Mirrolure

[dhami013]

I'm starting to get into salt water fishing here in Norfolk. And after hearing great things I was curious about this Mirrolure, so I bought one. I bought the STTR 26. How in the world do you fish this thing? When kinda twitching it with a couple rod pops near the shore, it just looks like it has no action whatsoever. Just curious if someone could give me some pointers. Also what colors do you prefer?

[Helluva_Engineer]

Green or Black back with silver belly, worked with a twitch-twitch-pause retrieve.

[SirSnookalot]

I have not used that model but I use both suspending and floating twitchbaits and the poppa dog is my favorite topwater lure. I've caught many fish on them including freshwater LMB. My suggestion ( my feeling with any lure, is not to overwork them), slight twitches and a fairly slow retrieve. I like them best in calmer water situations, not current or big surf, excellent bait with a good set of hooks on them. Below is a Jack Crevelle with a mirrorlure twitchbait.

[SirSnookalot]

Mirrorlure update.

After reading the opening I post I got hot to throw a twitchbait the last 2 mornings, water conditions were good for that bait, caught fish from both beach and ICW before and after sunrise. These baits can be working a few ways, I like working them on the slow side, subsurface and I don't twitch hard I kinda pull thebait with forearm movements and just reel up slack on my spinning gear, in essence I work it very similar to a slow topbait. These are real productive lures, but there is a time and place for them. I don't have much vegetation in my ponds this year so I'm going to toss one for bass this afternoon, I'm optimistic.

[0119]

The TT or tiny trout series is the same as the 52M series except the R indicating internal rattles. Mirrorlures rely on the angler to impart action into them and then still have very little. Make sure to use a loop knot to help it do so.

[dhami013]

I'm gonna keep at it. Pick up a red and white and a green back to white belly. Maybe some other colors. We'll see, thanks for the input.

[SirSnookalot]

Let me give you a tip............stay with the white and red, think like a sw fisherman, forget the other colors, they hit the movement not the color.

[0119]

I find color more important than that. Size to match the forage even more important. Here 99% of the time they arent feeding on whats left of the mullet, they are eating glass minnows and sand bream. I catch bigger fish on lures smaller than the she dog or 52m. Something more the size of the Mirrordines, and Mirrorminnows. Here you could throw that electric chicken or chatruese color plug walmart sells to catch buyers, all day. Green or black back with silver sides and white belly or usually gold baits since the waters I fish are extremely tannic. So take into account the waters you are fishing in Carolina and the type and size of the bait you have up there.

[SirSnookalot]

When they are hitting glass minnows, I change to 1/4 oz bucktail or an artificial crustacean. I mainly use a twitchbait as a topwater type bait, works well for snook, and jacks go crazy for them, but a jack will anything.

[Crestliner2008]

MirroLures are great fish catching baits. Been using them since the '60's.

[SirSnookalot]

I pretty much have been using a mirrorlure 17mr or 19 mr for my bass fishing over the last week..........excellent results.