NCSFC meetig last night... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 03-22-2002, 08:36 AM

Last night's guest at the Newport County Saltwater Fishing Club, Jim White, had an impressive show on soft plastics.

His presentation showed a few interesting tricks & tips that could be done on soft plastics - like creating a small popper nose to fit just ahead of a FinS or sluggo and the action that it would create. It was one of those shows that is less of the "Go here with this wind and troll @ 20ft" and more of sparking the thought process to be a little more creative and applying THAT to fishing... I enjoyed they show...

After the show, we tried to steal Iron Mike's beaten and old plugs that he'd just picked up....

Got Stripers · 03-22-2002, 01:58 PM

Bass Pro used to sell floating rubber popper heads, which looked like big 1 oz texas rigged sinkers...shape wise. You could rig them one way to pop them and the other to work like a floating texas rigged sinker to guide your offering through cover or for a floating but less noisey presentation.

JohnR · 03-22-2002, 02:40 PM

This was a different rig, used like you would on a Creek Chub. It had the concave popper face you would see on a popping fly but was only 3/4 of an inch long with the plastic right behind it. Very interesting concept but surely wouldn't be known for it's casting abilities....

Saltheart · 03-22-2002, 03:08 PM

I had a good time last night too John. Good to meet DZ too. Talk was interesting. Got you thinking.