to spook or not to spook?

[JohnR]

I was fishing with JohnR and BasicPatrick one night in Rhody.

I was throwing a darter and John was throwing a white Tattoo spook (forgot what Patrick was throwing).

John was hammering bass on the spook all night (yes, night).

The next day John hooked up with a ferocious bloo that deep-throated that spook - the fish wanted it real bad and it almost split the plug down the middle.

That one white Tattoo Spook probably caught me 100 fish, almost every one a keeper, that year. I nearly cried when I lost it. I remember Tattoo was a little suprised how many I caught at night in that color.

The first night I ever tied on a Tattoo spook was when he was just starting to release to shops. I took a bunker pattern spook and casted off a So County beach. On my second or third cast I had one of the most solid takes on a plug I have ever had. SLAM. It was a good fish, felt like in the solid 30#s. Had it on for several minutes before the plug and the bass were "released" by the first of many blues chasing terminal tackle that evening , even tiny spro swivels

The times to fish a spook can be tough as certain conditions seem to push the plug too much and hamper the tenuous hold that the plug likes best. I like it with a slow, barely taught line that can get the dog walking slow as in not covering much ground....

Love that plug and there is always two in my surfbag... And my second favorite color is the yellow for a Rhody sunrise or set . My other second favorite color is the blue and my other second favorite color is the pogie, and my other....