Tuning a darter?

[The Dad Fisherman]

You got give it a couple of really good yanks to get it to dig. If you just start retrieving like its a swimmer it will just skip along the top. once it digs just start reeling, don't do anything fancy, just reel it.

[Pt.JudeJoe]

This,from Tattoo's website should help too.http://tattoostackle.com/techniques/...es_darters.php

[fishpoopoo]

IMO, another type of plug might be a better choice for what you want to do (breachway).

Try using a surfster-type lure like a large beachmaster cowboy. You get the same slanted head, but the metal lip gives you better (deeper) subsurface dig (and unbelievable side to side wiggle). I think I've averaged one fish per rotation on a large surfster.

Darters are great for moving white water in rocky areas, that are relatively shallow (compared to a few hundred feet off a breachway).

Just my $0.02.

[JohnR]

Darters are fine at the breachways. Like anything else sometimes they are slow and sometimes they catch silly...

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

check to make sure the eye of the plug is dead center.if it is off center the plug will roll over before it has a chance to dig in

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

IMO, another type of plug might be a better choice for what you want to do (breachway).

Try using a surfster-type lure like a large beachmaster cowboy. You get the same slanted head, but the metal lip gives you better (deeper) subsurface dig (and unbelievable side to side wiggle). I think I've averaged one fish per rotation on a large surfster.

Darters are great for moving white water in rocky areas, that are relatively shallow (compared to a few hundred feet off a breachway).

Just my $0.02.

Ben I know the point your trying to make but surfster implies the style of metal lip (slightly cupped lip) with a sloped head but would not be a good choice for the breachway unless it was the last half hour to an hour of the drift. The cowboy has the more traditional metal lip (backward Z) and is by no means a surfster but is a good choice for the brachways. Another good choice would be Tattoo's diving metal lip swimmer. This plug slays at the BW's.