DAIWA SP MINNOWS / MY FAVORITE STRIPED BASS SWIMMING PLUGS

I have traditionally began my local saltwater fishing seasons year after year by targeting stripers in our shallow bays. Usually I employ the use of bunker chunks when available because
I prefer to target more sizable fish.

But many many times I've also taken advantage of the opportunity to surf cast wearing waders or to throw lures from the deck of my boats, or fiends boats.

Some days this can provide a little bit of action, or a lot of action with stripers from very small sizes, and right on up the scale to the considerably large, and anything in between.

in the earlier days when I began to partake in this early season bite we employed the use of light jig heads in 3/8 oz sizes and soft plastics from twister tails, to Fin S Fish, to any shad body, bait tails. As well as throwing bomber or Rapala Swim plugs.All of these choices worked very well.

In the last 3 years as I was fishing with a buddy and he was throwing Daiwa SP Minnows in the bone white color, and man I have to say that I was seriously impressed with his results. He made a believer out of me. In several back to back trips he was consistently hooking up in the back bays from bass in the upper teens, twenties, and even up to 30 pounds relying only on that lure.

Witnessing that first hand was all I needed to see and I became an instant fan of of this product. I've caught many bass myself on these plugs up to this point as well. They consistently attract the fish and provide the action no question in my mind.

SP Minnows come in 3 different sizes, and 3 basic types. Sizes are 5 1/8 inch which is 7/8 ounce, 6 inch which is 1 & 1/9 ounce, and 6 & 3/4 inch which is 1& 5/8 ounces, and the bullet sinking which is 6 3/4 long and 1 7/8 ounces.

So the 3 different styles aforementioned as Floating, Sinking, and Bullet. Floating and sinking have the great swimming action provided by the lower front lip of the plug. The bullet is heavier and will get you added casting distance, but lacks in the action because it doesn't have the lower front lip. In this case the angler will need to impart the desired action to the plug.

They have great cast ability thanks to the weight balance transfer system. This also provides audible attraction in the form of rattling which we also know does call in the bass.

The color selection on this line of lures is very wide to basically cover a tremendous amount of forage bait choices from around the planet. It's become a fetish for me to collect them all. I just love these plugs that much. The bone is my go to color in day light, and darker colors at night, especially the Burple ( black & Purple), or Purple back/ Shine.

Daiwa Salt Pro Minnows