Bucktail Question

[Green Light]

Thank you all for the tips.

Much, much, much appreciated.

Tight lines (and screaming reels)!!!! ;-)

[petern27]

No Question Chartruese Grubtail has been my favorite

[wdmso]

the only thing I have ever caught on a buck tail was a sea robin at south coast beach and a tog the only tog I have ever caught

I just have no faith in them or just clueless on how to fish them

[Jenn]

I am no sharpie either but my only advice from personal experience is that if you are fishing them from shore...make sure you work them alllllll the way in. Most fish I have caught on bucktails were hooked seconds before I ripped it out of the water at the end of my retrieve!

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Jenn

I am no sharpie either but my only advice from personal experience is that if you are fishing them from shore...make sure you work them alllllll the way in. Most fish I have caught on bucktails were hooked seconds before I ripped it out of the water at the end of my retrieve!

Reminds me of a day right after dark when my friend and I were standing in 6 inches of water just talking, with him holding his rod across his arms with a black surfster just laying in the water. We were there maybe 5 min when smash he got a hit, scared the heck out of us.

[piemma]

Back in the 90s we had a crew that would fish the mouth of Narrow River every morning. All we ever used was a 1/2 oz white Smilin' Bill bucktail. 50, 60 fish morning were not unusual. All small fish but every once in a while we'd hook a decent fish on the bucktails.
The trick was to let it drift in the current until you felt bottom. Then just jg it off the bottom.