important to cover all the bases like that when you have less fish around. :thumbsup:
X2 monty, I'm liking the first one too. Are you having luck with the darter this time of year?
Where I have been fishing the bait seems to be small and some skinny and some small and skinny. So no. I caught a few bass on a Choopy Darter last fall. Before that I really didn't like the plug (used the Super Strike a long time ago). I have a couple Tattoo Darters (above). I am attempting to learn how to fish them (present them properly).Quote:
Originally Posted by skinner
What is the dot mark on the brown one on the top? Is that like a mark a bunker has or supposed to be something else. Nice plugs there monty.
you have to be careful with wood darters most loose there action with a non treble rear hook
Bunker mark, came that way.Quote:
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Thanks, I hate having a treble on the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by finchaser
I like trebles,,I have an idea that with a swimmer that has a lot of tailwagg it "jingles" as you work it on top,i have not used any type of underwater mic but,I believe it does give off a metallic sound.could be.
I have some with dressed singles and some with plain singles,depends on what I have at the time.
I want every hit to stick,,,
H-H
So this plug purchased has no tail hook (ignore the shoe or sneaker (whatever it is)). I added a dressed siwash to it and it swims ok....most of the time, some times not. Without the tail hook what are thoughts catching blue fish? Miss a lot? Short plug wont miss them? I try to stay away from trebles on the back....But am thinking that on the Darters a treble is the way to go to get a consistent plug action (per Finchasers post and from what I have been seeing as I fish them).
http://www.rocksimpson.com/images/2012_8_4_Catch1.jpg
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Ohhhh, but I can't ignore the surf shoe Monty, it was counted as part of your catch that day....:laugh:
And I think one of the members claimed it as lost property, didn't he? :rolleyes:
All good, though I would not fish that darter without a rear hook, but that's just me....
If it had 2 hooks he probably would have had the person also :HappyWave:
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Originally Posted by storminsteve
Hey you never know what you might find out there. They found a few dead hookers on the Island last year. why not in the water? Be careful.
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Originally Posted by Monty
Small and skinny bait is a good idea to use a small and skinny something or other to throw at the fish.
When the mullet and bunker are big and thick I start useing bigger stuff.
Most of the Bass I have caught this August have been on the 5 1/2" loaded Red Fin.Quote:
Originally Posted by seamonkey
Very Skinny
As a rule do you downsize your plug size in the summer according to the bait out there or do you mix it up with bigger plugs as well? thanks
I really don't fish lures that much but if you're with a woman and she tells you "size doesn't matter" - that's an epic fail.:laugh: :HappyWave:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty
That's been my realization recently. Seems that the bait we find in Jersey is small. I think even blues target the smaller sized artificials. For me using teasers would double the catch at times.Quote:
Originally Posted by storminsteve
I even think at times if I catch a fish on a certain popper or spook the fish is targeting the dressed tail, thinking its a small bait.
^ Monty is absolutely on the $$ about that dressed tail....there are some nights it's made the difference between catching and not catching...for me....
I have some pics of bluefish hitting a popper with one of surfstix's teasers....:HappyWave:...a bucktail siwash.....that teaser and the popper action made them mad as hell..:viking:..it was great...will try to load them when I get a chance....