Best plug on a full moon? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Edge Sportfish · 03-03-2008, 06:00 PM

Any thoughts, comments?

OffTheHook13 · 03-03-2008, 06:02 PM

Black Bomber

cardnial77 · 03-03-2008, 06:04 PM

depends on the conditions and location i am fishing. a white or yellow slow sinking needle. or if there is good wave action and rocks, a yellow and white danny/junior. if there are blues in, i will throw tins

BigFish · 03-03-2008, 06:14 PM

Anything BigFish!

tattoobob · 03-03-2008, 06:17 PM

Parrot Needlefish is my all time favorite

basswipe · 03-03-2008, 06:19 PM

White needle for me.Specifically Salty's white Patriot needle.

BigFish · 03-03-2008, 06:23 PM

Truthfully....I like my bunker colored "Prey".....chrome sided bombers are great!

Raider Ronnie · 03-03-2008, 06:55 PM

Forget the plugs!
Live pogies or eels !

eelman · 03-03-2008, 06:57 PM

Anything made by bigfish larry....and of course Live eels

Vogt · 03-04-2008, 10:19 AM

The same plugs I use on a new moon.

And of course, eels.

OLD GOAT · 03-04-2008, 11:27 AM

Idon,t care for all the weed during a big tide. eel beard.

chris L · 03-04-2008, 02:22 PM

butt
oh I thought you meant when Im mooned or mooning . UB moons !

numbskull · 03-04-2008, 04:07 PM

Usually I struggle plugging under a bright moon, but I did have one decent night this past summer fishing a topwater plug (surf howdy) over fish feeding on krill.

Tagger · 03-04-2008, 05:52 PM

I also struggle fishing a full moon ,,, A couple of years ago I had an every cast night on a blue/white needle with the big arse moon right in front of me .. Hadn't happened before or since ..

Striperhound · 03-05-2008, 07:08 AM

cant beat live eels on a full moon, second runner up would be a needle with an eel skin over it

justfishin · 03-07-2008, 08:46 AM

I have caught some fish over the years on the full moon, but generally the fishing on the Cape, is far better closer to the new moon. The fish here always seem difficult to catch when the moon is BRIGHT. This does not seem to be the case on a full moon with heavy cloud cover if you find fish. Anything in white, yellow,pink, or variations of these such as wonderbread or chicken scratch will do, and eels are always a good choice, regardless of moon phase.

piemma · 03-07-2008, 10:16 AM

Completely outside the box. July full moon, dead low tide, 2:00 AM.
Black jointed Danny (my own). Finally dropped the fish after she straightened a 3/0 3X treble and bent the lip all to hell.

You never know.

hyefisherman2 · 03-04-2008, 10:25 PM

any white plug that you would fish at night...

jimmy z · 03-09-2008, 07:49 AM

One of my first plugs on any night will be a darter. If I hook up with the darter, the darter stays on. Just keep trying. Some say yellow, I've heard that for many years. But if ya wanna know if there are bass where you're casting, use an eel. You'll know for sure.

Steve K · 03-09-2008, 08:28 AM

I too have done much better during the new moon than the full moon. The worst nights for me are the full moon combined with a flat sea. I go with light colored plugs - white or yellow during the full moon like a habs needle or a bm atom jr.

shadow · 03-09-2008, 09:27 AM

I'll take the darkest of nights over a full moon any time,however I don't rule out full moons.I will fish whenever I can and make the best out of the condtions.when fishing full moons I will only fish eels,seen pencils work on bright nights too. one time last fall they took bass for my partner at night that wouldn't even take the eels.I remember two good fish that I took on full moons at low tide with no surf one was 28# I pulled out of a rock pile in 3' of water after a long night of nothing fishing a strong rip.The other came from the same place diffrent spot same thing fished the rocks and moving water all night for nothing walking out I made a cast on the sandy flat beach at low water could see down the whole beach.got a 26# fish.sometimes we know to much.