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09-29-2009, 03:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Centerville
Posts: 492
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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.
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09-29-2009, 03:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Bedford, MA
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When the conditions are right, spooks can rock at night 
Congrats on the fish! |
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09-29-2009, 03:20 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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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.
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09-29-2009, 06:53 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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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.
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09-29-2009, 07:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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I havent used them at night but it would look like a big fat needle if i was a striper.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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09-29-2009, 07:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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I remember on late night on BI when Nebe said I'd never score on a spook...then...
-spence
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09-29-2009, 07:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
I remember on late night on BI when Nebe said I'd never score on a spook...then...
-spence
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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.... |
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09-29-2009, 08:32 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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I like spooks at night,,,,,
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09-29-2009, 09:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Spooks247. I like em!!!!!!!!!!!! They are nice flat calm and in heavy surf, dark or light.
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09-30-2009, 08:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
Give the RM Smith Floating needle a try. Very spooky but with a thinner profile. That plug was great for me this season.
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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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