Bass keyed in on bunker. - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigBo · 10-05-2006, 08:13 PM

I can't tell you why. There are times that they seemed to be keyed on Pogies, so I'm live lining a Pogie. The Bass would come up and just keep bumping it with it's head or slap it with it's tail. It's enough to drive you crazy.

PNG · 10-05-2006, 08:41 PM

Stink your plug

t.orlando · 10-05-2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PNG

Stink your plug

Ditto

piemma · 10-06-2006, 02:03 AM

I think they take an eel over a plug because it smells like food. I agree with the guys who said stink your plug...

piemma · 10-06-2006, 02:04 AM

BTW, 3:04 AM and Mr. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& are gonna head down the Bay with some of them Bunkers...

Clogston29 · 10-06-2006, 06:01 AM

My guess would be that a plug (or atleast most of them) is worked near the top of the water column where the pogies are and its basically competing directly with the pogies for the bass's attention. An eel, on the other hand, is worked nearer to the bottom where the bigger fish are hanging around looking for an easy meal - be it a dead bunker, eel, lobster, whatever. For a plug to be really effective in a school of bait, again only my opinion, there have to be a lot of bass around competing for the bait. Now I'm not into throwing chunks, but the situation that you describe would definately tempt me into throwing a nice fresh piece of meat out there.
I also think eels are pretty much an ideal meal for a bass because they are long, thin and have no protection (spines, gill plates, etc.) so its hard for me to imagine them passing them up. I've heard some fresh water bass pros talk about what rubber worms represent to a bass and there answer is usually just "something long, thin and easy to swallow".

tlapinski · 10-06-2006, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

My guess would be that a plug (or atleast most of them) is worked near the top of the water column where the pogies are and its basically competing directly with the pogies for the bass's attention. An eel, on the other hand, is worked nearer to the bottom where the bigger fish are hanging around looking for an easy meal - be it a dead bunker, eel, lobster, whatever.

You know, that is something I did not even think about.

Numbskull, that is a plug I wish I had. Never had the opportunity to make any back in the spring when I wanted to.

tattoobob · 10-06-2006, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

My guess would be that a plug (or atleast most of them) is worked near the top of the water column where the pogies are and its basically competing directly with the pogies for the bass's attention. An eel, on the other hand, is worked nearer to the bottom where the bigger fish are hanging around looking for an easy meal - be it a dead bunker, eel, lobster, whatever. For a plug to be really effective in a school of bait, again only my opinion, there have to be a lot of bass around competing for the bait. Now I'm not into throwing chunks, but the situation that you describe would definately tempt me into throwing a nice fresh piece of meat out there.
I also think eels are pretty much an ideal meal for a bass because they are long, thin and have no protection (spines, gill plates, etc.) so its hard for me to imagine them passing them up. I've heard some fresh water bass pros talk about what rubber worms represent to a bass and there answer is usually just "something long, thin and easy to swallow".

Josh,
I think you nailed it, bucktail jigs and tins maybe a good choice.