some of you may have seen the "lure of the month" writeup by joe lyons in this month's on the water magazine. it is of tattoo's sea spook. it was a good writeup of the 15 year history of how tattoo's sea spook came to be what it is today. now, my question, how many of you have used it, been productive with it, or now grab it as one of your first lures in your surf bag?
the striped bass comeback from the moratorium has brought many old ideas back again and some new technology, such as soft plastics. spooks have been around for years, mainly in freshwater. as the article said, no one made a spook capable of handling the conditions we face in the surf, nevermind a serious fish capable of straightening hooks. thus, the evolution of tattoo's sea spook.
my first time seeing this plug was nothing out of the ordinary - ok, another surface lure. you see, i rarely throw any surface plugs, so i didn't bother giving it any thought to adding to my bag. then, i find myself fishing next to tattoo on a couple of sunsets and there he was throwing this sea spook. needless to say, he caught fish when i maybe took one. ok, it works, but it still didn't change my ideas, yet. this fall, were fishing next to each other one morning and he puts on the spook just after sunrise. i was throwing sub-surface lures. i had a fish here and there, but he was taking fish with more frequency than i was. ok, i put the one i had in my lure bag on my line. now, we both are taking fish, a couple in the mid-high teens. nice! yep, but i'm still too stubborn to throw it. this year comes and i pull a tattoo sea spook flaptail (soon to be released) demo out to try it. i'm taking fish when others aren't now. a few proven fishermen around and most are throwing pencils, which i used to do a lot more when i would throw surface lures. is it coincidence? does the lure really work that good? well, let's say i may throw a sea spook more often and it will be the first surface lure i'll throw if i am to grab one.
what makes this lure so productive? well, i know that i do not tire from throwing it, as you would with a pencil popper. a normal popper may attract more blues, but this lure pulls in bass and at times nice fish! 4/0 VMC hooks, wire-thru, fish attracting eyes, and a z-wake that is cake to produce. i've read how some have taken bass at night on darker colored ones. impressive. i may not throw one at night myself, but i do not on those sunrise or sunsets days, i may throw this lure a little more.
http://www.tattoostackle.com/plugs.php#seaspook
so, let's here your experiences with tattoo's sea spook.
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