I love fishing spooks and seeing that wake come up behind the plug. Last night we where into fish at dusk with spooks and pencils, schoolies and blues mostly, but as soon as it got dark the fishing slowed. I tried both needles and swimmers. It was bright so I decided to try a olive and white spook that I built. I slowly dragged it across the top twitching it. The first fish I lost, the second fish was 47" and around 35#s. The first fish took more line and felt bigger. After a couple of hours we had several keepers all released. Has anybody had luck with spooks at night? Maybe it was the distance or maybe the wake, but I'll be back tonight.

When the conditions are right, spooks can rock at night :):)

Congrats on the fish!

Maybe some of my best nights plugging have been on a white Spook. Nothing that large, biggest on a spook was 28#s or so.

Give the RM Smith Floating needle a try. Very spooky but with a thinner profile. That plug was great for me this season. A large surf howdy has also been great but that was when the profile of the large howdy was much thinner. I would be a little less likely to fish the more wide bodied big howdiesn at night now.

I havent used them at night but it would look like a big fat needle if i was a striper.

I remember on late night on BI when Nebe said I'd never score on a spook...then...

-spence

I remember on late night on BI when Nebe said I'd never score on a spook...then...

-spence


And I remember recently thinking this Sqid colored one on a new moon night... I doubt this will do anything... then first and heaviest fish of night inhaled it....

I like spooks at night,,,,,

Spooks247. I like em!!!!!!!!!!!! They are nice flat calm and in heavy surf, dark or light.

Give the RM Smith Floating needle a try. Very spooky but with a thinner profile. That plug was great for me this season.

I second the floating needle. It's real easy to work and casts pretty good. Another RM plug that works at night is the Jigsmith spook.