Bucktails/stormsshad

[sledge]

Had some limited sucess last year ...mostly on 1.5-2 oz white or white with chartruse bt's...question is What do you guys prefer?? also whats the deal with the soft shad lures I see some charters throwin?? I'm always open to learning new techniques....thanks...Happy T-day to All..

[Brian E. Mullaney]

hey sledge - they are both versatile baits - you can catch many different salt & freshwater fish on bucktails & shads.

Bucktails - I keep an assortment from 1/4 up to 4 oz. in white, chartruse over white, & bunker.

The shads you'll see people tossing are mainly gonna be Storm Shads.

Other companies have jumped in that market like Tsunami.

[LBI SurfRat]

The 4" Storm Bunker wildeye is the closest imitation i've seen to real peanut bunker. they swim great as well. i ALWAYS have them in my bag.
when you need more distance a standard white bucktail with a twister tail is great.
Nick

[kenbrown]

caught em on 2oz white bucktails, or charteuse

have also caught em on the bunker pattern storms

I have had more success with the bucktails, but have also used em more often. btw..no tails.

[Reel-ality]

I've been chunking in the bay lately, but I use to use the storms under the bridge at I.R with a lot of success.

[JScott]

Gotta agree with LBI Surfrat,the storm shad looks awesome in the water.haven't been fortunate enough to land a striper with one yet,but have no doubt it will be a top go to bait.
Did land a few smallies with it!

[sledge]

thanks for the posts boys...will add a few storm bunker to the ammo this weekend...look for me in the cm rips on SAT...I'll be the black hulled Robalo with a gangster lean and a few bent rods!!!!

[amber lee]

I was just about to ask the same question in reference to which storm series the guys were useing in the rips, especially since the spot are such a hot bait I was thinking about trying the storm baits to simulate them. Thanks for the inform.

[slimedog]

I have caught @ 75% of my bass on storms this year. I have fished them more than anything the last couple of years but have had great luck with them. I use the 4" bunker and the mullet patterns. make sure and use a teaser. ;)

[FISHINBUDDY]

Last time I was out in the rips was 2 weeks ago on a Sunday. We caught 18 stripers between 4 of us. 11 on live spot the other 7 on a Storm Shad.They're expensive but you can catch multiple fish on one where as you get 1 shot with a $3.50 spot. 1 storm got tore up, so we caught 7 fish using only 2 storms. Used about 20 spots for the other 11 stripers.

[sledge]

How do you fish those shad...slow like a BT or with some more action applied....I dont use artificials very much...thanks fellow fishheads

[slimedog]

sometimes slow sometimes fast. It all depends on what the fish want. Play around and change up your retrieve until it becomes effective.

[sledge]

right on slimedog!!! thanks bro

[kenbrown]

like slimedog said..you gotta work em different ways till you find a pattern..then you are in business smile.gif

[TheAdamBomb]

Joe, good luck. Give me a call. We'll be out there. It should be the 'lucky lean.'