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Biteme 09-29-2009 03:04 PM

Spooks at night?
 
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.

JakeF 09-29-2009 03:16 PM

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

Congrats on the fish!

JohnR 09-29-2009 03:20 PM

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.

luds 09-29-2009 06:53 PM

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.

Rob Rockcrawler 09-29-2009 07:08 PM

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

spence 09-29-2009 07:12 PM

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

-spence

Islander77 09-29-2009 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spence (Post 714600)
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....

GattaFish 09-29-2009 08:32 PM

I like spooks at night,,,,,

WESTPORTMAFIA 09-29-2009 09:07 PM

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

fishbones 09-30-2009 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luds (Post 714592)
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.


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