That hook is not very strong, and defidently not made for salt water. Plus im a firm believer now that the double hook aids in the action probably by acting like a keel, the added weight doenst hurt either.

I did very well with SurfHog rubber ripping it fast stevie style this spring.Multiple fish to mid teens.I was pretty much shocked as I am a slow an slower guy.I saw the video of steve working them things at the mass show just before I fell asleep.i could not belive it myself but it works.
Go someplace where u can watch what the lure does when u twitch it like that.It has the same crazy zig zag movements of a worm in hatch. I am sure thats why the bass eat em.Like the worms.Which have basically no nutritional value to a 20 lb bass. They would have to eat millions.It's the action that drives em crazy.

In some places where the water is a little rougher I have a hard time feeling the sluggo? Like it gets washed out in the close by heavy surf/whitewater. Should I add a rubber core sinker, or some kind of extra weight or should I switch to heavy plugs, kastmasters...ect...?

Has anyone had any luck in the breachways w/ sluggos? leadheads?

If u rig like they say on Joe's sluggo page with the three nail weights it weigh's over 1.5 onces.Rubber on a jig head is a great lure.it's how I catch 70 percent of my fish.I like My Buddies Nebe's surhog eels the bass seen to really key in on the profile.

The sluggos are rigged w/ three weights and they still seem to get lost in the rolling whitewater.

One more question.... may sound a little dumb too seeing as the big bass usually hunt @ night but has anyone had any success using black 9" sluggos during the middle of the day or sunset?

There's always a chance but I'd recommend using either white or bubblegum during the day. I've also found that the 7.5" ones produce better during the day when they tend to be more picky and can get a better look at it. I think that corresponds to what I've seen Steve and Capt. White write aswell and they both know a hell of a lot more than me.

Yep - the pic does no justice - it rained 5" that day - we fished the next two days and it was a slow pick.

My bro & his bud Jim got these on 9" white sluggos this week ripped fast

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I have never been much of a rubber guy.....been wanting to give these a shot.....rigged some up tandem and fished them last nite.....got fish.....I'm hooked.....your a good guy for going around and teaching your method.......I hope Herb gives you freebies at least:laugha: .....

You don't want to overweight the sluggo - kills the action.
A 9" Sluggo with insert weights (3 of the 3/32nd size) weighs 1.4oz -heavy enough for most conditions.
Try timing your casts to present to the last wave of a set, or time your casts to present to the backside of an incoming breaker.
Wave sets are often in fives or sevens, if you cast into a breaking wave or in the middle of set with any light lure you are going to get pushed around.
Presenting to the last wave of a set is a very high percentage cast.

Yup, medium to fast on the retreive, I like to vary on the speed. It was a good night/morning for rubba. Black until just after false dawn then switched to bubblegum. Had something happen around 3 am that keeps playing over and over in my mind. This happened using a surf hog. Got the hit, set the hook and was never able to put the brakes to her. She ran strong and hard, sounded into the rocks and swam around one that cinched up the line tight, felt a big tug and then nothing. She was hooked on the back (trailing) hook and snapped the doubled 50# braid like nothing. I rigged these myself. I have done many and have been rigging for quite a while. I thought maybe my knots had failed. It hasn't happened yet but I figured there's always a first. The hog was in great shape so I pulled out the lead hook to see if the knots came undone and the line was stripped and to my amazement all my half hitches on the lead hook going to the doubled line were solid and intact , the line was snapped in the middle between the two hooks.

Ouch!
To rig mine.I use old 80 lb kite string the same stuff I use off the elevated platforms.In hope of catching the blue who tries to half my eel.
I had that happen to me a few yrs ago ammazing how they know where to find the structure off shore to make the surfcaster miserable.At least u had the encounter know to figure what to do different next time.I guess the only thing is to try to stop her.an hope the hook holds an ur line an knots stay intact. In open water i will let em go an hope the stop eventually.In the rocks u have less options.I will fish the same drag but palm the spool.this way if she gets up on something i can let the fish release.sometimes it works sometimes not.I had one the other morning make short work of a old cardboard box 6/0 mustad trebel an rip a 6H splitring on the front hook.The fish was done an I was meandering it thru the rock to get it to me an the front hook came off.back hook (the 6/0) had one time that was mauled.I think the fish did this with its mouth as it never really rubbed up on anything during the fight.Hooked the fish on a new Mac Popper.I had to extend the fight cause another gent thought he had a good one in front of me.He had a forty the morning before.His fish ended up being foul hooked an i had to let mine slide down current into the rock.
I thought it was a good fish but got a glimpse of it just before it was freed it was easily the biggest fish I ever saw on the end of my line.It hurt bad for a bit but I had to get back at it.I only landed mid twenty size fish an guys 3 rockpiles up all got 30+ fish.Oh well.Triple splitrings for me only from know on. Live an learn.

"Last week I was fishing with tins and hooking up cast after cast. They were all a little under and just barely keeper size fish caught in the upperbay..they were all hanging around on the top of the water column eating small pogies and shiners or something.."

No need to stop using tins because it gets dark. They DO work well at night too!The same fish you were imitating in the daylight are there at night . Try a teaser with them too at night.

This may be going against the grain of things..but I have found just slicing the bodies up the middle not all the way through, tying your rigs up seperatly and zapping the whole thing together infinitly easier... and best yet no hook slippage.