Whats been the most effective lure in 2013 for you

[Mr. Sandman]

Its funny how it seems to change from year to year.

From the surf:
The jointed Xrap had been great for the last few years but it seemed to fade a lot for me this season. Can't say anything really jumps out as number one as I did not fish the surf a ton this year but I went from time to time. If I had to pick one it would be the heavy ss needle in black/purple. I normally don't fish those much anymore but it did better than most everything else I fished.

From the boat: I have to say my shimano butterfly outfished everything with the heavy banksinker-squid jig a close second.

Offshore:
I love my ballyhoo daisychain rig with the swimming head on the stinger (you rig it with dead baits). This was great. I found this rig in a dusty old box in a on-island tackle shop floor stuffed away in the corner... It has a clever clip that allows easy attachment of the baits. The package was yellowed and faded. I figure gezzz...this looks like it would work let me try it. The proprietor said he has not sold one of those in years (and he has more in the back if I want them) Let me say after my canyon trip...I went back and cleaned him out. The company them made them is long gone and I can not find those clips anyplace.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

3/4-1.75 oz home made bucktails. No love this year on redfins which was aa surprise. I have a smokey joe that was my go to plug the last couple years, this year, nada.

[JLH]

Most of my fish were caught on eels...

When I wasn't fishing eels I was usually jigging and did well with:
1. 1.5 - 3oz bucktails w pork rind
2. 1 - 4oz jig heads with rubber (shad bodies & sluggos)

For plugs which I only fished occasionaly through the season but I have been throwing them more the last few weeks.
1. SS Darters
2. SA Juniors
3. BM Wadds

[stripermaineiac]

Cocaho minnows and my super spook.Did real good with both.

[BigFish]

Surprisingly for me.....all my productive lures were BigFish Baits???? Go figure???

But seriously though.....out of all my plugs I did the most damage with my "Doubleshot Pencil" in 2.25 weight, my 1 oz. pencil and my "Prey" swimmers. Did not throw the Danny much and my usual spring and fall go to the "Blitzseeker" barely got out of the bag??? Every season is different though?

[capedeer/fish]

5oz savage sand eel...early and often!

[N.ShoreFisher]

Spro Minnow bucktails in white, silver and chartreuse. Also Al Gag's eels. Big fan where I fish in sandeel and purple/black or just black

[MAKAI]

Big D's pencils and spooks.
6" magic swimmers.
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[blondterror]

ditto on the cloned stick shad... I like mine painted pearl white... I did well with one of my 20Z darters in lobsta paint

[Clogston29]

Didn't fish much this year but the sp minnow was productive and is really pushing bombers out of my bag.
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[Finaddict]

My mainstay lures this year and most productive included:
*AH Slider Spook
*AH pencils - 3 oz and 2 oz
*StriperMaineiac needles
* BigFish Prey - saved the day for me a number of times
* Pt Jude tins also saved the day on numerous occasions as well

* plus a variety of jigs/bucktails

[apito]

eels

eelskin plugs and eelskin jigs

gibbs mackeral darter

loaded reverse atom

gibbs white swimmer

atom poppers, mackeral and white/blue head

shimano butterfly jig, blue/silver, drifted along the bottom

[iamskippy]

Red head 3oz darter & bucktails,jigs!
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[fishpoopoo]

frozen herring chunks.

(not kidding either)

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

frozen herring chunks.

(not kidding either)

Frozen in Bunker Oil and infused with Eel piss, none-the-less.

I thought they caught all the illegal aliens already??

[wdmso]

Savage 5oz or the 3 sandeel most fish on the retrieve and SP minnow and late the Mag darter . every one say loaded bone redfin have had one 2 years the thing catches nothing?

[bart]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Savage 5oz or the 3 sandeel most fish on the retrieve and SP minnow and late the Mag darter . every one say loaded bone redfin have had one 2 years the thing catches nothing?

I haven't done well with fish of any size since i started fishing the loaded redfin a couple years ago. I seem to catch much better fish on the unweighted...

[baldwin]

Use the unweighted Redfins in calm waters or shallow boulder fields, low current where you don't have to get the plug very far. Loaded ones are good for long casts, and work better in current.

[MVbluefish]

Perhaps you heard this one before... 5oz. Savage eels & SP minnows. Hate to be a follower but if it works...I'm in.

[ProfessorM]

You can probably find them on the Internet too if you are good at that sort of thing. I am pretty sure they have a couple sizes but I am talking about the largest size of the stick shad and the magic swimmer.
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[big jay]

Canal's faux stick shad is just as good as the $40 version. I like the white/bone/ghost whatever they call it- works well.

These tube things I pull behind the boat seem to work pretty well too.
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[wader-dad]

Beachmaster Lil Guy
Beachmaster Wad
Beachmaster Darter 2 oz
Mag Darter
16A bomber
Billy D Stubby

[rapidfflow0]

Darters made by a member here and 2.5oz skinny minnie
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[Peter Lajoie]

Any plug ive taken from gattafish and rapidfflow0s bags while theyre sleeping

[fishrick]

SS Darter white
Bone Sp minnow
Billy D Canal Special in Blue/white
Joe Baggs jigs w pork.
"Over loaded" bone redfin--this plug leaks, gains weight, and therefor holds in heavy current well.