Florida Road Trip 2013

[OldTimer]

(01-27-2014 07:19 PM)Eli Wrote:  sounds like pain to fish that thing for any length of time...

hmmm...gotta wonder if a spittin' image or a zera spook would have been easier and produced the same results?

The Gotcha lures in the original metal tube body have a much higher weight to volume ratio than any freshwater lure and do track totally different and in a different plane. They are designed to be fished in the surf with its currents. Plus the hooks, bodies and finish on this chromed metal type are more robust to take the more extreme abuse seen from the salt water and its beasties. The old ones are rust free with stainless hooks and hardware.

I really don't like the newer plastic bodied Gotchas.

I'm quite sure the lures you mention would work but possibly get messed up a bit quicker - I've used some large Rebel freshwater top water baits in the salt and they worked - but they did get fubar eventually.

Cheers,

OT