levari Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 mins ago, MattieG said: Pickup the John Skinner “fishing the bucktail” or “Striper pursuit” books. They should help you understand how to fish it. Fishing with bucktails by William "Doc" Muller is the best... Surf Angler 1989 and Niffty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dgul Posted October 21, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 12 hours ago, bechill11 said: Thats what i need help with. Would love to learn how to fish a bucktail. Been trying it over the years but never have landed one yet or got one to hit at all for that much Fishing a bucktail is pretty easy. By far my favorite lure. I have a bunch of expensive wood and the bucktail out fishes them all. Just use a steady retrieve and keep it just above the bottom. You can bounce it off the bottom a few times if you want but don’t drag it. Reel as slow as possible to keep it there. You’ll want a light weight in order to keep it off the bottom with the slow retrieve. This will cut down on some of your casting distance but that won’t matter because most of the action is at the beach lip. They are best in situations where there are waves and a nice current with a sweep - say left to right as an example. Cast off to the right and let it sweep around to the left with the current. Stay tight with it and reel slowly enough to keep it off the bottom. Give it some twitches if you want. Let it swing around, ideally into a cut or rip, and bring it in slowly. Use some kind of pork rind or imitation trailer. This all works for fluke too but substitute a gulp trailer. Add a teaser as well above if you want. These things catch everything. Bikefish, EricDice, adams54 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40shades-of-blue Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Out again for several hours in OC. A little better conditions. At least some wave action not dead flat. Ran into a short snapper blitz. Other than that nothing going on. “All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICastAsJason Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Have to say, in reading the reports, was happy to be on these little guys last night out back in OC. Tons of bait and tails slapping all around. Fun for last two hours of incoming, then when tide stopped moving, the bite did too. Light tackle night. MAGA, saltyh2ofly, snag777 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffty Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 12 hours ago, bechill11 said: Thats what i need help with. Would love to learn how to fish a bucktail. Been trying it over the years but never have landed one yet or got one to hit at all for that much 33 mins ago, MattieG said: Pickup the John Skinner “fishing the bucktail” or “Striper pursuit” books. They should help you understand how to fish it. I read Doc's book years ago and immediately started catching on bucktails. I've migrated away from some of the technique in the book. (Cant buy Uncle Josh rinds anymore, but I still have a stash.) Added to some of it. About half my surf bass have come on bucktails since reading it. It's my absolute go-to offering. Not that I'm a sharpie or have lots of trophy fish too show for it. Most of the other half fell to one specific redhead CC pencil. saltyh2ofly and MattieG 2 Hot dogs were invented in 1936 by Larry Hotdogs when he accidentally dropped a bag of prize-winning pig buttholes into his Dick Shaper Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffty Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 34 mins ago, levari said: Fishing with bucktails by William "Doc" Muller is the best... . What he said. Hot dogs were invented in 1936 by Larry Hotdogs when he accidentally dropped a bag of prize-winning pig buttholes into his Dick Shaper Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JimK Posted October 21, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Finding bigger fish my last couple of outings. Last night landed one easily 35 inches. Lost another in that size range. Never got my hands on it, but fought it for a while.. popped off about 10 ft away from me. It hit at the end of a long cast.. also had a 25 inch schoolie and a handful of 3 lb blues..all on black/yellow 6in. SP.... not going into any more details.. had the spot pretty much to myself. Hope to keep it that way for a couple more nights.. cec127, adams54, Joeeee and 18 others 21 "Russian War Ship.. go f*#k yourself" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattieG Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 4 hours ago, ICastAsJason said: Have to say, in reading the reports, was happy to be on these little guys last night out back in OC. Tons of bait and tails slapping all around. Fun for last two hours of incoming, then when tide stopped moving, the bite did too. Light tackle night. That a 2400 creek chub? What size treble is on that? I’ve got one in my freshwater box I used to use on LMB, stock hooks too small for stripers. “I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levari Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Niffty said: I read Doc's book years ago and immediately started catching on bucktails. I've migrated away from some of the technique in the book. (Cant buy Uncle Josh rinds anymore, but I still have a stash.) Added to some of it. About half my surf bass have come on bucktails since reading it. It's my absolute go-to offering. Not that I'm a sharpie or have lots of trophy fish too show for it. Most of the other half fell to one specific redhead CC pencil. Got cha 6” curly tail is as good as uncle Josh... I’m catching them daily with 1oz Andrus jetty and 6” curly tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bechill11 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Thank you for the insight on the bucktail fishing. I have def been doing it wrong after reading your posts. I was basically hopping it all the way back to me. Just off the bottom on a slow retrieve makes sense and best with light bucktails. Was always wondering how guys were killing them with 1/2 and 3/4 bucktails. I was basically dragging it along the bottom. I am def going to get the book sounds like it will help a lot as well. Appreciate all you guys and the help. Hoping to get out tomorrow. dgul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartopper Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 20 hours ago, saltyh2ofly said: I know a guy that had a plug snap back at his eye where it sank its hooks. Surgeries and rehab still hasn't made it normal. Even cheap glasses are better than none but no substitute for buying a good pair. I fly fish and have had a hook end up on my hat, my back and stuck in my hand.....but I always crimp barbs and wear glasses (I have to, the make me see better). They help when you get a wave in the face as well. Would that be me or you know 2 guys teddispahgetti, Eric_S, Harumph and 1 other 4 "Starving dogs begging for scraps. The big picture is not important as long as we can get our scraps." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.O.G Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Decided to try and get them from the other side today and hit S.I. Water was murky and crab shed incredible. Lots of participants, didn’t see anything caught. Missed 2, days like this make me second guess the single back hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 2 mins ago, R.O.G said: Decided to try and get them from the other side today and hit S.I. Water was murky and crab shed incredible. Lots of participants, didn’t see anything caught. Missed 2, days like this make me second guess the single back hook. Put the treble back on i cheated again. Jumped on a boat. Sun came up 100 boats in a fleet quickly swelled to 200. Awful morning. Surfratiam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_1109 Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 i have been into fish and switched out uncle josh with the 6 incl curly tail and observed no difference....agree with levari. love bucktailing inlets Mr.Belmar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf Angler 1989 Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 9:58 PM, bechill11 said: Thats what i need help with. Would love to learn how to fish a bucktail. Been trying it over the years but never have landed one yet or got one to hit at all for that much I recently finished Fishing With Bucktails by William "Doc" Muller. He noted that, when first using bucktails, most people get frustrated with them and stick them back into their surf bag after a few casts. His advice is to go out with bucktails only and to fish with them exclusively for a few months. Sooner or later, you will get a feel for them. I'm not a great angler, but I did this and have seen a lot of success. For instance, at dusk yesterday, out front in MOCO, a stiff south wind sent the surf onto the south side of a jetty. The deflection of water from the jetty, coupled with the incoming waves and current, created a strong rip about ten feet off the jetty. It was perfect bucktailing conditions. I threw out a 1.5 ounce white bucktail trailed with a 4" Uncle Josh Pork Rind (you can still find them on Ebay) and within a few casts hooked up onto a keeper size striper. Good luck gentlemen. Some moving water, finally. adams54, snag777 and Ash 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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