What worked well for you this year 2014?
 

What lure what tactic?

Id never owned a magic swimmer until this spring (fish mostly wooden lures)and I decided to pick a few up and wow! Fish responded to them really well. :uhuh:

More freshwater yak fishing and less saltwater fishing worked for me! Had a blast! Gave the striped ones a break!

I also hit the fresh more this year than I have in a very long time. Learning a lot of new techniques especially using jigs. Very productive year with lots of quality fish.
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.....and our paths never crossed.....shame. :wavey:

I know. I will most likely be doing the same next year again. And now that I'm back in the kayak saddle, the likelyhood of us getting our sh!t together is much greater.
Health issues was my limiting factor this year.
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Sounds like a plan!!:kewl:

Saltwater:...ZMann swim shads on a Kalins jig. Imitates a lot of different baits, casts well, swims great in a tight wiggle on the tail, almost bluefish proof and great colors. More than half of my 2014 fish on this 5" bait, up to a 20+# bass.

Hogy epoxy jigs for albies. The things work, plain and simple. I mean, I've been very successful with a handful of other lures, especially rebel jumpin minnows, but those little hogies are tough to beat. Definitely lived up to the hype.
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Danny's and more night time eel's

ain't that the truth. best thing ive ever thrown at albies

Maria jigs, which they copy, work just as good if you haven't lost them all since they are not made any more. I still got several left and they fished well. I actually did better on the Daddy Mac's but the finish didn't hold up at all but the bait was smaller where I was fishing after the first week so the size of the DM's were perfect in size. I may just epoxy over the DM's to get them to last next season.

Yea they were the definitive winner for me with the albies too. And you know I'm guna say it... Da Orca for daytime topwater

I thought the Ljacks worked even better. the finish was weak but they produced

I spent a lot of the season fishing from a SUP...didn't think it would as stable as it is or as accommodating but after jumping into a kayak late in the season I quickly realized I'd prefer the SUP anytime, more versatility and movement, really neat perspective on the water..they seem popular in other parts of the country but maybe just catching on here...fun way to go find fish

What worked, What tactic
 

I stayed home.
Leo (16 years old) ran the boat :kewl:

Good year for danny plugs.

numbskull darter

Super strike darter took most fish for me... Even outfished eels on more than one occasion.

Eels ( live and dead) took largest

For some reason, this was the first year that the loaded redfin ended up on the bench night after night. Everyone goes through phases, and i just wasnt into it... Sorry buddy

darters at Cutty caught a few decent fish, topwater canal pencils at first light, magic swimmers when macks were around, and Hogy Epoxy jig worked well for me during albie season ... actually caught a nice one from shore during the derby

bucktails, eels, rigged eels, needlefish... in that order.

nothing really.
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My Danny plugs in white and yellow over white, Tattoo darters of which I have a few thanks to an un-named board member.

I'm glad you gave this a try. I remember you telling the that you had the idea to try this and I thought you were nuts, but look! It works!
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Like several of you, I caught more allbes on Hogy Epoxy Jigs than any other lure. Albies, figuratively and literally, destroy them.

Eels for big fish, ss darters for numbers
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Boy if I could just have found some bass I would have been able to experiment more. I had so many builders generously gift me some plugs like Wallys Lures who gave me a nice care package of needles, darters, and pencils - I just never had any bass that I could throw them at. My worst season in over 30 years.

One bright spot was casting Albie Snax for False Albacore. When they didn't want metal they hit these with gusto. Cast great for a soft plastic.

Yellow NB darters. Fished 1 spot and the NB greatly outfished SS.

9" or 7.5 " sluggos on swimbait hooks, and eels.

Eels and Alan's Got Stryper Pin Tails...
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Sluggos on jig heads, eels and chunks all produced well. Late in the season some homemade needles took some nice fish.
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i fished bucktails and ronz more this year than in years past. I fish 85% topwater but the topwater bite this season was toughter than years past. Marked alot fish but couldnt rasie them. Drop a bucktail on their heads and BAM. 1 oz jetty caster with a pork . White/whitered combo and silver or green Ronz' were the ticket.

My super spooks and new swimmers worked best for me. Even caught myself an a 22lb bass at the same time on a rock pile with a blk prpl super spook LOL ouch.

want to catch fish all day and night? this new lure from ocean lures was money in the bank for me this year! Surface Swimming Baitfish. http://www.oceanlures.com/ourproduct..._Baitfish.html

color that was best was green and white or white!

did not matter what time of day and biggest fish was a 46" fish at 2pm!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianmoc/14822966835/ day time fishing!

that's my "new" lure for this year, but never for get the yellow and white guppy 2oz biggest fish came on that.

Brian O'Connor

I did well with pencil poppers in the mornings.
Did really well drifting eels from a boat.

I started throwing more homemade stuff this year, big metal lips 8"+ and ss darters caught the bulk of my bigger fish. Needles and loaded redfins caught well also. Definite lack of resident fish around where I used to do well during the late spring and summer months...

Short black tube and worm (14" slim tube) behind the yak for bass and those Tog jigs from Salt Waters Edge w/crabs from Sam's for the blackfish.

Variety of target species and persistence!
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Eels in summer and Vision sand eels in spring

Fished almost every day or night or am depending on the tides and locations. Several pb's including a 37 pound shore bass on pearl magic swimmer. 40 pounder on a full moon on a black stubby needle made by my dad. Most quality fish on pearl magics. But bass on darters, metal lips, mambos, savage sand eels and latevin season lots of fish on top in middle and on bottom on 3 oz. Crippled herring. O fish days beat 15 fish days but I has some. Felt happy to average a fish a day in august as it was tough. Felt like I earned every fish this year as no two days were alike.
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As always, trying new kayak areas! Tried Piscataqua, Fore River, Back River, North River, Plymouth shore areas, which I hadn't tried before. Did O.K. at most (fish but no keepers), pretty good at one. I don't know about other people, but I've kind of given up on daytime use of lures anywhere except moving or breaking (surf) water; in 15 years, I don't think I've ever caught anything with a lure anywhere else.