Bucktails

[Snapprhead27]

So this past year was my first year getting into surf fishing. I'm looking to get some bucktails and I notice there's a bunch of different styles...Bullet, Spro, Smilin Bills, etc. I know depending on how much hair is tied on can change the way it reacts in the water especially with current. Can anyone lend some insight as to what they like and how to use it? Thanks.

 

[chunkster]

I can comfortably say that the bucktail fisherman outfish me.
I refer to myself as the tin man. I like to fish tins. With a tin you win.
Only you can give this answer. Equipment and lines vary.
Super lines cut through the wind better than mono. They also
have less memory than mono. Mono is more buoyant. Under certain
conditions the bucktail can be altered. This is private! Sticking
your nose in some else's business goes a long way!

Can anyone lend some insight as to what they like and how to use it?

 

[pequa1]

Although not true on boat or kayak, every striper I have ever caught off the open beach has been on a Kastmaster, diamond jig, or one of those paddle tailed rubber shad lures. I have tried bucktails with trailers, plugs with and without bucktail hair and the only thing I get out of those lures is being able to say "I threw the bag" when I report still another skunking. However, while I do fish different tides I hardly ever fish at night, and that is when the best fish are caught. I also appreciate the alone time and rarely hit a state beach.

 

[chunkster]

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The definition of shark fever.

I put 65 pound braid on my VS 250 that's matched with my Lamiglass GSB 132-1M
I fish the lighthouse at Montauk. I take my bucktail with a strip bait on it and sling it
to the stones.

 

[CELLFISH]

my tallest is 11 foot and it’s long enough, 13 foot WoW... cellfish...

 

[CELLFISH]

Buck tails always had a good reputation, not for me though... surprise not so many others posting, always been an interesting topic, bucktails... C22...

 

[pequa1]

Bucktails are all I use for fluke or weaks tipped w gulp, unless I liveline a snapper. But even though worn away paint shows I am getting it down, no luck in the surf for me

 

[Snapprhead27]

Yea, I've only used them for fluke as well.

 

[CELLFISH]

my early years 35y/a, I used a 2 oz buck tail on a 10 foot ugly stick, on a sunny mid September day, FINS, 2 Fluke, 1 weakfish., didn’t know what I was doing but it worked, without trying... cellie...

 

[chunkster]

A bucktail is a weighted hook in a teardrop shape. Now what do you do with it?
Bucktails - Wikipedia

 

[CELLFISH]

Snapper is just started out as a surf bug, nice... get ready for those 15# bluefish onda beach this November, check those knots & kinks... cellfish...

 

[CELLFISH]

Yea, I've only used them for fluke as well.

Snapper, unless ya are very confident bout ya line strength, can ya afford fresh line for November, get it... and, after casting more than 15 times or so, check line strength of 50 feet or so, by tying down ya line to ya spike and pull back... OR both, tie off 5-10 feet and tie fresh knot and at least da start of every outing... cellfish...
.

 

[pequa1]

Would love to see some “gators” in the surf. Jus cocktails a few weeks back

 

[Snapprhead27]

Snapper, unless ya are very confident bout ya line strength, can ya afford fresh line for November, get it... and, after casting more than 15 times or so, check line strength of 50 feet or so, by tying down ya line to ya spike and pull back... OR both, tie off 5-10 feet and tie fresh knot and at least da start of every outing... cellfish...
.

It's brand new, I trust it.

 

[chunkster]

A simple uni-knot

When I was a kid Grandpa was never wrong.

I have just as many if not more knots on my spinning tackle
than on my conventional surf casting gear. I'm married to the
4 for 4 club. If I need to re-tie do to a wind knot. I'm now
doing the 8 wraps and this never fails. It's been tested at
the canyon while deep dropping. The business end with
the 4 wraps always gives way before the 8 wraps. This can
be costly when you have your reel spooled with well over
500 yards of an 80 braid.