Saltwater Lures

[HugoBox]

Any of y'all (yeah I'm stuck in Houston so I decided I better speak like the locals) ever use salt water lures for 'skis? I've been here for a week for work and have walked all the aisles of the two local BPS stores and have found that there are many similarities between their stuff and stuff we use. Many lures made to troll at extremely high speeds and for the most part, fairly inexpensive. I'm thinking of bringing a grab bag back to try up nort.

[Nick Kuhn]

I always wondered how some of the billfish plastics would work for 'skis. A fish around here probably has never seen one before. They are made for trolling though, so I wonder how well they'd do in terms of cast distance.

[HugoBox]

Vahn -

I think most of the crankbaits for sure are castable. The jigs seem really cool (and cheap - $3-$7). Also they have plastics - most are long and skinny like eels, but because of the high speed trolling they do the have significant weight in them so I think you'd be okay casting them. Again the price is decent - the ones I looked at are 2 for $17. I'm going to pick up a for sure. I'm not sure the exact rules for naming products on here so I'll hold off unless Cjac give me the okay. It also seems like they have more leader components and options as well.

-erik

[cjac]

You can name stuff, no worries, just no links and things like that!

[BigGrassBass]

I don't see why they wouldn't work. It would be something the fish probably have not seen before.

You know Muskies, if it's big it will work!

[b1gf1sh1]

hey hugo. those saltwater hooks your not mentioning are very, very cheap down there compared to here. unless somethings changed. i gotta go see my brother down in florida one of these days. i miss him and a bonus tackle run, hmmmm. look at the hooks.

[HugoBox]

I'm going to try to get to the store and pick some up tonight - if I can figure out how to post photos I'll snap a few with the phone to show you what I'm talking about.

[weeds]

I was in Fiji on my honeymoon and we went out pitching huge poppers (yozuri I think) over reefs for Giant Trevally. I don't kow a lot about Musky fishing but I bet they would work (maybe you guys already use them). It was a lot of work jerking them in and trying not to fall out of the boat in the swells. I suggested to the guy that he mix in prop baits. He said there aren't any that are wired through (those GT make saw dust ut of lures). That's when I told him about the stuff you guys throw.

[HugoBox]

We'll see if I'm capable of posting images. If so this is the 2 pack of bonefish made for high speed salty trolling. I figured its worth trying them for 'skis. Also there is enough internal weight so they should be pretty castable. The pricepoint is decent too - $17 for the package - I think that's about what 1 eel costs. I kep my hand in the picture to give some perspective on the size. I picked up some peacock bass topwaters as well - not that I need more stuff - just thought I'd try to show them something they haven't seen before.

[b1gf1sh1]

lol. 17 bucks is about what just those components would cost you up here. too funny.

[Mid-Lake Rock]

Don't want to burst your bubble, but I gave these baits a try a few years ago. They don't look that good in the water and didn't produce. Now sitting in the garage collecting dust.