Fish Flasher for Stripers?

[DOGFISH]

I know, I have caught them in Florida on a DOA shrimp worked slow on the bottom, just outside the breakers. For some reason, here in the Bay, the spanish like lures worked fast. I have only caught them trolling here in the Bay, on small spoons. They are a fun fish when you can catch them casting. They tend to be a lesser fight here trolling, as most people are using heavy trolling gear, which tends to be overmatched for those fish. They are alot of fun on lighter spinning gear. In the bay they are usually so scattered, that it makes it tough to cast to them. That is probably why they are mostly taken by trolling, which tends to be by and large at random. Alot of times they tend to around the schools of blues. They are hard to predict.

Those dodgers from Cabelas look nice. That type may not add alot of drag. They should add good motion to a fly. I have also seen them used with a fly for lake trout. However, I have not used flies in years, kinda got away from that. Of course, after one thinks about it, with the flasher, lure and possibly a weight, may just be easier to use a Tony or Cripple Alwye (spell ?).

[Memory Maker]

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These are on sale and look like a spoon. Probably put a fly or something light back there to cut down on drag? I considered it, more vibration, more flash... all good things.

They look nice ....... good price too .......

I was thinking the same thing only fishing it off of a three way swivel and a big bucktail underneath with a big fly behind the flasher .......

[tufnik]

Picked up this used flasher at today's Kent Island Fishing Flea market for $2. Gonna add a bucktail (w/ plastic strip) about 3 feet behind. What do you think? Deadly?

[DOGFISH]

Picked up this used flasher at today's Kent Island Fishing Flea market for $2. Gonna add a bucktail (w/ plastic strip) about 3 feet behind. What do you think? Deadly?

I don't see why that would not work. If I recall, you use an electric motor. That should give good movement to the flasher. The bucktail should have good movement also. The flashers work in the great lakes.


All this talk of flashers. I wonder if a Tony or a Cripple Alwie (spell ?) would work as a flasher. The spoon would also have a hook, should a fish hit the spoon. The only problem that I see is that they twist and turn alot. Just a thought.

[tufnik]

The motor will give me steadier speeds.

Yeah, there may be enough motion to be erratic and cause a lot of drag. So maybe something more streamlined (e.g., dodger, spoon, crippled herring) is better suited for the yak. Anyway, gotta give it a try.

[DOGFISH]

Should work, and it is always fun to try new things. Good Luck.

[Memory Maker]

I don't see why that would not work. If I recall, you use an electric motor. That should give good movement to the flasher. The bucktail should have good movement also. The flashers work in the great lakes.


All this talk of flashers. I wonder if a Tony or a Cripple Alwie (spell ?) would work as a flasher. The spoon would also have a hook, should a fish hit the spoon. The only problem that I see is that they twist and turn alot. Just a thought.

The flasher is inline ......... tony's etc have to be free to work properly and are all over the place so it's hard to keep it from tangling unless it's the last in the line .........

[DOGFISH]

Thats why I never tried it. Thought they would twist around too much. I have always used several ball bearing swivels to keep the line from twisting. That may be another reason that the flashers have not caught on in the Bay. With Tonys and similar spoons, the way they flash, its like having hooks on a flasher. They do look much like the flash of a menhaden. I can remember years ago, Tonys and large bucktails were the standard on the Bay. The old timers would laugh at anyone trolling anything else. How things do change, cranks, flashers, downriggers and planner boards. It is all the fun of fishing.

Just as a point, how many folks carry pork rind around in there tackle boxes or bags?