what lure, has caught the most stripers? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

stripercrazy · 08-03-2006, 05:33 PM

my guess would be bob ponds 2 oz striperswiper, in blue/white, whats everyone think?

BigFish · 08-03-2006, 05:34 PM

Gibbs pencil poppers...hands down!

Mike P · 08-03-2006, 05:40 PM

Bucktail jig. Whatever's in second is a long way back

JohnR · 08-03-2006, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Bucktail jig. Whatever's in second is a long way back

Bucktail jig - unquestionably...

ThrowingTimber · 08-03-2006, 05:46 PM

White bucktail

Christian · 08-03-2006, 05:46 PM

buck.
in the past like 5 yrs..probly the sluggo.

Nebe · 08-03-2006, 05:47 PM

bucktail...

ThrowingTimber · 08-03-2006, 05:53 PM

The penetrator!!!!!!!!

Karl F · 08-03-2006, 05:58 PM

Timbah!..
Vic..
yer frikkin, killin' me...

vineyardblues · 08-03-2006, 06:03 PM

eels

ps,what did Vic say

VB

BigFish · 08-03-2006, 06:32 PM

I hate jigs....you can have em'!

stripercrazy · 08-03-2006, 06:41 PM

are killer, and I use them, but other than storm shads,I don't see alot of people throwing bucktails, other than the canal. my first two guesses would be a rebel and a popper, seems like theres one in every tackle box

Swimmer · 08-03-2006, 06:42 PM

Larry if they made a jig out of wood you'd be all over them like a sunburn on a naked person at a nude beach. And uh Lar that doe this morning wasn't afraid of you because it probably thought you were wildlife also, ya know, a friekin grizzly bear.

luds · 08-03-2006, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by stripercrazy

are killer, and I use them, but other than storm shads,I don't see alot of people throwing bucktails, other than the canal. my first two guesses would be a rebel and a popper, seems like theres one in every tackle box

I was thinking rebel too but their popularity has seemed to have died with so many other finnish type swimmers to choose from.

Mike P · 08-03-2006, 07:08 PM

You guys who are overlooking the bucktail are thinking too locally. From Maine to as far south as they catch stripers, the jig has taken far more bass than any other lure. It accounts for the lion's share of the bigger bass at Montauk in the fall. Not just under the Lighthouse, too. Sure, lots of fish are taken during those daytime blitzes on plugs, but at night, eels and bucktails account for most of the fish. In the south shore inlets, almost all of the bigger bass fall to bucktails--the ones that don't are taken on eels. But the question asked "what lure"

Lately, weighted shads like Storms and Tsunamis get their share of fish, but it's a recent phenomenon. Historically, it's the bucktail jig.

JohnR · 08-03-2006, 07:37 PM

The bucktail jig is so effective across all kinds of fishing that most high end surviaval kits, including those used by military aviators, have a selection of bucktail jigs...

stripersnipr · 08-03-2006, 07:41 PM

I guess the Lure you use the most is the one that catches most but I keep a scarred up, chewed up Jawbreaker hanging on my bench in a place of honor for all the Big fish it has taken. But over the past few years I'd have to say the Storm Shad.

Raider Ronnie · 08-03-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Gibbs pencil poppers...hands down!

Bucktail jig pulled on WIRE LINE !!!

eelman · 08-03-2006, 08:06 PM

Bucktail...hands down, thousands upon thousands of bass are taken snaping wire with a parachute jig on the end...If I could only have one "lure" It would without question be an assortment of bucktails......

Finaddict · 08-03-2006, 09:08 PM

Bucktail jigs are also one of the most universal lures for most fish, be they stripers, snook, bonefish, tarpon, bloos, fluke, weakies ... the list goes on, all of these fish take some form of a bucktail jig ... the soft platics that are a relatively new introduction compared to the bucktail jig are just a modification ... but the bucktail is king through history.