Needlefish?

[JohnR]

DJO - Needlefish plugs are great. They seem to get the most attention from anglers from the Outer Cape beaches and south. Don't see or hear much about them north of P-town and the Ditch. Needlefish come in a couple flavors long and skinny or the stubby needlefish which is shorter and you guessed it, stubbier... The plugs should be worked slowly and when going for bass, I would highly recommend a teasrer/dropper rig to increase your chances...
There are three brands of needlefish that I buy, Gibbs, Habs, and Super Strike (I think #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& mentioned that Super Strike was the first volume manufacturer of needlefish plugs). The Gibbs and Habs are both wood and the SuperStrike is plastic... They all cast pretty well, even in windier conditions.

The Gibbs stubby needlefish is one of #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s favorite plugs.

The stubby needlefish looks like this and is about 6" long and 1.5 oz:

[img=http://striped-bass.com/Images/stubb_wh_bkhd.gif]

and the regular needlefish typically looks like this, is 8-12" long and weighs 1.5-3 oz :

[img=http://striped-bass.com/Images/needle_bk.gif]


Oh yeh, forgot to mention, I personally prefer the ones that have the single rear hook with bucktail over the rear trebble