Redgills

[Diggin Jiggin]

I wonder if you would do just as well with a bucktail teaser ? They're alot cheaper if you tie em yourself and its not hard to do.

I tied up a bunch to take on a week long trip, some were just white with silver flash on the top, others were dark on top & white on the bottom. I fished them for the whole week, and I caught as many fish on the teasers as on the plugs.

I also had nights where only the teaser caught...

I do think that they do have a down side. If you get into a school of mixed size fish and you are fishing a teaser, it seems that you will consistantly get the smaller fish. I'm not sure why that is (I do have my theories) but that was my experience...

[JoeP]

Wrap a little tape around the RedGill hook shank so it fits tighter in the RedGill and the hook will not slip.

[zacs]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

I wonder if you would do just as well with a bucktail teaser ?

In my experience, the Redgil outfishes the bucktail. I have lost a redgil teaser, said, hey why not try one of my hand tied bucktails, or this sweet fly steelhead gave me, and they would not produce like the redgil. switch back to the redgil, and wham! back into them. BUT, I can't seem to catch anything bigger than 10# on redgils.

[Rockport24]

I caught my first ever keeper on a red gill this year, needless to say, I am a believer. Like Riverrat said, they have saved me some skunks also. That said, the few schoolies I have caught in the past few weeks took the mambo minnow and NOT the red gill, go figure.

[Finlander]

A few falls ago now at Race Pt. blowing hard out of the northeast, a white Red Gill using a 4 ounce bank sinker and drag it over the bottom, bass to 30 lbs. The fishing was good in the big surf, few days later after thinks calm down couldn't buy a bite.

[Flaptail]

Fred, I never leave home without 'em. Last fall down by the ol' Mission Bell I had two good nights. Black/blue Yozuri Darter and Black Silver 4inch Red Gill, most of the fish took the gill. I got fifty or so left from the old days, four inch always was best for me no matter how big the fish though the sixes had thier moments specially down on Karl's beach. I was using them this Monday night down yer way cept when there ain't no fish nothin bites on 'em.