If You Could Only Take Two Lures to Chesapeake Bay...

[capcook]

Wow, more to it than a worm on a hook.... Thanks for all the great advice, I have my shopping list now and the guys at the West Marine will think I am a pro... ha.

Thanks again!!!

Cheers

[Surveyor]

Originally Posted by capcook

Wow, more to it than a worm on a hook.... Thanks for all the great advice, I have my shopping list now and the guys at the West Marine will think I am a pro... ha.

Thanks again!!!

Cheers

OH NOOOEEESSS!!!!!

Support your local bait and tackle shop! Please?

Everytime you make a bait or tackle purchase at West Marine, an imaginary baby whale dies....

[BlueWaterMD]

For the chesapeake bay I would bring the following
1 - Rapala X-Rap or Bomber A around 6 inches - silver body w/ dark green back
2 - Soft plastic paddle tail - I like Storm Wildeye Shad 6" in pearl or bunker. an umbrella rig would work too.
3 - Clark Spoon
4 - Mann stretch 25 or similar for deeper water

Remember you are inshore. In general you don't need really big baits. Also stay away from the offshore baits - cedar plugs, tuna feathers... unless you plan on going offshore.

[Pete7]

Are flashy lures designed to catch fish or anglers

[hummingway]

Fish do act out of instinct and some of them do strike an are attracted to flash. Of course the same applies to anglers.

[captain58sailin]

If you can use an example of the locally occurring bait, that usually works, I always prefer meat to lures, I imagine sardines & squid would work. Shiny bits of metal with hooks on them also work, I have seen a bit of beer can sliced up with some plastic bag strips attached with a hook on it catch well. Troll deeper on sunny days, shallower on cloudy days.

[fishwife]

Originally Posted by captain58sailin

I have seen a bit of beer can sliced up with some plastic bag strips attached with a hook on it catch well.

There's nothing more inventive than an angler who has run out of lures I lost some good (spare) stainless pipe when my crew ran out of lures and started a frenzy of making more.

P.

[captain58sailin]

Now that you mention it, I once had the occasion of flattening out some 1/2" copper tubing and attaching a hook on one end.

[Fishman_Tx]

Originally Posted by Surveyor

Hayabusa sabiki rig (for catching live bait)
Owner brand circle hooks (for catching the target)

Lures are over rated

Hayabusa sabiki rig

Ditto!!!

[rebel heart]

white bucktail jig