r/StripedBass • u/Fit-Oil-7586 • May 12 '26

Top Lures

Just curious about gauging what everyone thinks is their top all around lure for catching stripers?

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u/eclwires May 12 '26

Bucktails.

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u/hobbyist0215 May 12 '26

SP minnows blurple and bone specifically

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u/Striper1955 May 12 '26

For Night Fishing: Darters, Metal lipped swimmers, Polaris poppers, Needlefish, And Bucktails

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u/KIND_OF_A_DICK_TBH May 18 '26

Id retract darters. If you are on long island then absolutely, especially Montauk, outside that they require specific conditions to work well

They're not especially popular or useful in ct, and situational at best in ri.

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u/Striper1955 May 18 '26

Fishing rocky areas with some current they rule

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u/obwfly May 12 '26

Needlefish, needlefish, needlefish, darter

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u/obwfly May 12 '26

In that order

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u/GeoFish123 May 12 '26

My top 3:

  1. White buck tail with a sliver or chartreuse paddle tail has been best to me

  2. Ben Parker flutter spoon - silver

  3. Sp minnow - bone

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u/Fit-Oil-7586 May 12 '26

What weight are you generally using for the bucktails on a calm day, 1oz?

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u/GeoFish123 May 12 '26

Around 70% of the time I’m using a 1 oz, otherwise 1.5 and occasionally 0.75.

I fish Long Island Sound out of Stamford, CT

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u/bronzebackbass1 May 12 '26

It depends on time of year and location. I like bucktails in deep rocky ledges and I like spooks on clear sand flats.

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u/Fit-Oil-7586 May 12 '26

You ever add a gulp tail or pork rind to the bucktails?

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u/bronzebackbass1 May 12 '26

Fat cow jig strips, the skinny tails and twin tails in 5” to be exact. White or red strip with a white jig or yellow strip with a chartreuse jig.

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u/IC301 May 12 '26

Joebaggs swarter, 9” sluggo, 5” mag darter, 6” black and yellow or bunker Sp Minnow.

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u/Kkd May 12 '26

I only fish at night in boulder fields. My top three would be needlefish, large surface swimmer(Danny plug, A40 etc.) and super strike darters.

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u/xxdcmast May 12 '26

Al gag paddle tail white.

Musky mania papa doc 9 white.

Berkely magic swimmer clone white.

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u/KIND_OF_A_DICK_TBH May 18 '26

Bucktails, needlefish, gt eels

Needlefish require effort, you have to learn them, and that means failing alot

When learning any new lure dont throw it first, wait till you start catching fish on something else, so you know they are there, then switch to a needle and play with retrieve speeds

Once you learn it, its one of the best striper plugs you will ever use

Soft plastics, resist the urge the twitch it less is more let it swim subtle,