Matching the hatch!

[cravertosu]

Mako,

You mentioned that they use the slug gos for bluefin up north. It obviously works with the stripers down south. Anyone think Mako could put one on a planer or downrigger and catch a giant?! I think you should try! A giant on a homemade lure....!?!!

Tim

[WAHOONBOX]

Whatever you say, Box. It's your house and your rules. But so you know, I saw the original subject, posted by the originator of the this thread, "Matching the Hatch" and his comment that "Anyone have any thoughts or ideas feel free to let me know what you think" to mean that alternatives and other ideas for matching sand eels were welcome and that it was an open discussion. And there was no sales pitch - just a picture of an alternative type of the type of bar being discussed, nothing more.

Sorry if I offended. I did not mean to.

you

AW GEEZ......

YOU KNOW DANG WELL WHAT I AM REFERING ABOUT TO...



YOU ARE A VENDOR AND YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL A PRODUCT FRED....



ALL I HEAR THESE DAYS IS NO ONE WANTS TO BUY AD SPACE IN WELCOME TO MY WORLD FROM THE FRONT OFFICE, BUT YET VENDORS ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE ADVERTISING SUCH AS YOUR CASE IN MY WORLD...



YOU ARE AND WERE PUSHING YOUR PRODUCT FRED....


YOU ALSO HAVE THE SAME PRODUCT POSTED UP WITH PHOTO IN A THREAD YOU STARTED IN THE OFFSHORE FORUM WHICH IS NONE OF MY BIZNESS ......BUT DOES JUSTIFY MY VIEW HERE....

I HOPE YOU SELL A TRUCK LOAD OF LURES FRED

[WAHOONBOX]

NOW BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SUBJECT WITH NO VENDORS INTERVENING PLEASE


SORRY MAKO....

[MAKO19]

Deadly. I ran a similar dredge like that ONCE. I don't know how the bluefish are down that way. But with all those hooks... It's a nightmare trying to unhook one while the other choppers are snapping at your digits. Don't get me wrong. It looks great!!!

Water is getting cold around here dude. The bluefish are few and far between right now and that's why I went with these baits, that and the fact that they might even resemble sand eels better than the first dredge I show in this thread (even though that one was deadly last trip) but I think the new one will be even better!! I understand that it could get pricey replacing the slugs but right now I am not worried about it since almost 99.9% of the fish were are catching trolling these is Stripers. As far as all the hooks becoming an issue, it is really not. If you use short shots of heavy mono (short enough so that they can't reach the other baits) you are in good shape!

[MAKO19]

Mako,

You mentioned that they use the slug gos for bluefin up north. It obviously works with the stripers down south. Anyone think Mako could put one on a planer or downrigger and catch a giant?! I think you should try! A giant on a homemade lure....!?!!

Tim

Yeah I started a thread in the NE forum and those guys helped me out with the Bluefin set-up. I pulled one down deep and one from the rigger last trip without a bite. But it probably didn't work because we didn't find the fish on that last trip .

[cravertosu]

Yeah I started a thread in the NE forum and those guys helped me out with the Bluefin set-up. I pulled one down deep and one from the rigger last trip without a bite. But it probably didn't work because we didn't find the fish on that last trip .

Pretty cool!! Keep at it, I'm sure one will fall for it soon!