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Originally Posted by afterhours
hi gary, i like the big stuff too, 4 - 5.5oz  i think that there is a time and place for all sizes.. |
If you are looking for bigger fish I think any time or place is good for big plugs! That is my philosophy around fishing and plug building. The one exception to that thinking you were witness to. It was at Cutty two years ago and there were some big fish around. The night we fished by each other the fish were keyed in on sandeels. I determined this by the amount of big fish caught that night on needlefish. At dusk you got a 39lber on one of your needles or pencils. All I managed that night was a 20 on medium diver(8" 5 1/2oz.). I could not buy a fish on a big plug, while big fish were landed on each side of me. I felt fish pulling on my plug, but they were just after the tied tail. That also happened to me at Block this spring. Three sides of the island were covered with small sand eels. I had to move away from the sandeels to catch fish I big plugs. If you catch a fish on a plug 4oz. or better 9 times out of ten it is worth the effort! Stripers are very aggressive, you can catch small stripers on big plugs its just harder.
