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06-02-2003, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
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Catching Striper w/ a bucktail and a jig
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?
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06-02-2003, 02:29 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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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.
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06-02-2003, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
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And will it do on the beach, surf, and jetty too? The bucktail jigs, i mean...
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06-02-2003, 02:45 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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they work everywhere, but they've got to be wet.
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06-02-2003, 10:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
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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?
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06-03-2003, 07:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: .
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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
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06-03-2003, 11:27 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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I really got to likin bucktails last season..never used them much before that....shame on me!   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!!! and then watch out cuz they'll run like hell with it! yeehaw! |
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06-03-2003, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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alright, im making anote from it, fishweewee.
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