Go to plastic pencils

[CoolCalmCollected]

blue's are in and ruining my wooden pencils...

 

any brand recommendations for some plastic pencils? 

[Jollyrodger]

Cotton Cordell

 

[40shades-of-blue]

Tsunami talkin' popper

[27conch]

Been using Cordells forever..

[ged]

What about those new SillyKat silicone “vortex” paddletails? 

[Ditch Jigger]

9 mins ago, ged said:

What about those new SillyKat silicone “vortex” paddletails? 

 

[Kooky]

57 mins ago, 40shades-of-blue said:

Tsunami talkin' popper

My favorite!, Especially in wonder bread!!

[Ditch Jigger]

Not a pencil, but when blues are on the feed, they ain't choosy----Super Strike 2-3/8 oz, no belly hook, single Siwash on the rear. My go-to bluefish plug on the Vineyard for many years. The material is durable enough to stand up to even big blues. Not sure what's still available in the way of "rabbit" plugs like Roberts.

Gators can chomp hollow plastic in half, so I'd look for something thru-wired.

[Antek]

+1 on both the CCs and Tusnami TPs. Can’t beat the rattle and classic pencil action of the CC, but the TP casts very well and has a cupped face which allows it to be retrieved with either a pencil or “regular” popper action. Both lures have produced very well for me for both blues and stripers when the fish are on a topwater bite. I’ve even caught big bass on the CC at night, when nothing else would get them to hit.

[hobobob]

And you are complaining when you have too much boofish action. 

[Heavy Seas]

Tsunami talkin popper or yo zuri surface cruiser 

[sinfish]

1 hour ago, 27conch said:

Been using Cordells forever..

I like the cordells and the tsunami.  My question is how does one put a split ring worth its salt on the front hanger of a CC?

[27conch]

Never tried adding a split ring.  I always use a clip..

Edited September 25 by 27conch

[Fisherman888]

1 hour ago, 27conch said:

Never tried adding a split ring.  I always use a clip..

He means the tiny hook hanger on the belly hook. I have the same problem. But maybe he gave us the answer. Use a TA clip instead of a split ring. 

[Fitzy]

If you get the hook just barely started on split ring first, then put the split on the hanger it’ll be ok.  The split ring won’t be able to rotate through the hanger, but it still let the hook swing freely.

 

 

Edited September 26 by Fitzy