As you guys already heard that I went to Popponsett Bay with a guy whom I met from other forum. I saw a large striper chasing after my 1 oz bucktail jig and turned away from it when I paused the retrieving. And then I tried using a 1 oz bucktail jig with a plastic femmel eel and I got a bite, but lost the plastic eel because I hooked it into the nose. So I was wondering if I did anything wrong that turns off the stripers' feed bag or something. Or did I employ the technique incorrectly?

If you got a bite you got it right. Just keep at it. I've caught with bucktails/jig, trolling, bouncing on the bottom, once the jig hits the water from a cast. Just keep casting and experimenting you'll figure it out.

And will it do on the beach, surf, and jetty too? The bucktail jigs, i mean...

they work everywhere, but they've got to be wet.

bingo, right. i have recieved some info say that white color produces and is more superior than other different color or flashy kind, is it true? and can a jig be attached with a swivel?

Notaro-

Keep plugging away.

Stick with white bucktails for now... (1.5 to 2 oz is what I usually use...the lighter the better depending on the current).

TIE DIRECT TO MONO OR FLUORO LEADER. Avoid snaps.

Let me make another suggestion...

Go to the tackle shop and get some *pork rind trailers* and use them instead of the felmlee eels. I get mine at Wal-Mart or Sports Authority.

Get the smaller kind... I think 4-5 inches long by 5/8 inches.

*Use white or green during the day.

*Use yellow at sunup and sunset.

*Use red or black at night.

(Some of these colors are sometimes hard to find - which is why a full service tackle shop is helpful).

For stripers: Retrieve naturally - kind a slow and let moving water impart the action for you.

For fluke: drag that jig and pig on the bottom (assuming sandy area) and occasionally "pop" it up off the bottom. When you feel the hit rips his lips off.

Bucktail jigs are basically castable flies - they are so universally effective that they are issued as military survival gear.

-WW

I really got to likin bucktails last season..never used them much before that....shame on me!;) :D though I am no expert on them I have found keeping whatever retrieve you are using...keep using it all the way in...that means three feet from you! I had quite a few fish take it "right there" ...you know just before your ready to pull it out of the water!!!:D :D :D and then watch out cuz they'll run like hell with it!:D yeehaw!

alright, im making anote from it, fishweewee.