running j plugs

[stcroixx09]

just wondering what prefered speed for plugs is? slower faster or same as basic spread?

[gmfishon]

All the above, get it ?

[robd]

I like to run mine at 1.7 to 2.1 speed at the ball. Fifty feet behind the ball

[SeaCatMich]

Plugs will run successfully at almost any speed. In the fall when the salmon are staging I run a lot of plugs and troll in the 1.8 to 2.2 mph range when fishing right off the river mouths. This is also a great speed for dodgers and a dodger/squid is also good for staging fish. Offshore I will also put out plugs but run more in the 2.4 to 2.8 mph on the downspeed -- right along with flasher/fly or flasher/meat rigs and spoons. Silver Horde and Ace High plugs seem to work better than the J-plugs at the faster speeds.

[silver one]

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Edited September 9, 2015 by silver one

[Far Beyond Driven]

I run 2.7 or só around the piers with them. I have caught steel on the size threes at over 4 mph. Not sure how the catch them as they are darting all over the place...

[stcroixx09]

thanks much fellas

[silver one]

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[gmfishon]

There diving baits! if you get them to close to bottom they will grab as the rundown like a crank bait.

What ?

[silver one]

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