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02-20-2006, 04:36 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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This story may interest you. 15+ years ago (before the seal infestation) I used to run my 20ft Seacraft to Tuckernuck and beach fish at night. I showed up there one Oct night with a bucket of eels, to find several Nantucket sharpies solid into fish. Confident of success I tossed an eel into the hole they were fishing, and then stood in disbelief while they caught fish after fish (15-30Lbs) both sides of me, and my eel had nary a tap. Eventually, I swallowed my pride and walked up to a guy unhooking a fish to ask what he was using. Turns out they were fishing Rapala Slivers, with a slightly ground down lip and loaded tail. They had no action, just dragged/bounced along the bottom, and fish would hammer them as they reached the shelf of the beach. I couldn't duplicate that action with the plugs I had (including needlefish) and the bass ignored the eels, even when allowed to sit right on the bottom. If those guys hadn't been there I'd have fished the place with eels and left confident nothing was doing. So your idea is worth pursuing, even if the needlefish crowd thinks they know better.
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02-20-2006, 05:29 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
Posts: 3,476
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ive used the slivers...
and some of the smaller rebels before with the big lip
they work pretty good, but i havent got any substantial fish on them.
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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02-20-2006, 07:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
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Freshwater bass guys love to use diving plugs and bang them off the bottom and rocks. It works, and I think the same applies to stripers. Although I park more then a few on the bottom, I like to scrape the bottom with bottle plugs in a few spots. It definitely works.
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02-21-2006, 08:40 AM
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You rang?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Lowell
Posts: 946
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Originally Posted by Pete_G
Freshwater bass guys love to use diving plugs and bang them off the bottom and rocks. It works, and I think the same applies to stripers. Although I park more then a few on the bottom, I like to scrape the bottom with bottle plugs in a few spots. It definitely works.
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My crawfish bomber crankbait = many many smallmouth bass at the Quabbin res  |
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02-21-2006, 08:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
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Originally Posted by lurch
My crawfish bomber crankbait = many many smallmouth bass at the Quabbin res |
The spot where I catch dragging the bottom usually has a lot of baby lobsters crawling around. |
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