There are many wooden plug makers out there, some good, some bad, some unbelievably talented...but no one makes a wooden bottle plug or wooden darter like the fellas at Gibb's. The bottle plug was my first introduction to wooden lures many years ago...I doubted it's usefulness immediately...in my (young) eyes, I thought it looked little like an actual bait fish and was certain the more realistic Bombers that I'd been throwing forever would out fish this odd shaped wooden thing! Boy was I wrong. These things are made to get way out and to hang tough in even the fastest rips and most violent surf...something a bomber just wasn't built to do. Being wide bodied with a large profile makes these a great imitation of all the bigger baits - bunker, herring, mackerel, squid, mullet, baby anything. We will carry these plugs here as they are indeed unique and necessary if you ever need to reach way out into a steaming rip or churned up surf...there's just nothing else that does the job like these.

Bottle plugs are one of the most versatile wooden swimmers that are currently made. Their real name, "casting swimmers", is certainly more appropriate than their accepted nickname of "bottle plugs" - they cast a mile and swim in any kind of water. They are best fished in any current, fast or slow, doesn't matter, but the pull of the current against the uniquely shaped digging head is what makes these things shine! Most plugs will fail when the current really gets moving, popping out of the water or tracking on their sides - not the bottle plug, it was designed for the fast moving rips around Cape Cod...including the Cape Cod Canal itself. The plugs are best fished up and across a very fast current....the slower the current, the more straight out you can cast. In the slowest currents retrieving directly up current might be necessary to get them to dig. Always throw a little "pop and pause" in your retrieve....sweep the rod forward sharply, then allow the lure to float back up for a second or two...then continue normally. Stripers will often whack it as you pause after the pop. These plugs are also perfect for teaser delivery into a wind or into rough or fast waters that would give most lures fits!

Best of luck, keep varying your retrieve till the stripers let you know you got it right! ;-)
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