Night Surf Bag

[BasicPatrick]

OK Folks,

I thought this might be an interesting thread without any of us giving up a fishing spot or secret info. I know that I will learn from this thread and hopefully many of the newer members to the board will also.

The jist is that we have an empty Surf Bag and are about to fill it up for a night of fishing. We are only fishing in the dark and are fishig 9 & 10 foot surf Rods.

Most of us here will have a buggy full of gear but for this exercise we can only fish what we carry in the Bag or our pockets

The Bag I am filling is the medium size Canyon Surf Bag...I think that this is the average size Bag with 10 21/4 inch slots, 6 jig holders and two side pockets, one of which has a plastic box.

What musdt go in it for a successful night offishing.

[beachwalker]

Bombers (etc.), Needles, Darters, Buckies, Hopkins (or equivalent) and spare leaders w/snaps (pre-made) w/ teasers.

A lot depends on where I would be fishing and what the light/wind is.

Somtimes more swimmers and less of the others. Othertimes the opposite.

[BasicPatrick]

1 slot--2 Black 7" Mambo Minnows

1 slot--2 Blurple 7" Mambo Minnows

1 slot--1 chartreuse and 1 Black Back Whit Belly Mambo Minnow

1 Slot--1 Blurple Super Strike Darter (missed out on tatto's)
& 1 Mr Wiggley Black Back White Belly

1 Slot--1 Habs White Needle & 1 Habs White Stubby Needle

1 Slot--1 tattoo Blurple Needle 7 1 7" GS Smoke/Glitter Split
Tail Rigged 7 Ready w/ Solder for Weight

1 Slot--1 2oz & 1 1.5 oz #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& Blurple Needles

1 slot--1 medium sized white Lex Danny & 1 medium sized white Plug Builders Supply Danny

1 slot--1 medium sized Black Lex Danny & 1 medium sized Black Plug Builders Supply Danny

1 slot--Open for Suggestions

3 or 4 peices of tin go in the small jig holders on the front of the bag

Plastic box in side pocket is filled with 2 Saltheart eelskin Jigs, 3 Spro Jigs, the rest are White Bucktails

Pocket with flap has small bags of Ball Bearing Swivels & Snaps, 1 box of 25 Gammakatsu Octopus Circles in 6/o or 5/o depending on my mood

I can fit a spool of 50# Seaguar Floro Leader and my Hand Gaff behind the plug slots....Hand gaff is for dragging dead large off beach and is easily replaced by rope

I also stuff a pkg of 13 " Mega Jerks infront of the Plug slots, but I admit I have not fished them yet


WHAT WOULD YOU REPLACE & WHAT DID I FORGET???????

[jeffsod]

The three that I seem to reach for the most are the Yo Zuri Mag Darter, Mambo 7inch Minnow Black or blurple and Gibbs Danny 21/4oz white. Danny has been getting the job done for me lately on the beaches. I also throw a super strike darter into the line on a regular basis.

[TheSpecialist]

I don't see no stinkin Specialist/Seamonkey plugs on that list. I know you got a couple......

[KLMulder]

well if you were the guy I saw last weekend it would have been 36 cans of Bud and pockets full of squid.

[beachwalker]

Is there any other way to fish ?

pssshhhht !! You wanna Bud ?

[fishsmith]

I'll leave the bag at home put some rigged hooks with 40lb leaders w/swivel in my waders pocket, and have a plastic jar hanging around my shoulder filled with eels.

[BasicPatrick]

Beachwalker....which Bombers for the night shift do you like????

No Bud for this guy...I just can not stop once started


Eel hooks and leaders are in side pocket as noted


Specialist...I got your Blue over white and your olive in the day bag with 1 from Cristian that is oh so nice. What do you like at night as far as colors and sizes etc.

[beachwalker]

BP,

With a dark night low to medium wind I like the Black Mambos and Blurple bombhas. If the are the 3 hook bomber then remove the center hook because it foul hooks on the leader more and becomes a bitch to de hook the fish due to numerous points and re hooking if the fish flips on ya'.
On a windier, dark night Black Mambo or bomber A-salt as big as you can find and maybe with a little bit of extra weight injected in to cut the breeze.
If the breeze isn't in your face then the smaller ones work just fine. Needles do well in these conditions too.

When it is a moon night same thing but lighter lures to outnumber darkers. The Olive/pearl Mambo is a sweet one. Pearl bomber is a standard.

I am off island tomorrow for the day and want to find some of Tattoos swimmers while I am over. I have NO experience with them but man do they look tasty.

[MAC]

My canyon bags aren't big enough for a night of fishing so...

[Slipknot]

Newell, what kind of bag is that and where can I get one?

[TheSpecialist]

It's a Plano, Wallyworld, and Redtop, not sure if Mike has them yet so maybe call him first. I got 2 of them, they got mesh on the bottom.

I use the blue over white at dusk into sunset, olive , olive over white, black, olive with black back...

[NIB]

I just got one o those bags they had them at the Mass show for 25 I said I don'y need another bag i PAY 35.I has a thick long velcro strip that looks like it will stay when Ur in the water.looks like NG jammed a nother sleeve in the front that is a huge Zipper compartment for stuff.Slip me no come up this week maybe next week.monomoy boy not gonna be around.

[Van]

Chuck all those plastic and wooden things, remove the separators, fill the bag with mackeral and herring. Stuff in a few weights and put some extra hooks in there too !!!!



Just MHO...

[Big Vern]