Lure advice

[Zeal]

Hm, seems I was wrong in dark colors. My day kit is:

Green and White SS Darter, Yellow SS Needle, Chartreuse Bucktails and White Bucktails, Yellow and Schoolbus Bombers, Assorted Storm Shads, Zara Spook, Chartreuse Chug Bug and a Black/Silver Chug Bug, Chartreuse and White SS Sinking Popper.

Out of that I mostly use Bucktails, the Needle, Darter if the forage is matching, and tins (usually these are the ticket during the day). I give the spook a shot and the SS sinking popper but they have yet to produce. The Bombers I have yet to get a tail slap on them this year.

Hence with all the bright colors not producing in the dark hours, it makes me think darker color is needed (yes I know how to use the lures but something isn't feeling right )

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Zeal

Hence with all the bright colors not producing in the dark hours, it makes me think darker color is needed (yes I know how to use the lures but something isn't feeling right )

A school bus or yellow bomber will almost always work at night, so possibly you either lack the confidence to fish it enough, and/or are retrieving too fast.

Dark plugs certainly have a place. A dark needle in particular is worth carrying and trying.

Parrot, purple, then yellow/white are the colors in order I use most at night. I agree, however, that color is usually a minor factor at night.

[MAKAI]

If there is no light, how can color be perceived ?
Match the hatch by day, and use them at night.
During the day pay attention to how the lure works, it has to mimic what the fish are on, don't just cast and retrieve. Then apply that technique at night.
Practice and confidence will equal success.

Or you can take the art out of it and just throw eels.
Eels are easy and they work.

[Zeal]

Originally Posted by MAKAI

If there is no light, how can color be perceived ?
Match the hatch by day, and use them at night.
During the day pay attention to how the lure works, it has to mimic what the fish are on, don't just cast and retrieve. Then apply that technique at night.
Practice and confidence will equal success.

Or you can take the art out of it and just throw eels.
Eels are easy and they work.

An excellent way of putting what I was taught for years!

I work my ass off using my plugs in any possible way, it's just at the dark hours the skunks start showing up. I don't doubt it is me, but I just can't rule out the other factors.

Either way, frustration is just driving me nuts here.

I guess this is just an intervention rather than lures. Fished for many years but always a lot to learn concerning the art of surfcasting. First season I have ever had not marking a damn fish and also not outfishing the rest even though the people around me are getting skunked as well. All your advice helps greatly, I guess this is just a fisherman's "growing up" phase considering I am just a kid compared to all you guys' experience.