Tex@OIP

My Father in law from texas sent me three Corkys...They are suppossedly the number 1 bait for monster trout in Texas...anybody have luck with them over here?

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fisheye48

never heard of them....please post pictures..always interested in something new

Catfish Hunter

www.corkybandl.com is this the one you are talking about? Looks like a cool idea.

jaceboat

nah his lieing they dont work at all its just a big joke to see how many suckers will buy that lure. if you fish with those you might as well fish with one of those rocket launch fishing rods from tv.



there good i need to order some more for the winter. i had some big hits on mine that i will never know what the were cause of insufficient gear.

kingling

<U>www.corkybandl.com</U>

wil span [nb&amp;twil] was the person that told me about them

BullBoxer

Never heard of them. What works in one place doesn't necessarily mean it will work in another. I feel as if trout over this way are far more inclined to hit live baits than artificials.

Freespool

I have heard they work great in Texas. I wish they had some more natural colors as I havefound some of those wild colors dont work as well over here as they do in LA or TX

nb&twil

SSHHH don't tell any secrets...

but really though. corky's have been made by a man named paul brown for several several years and i'd be willing to bet that more 30"+ trout have been caught on his lures than any other artificial. the corky is almost the exclusive winter bait for baffin bay and the upper laguna madre (trophy trout heaven). i have personally seen several trout over 10lbs from these 2 connecting bodies of water. HOWEVER, all that being said, the "original corky" is gone... mirrolure just bought mr brown out and they have already started reproducing the lure. hopefully they'll get it right, and they should. from what i understand, my brown will be very involved in the production of the new lures and if he thinks they've gone wrong at any time, he has the right to change things. so, we'll see. i think mirrolure will do a great job. Tsunami tried to replicate the corky a few years ago and they are STILL sitting on peg hooks all over south texas. but, i guess that's just tsunami, they seem to mess a lot of stuff up...

so, there's a brief lesson in the history and future of the corky.

there are still a few of the originals around if anyone wants to try one, i will bring some home when i come back to FL for Christmas.

nb&twil

bone is a pretty natural color...

and i'd be willing to bet mirrolure is going to produce them in a lot of their traditional colors...

nb&twil

i kinda disagree... just because it isn't common in another place, doesn't mean it can't work. a perfect example of this is kingfishing from the pier at pensacola or navarre... simple piece of wire and a bronze treble connected to some 15lb mono with a swivel. nothing else and it works. over here in texas, NOBODY fishes like that and it didn't work here because no one tried it. so, this summer i used my method (how i learned growing up in florida) and i outfished the rest of the guys on the jetties with me. same thing with skipping DOA shrimp under docks... nobody does it here. but i've caught some good snook and trout around docks by skipping artificials (south florida method).

i think the corky WILL work in florida and i plan on trying it out some time. i think if mirrolure does a good job at replicating the corky and markets it correctly, it has a good chance at becoming the "go-to" artificial for guys who know how to target big trout in the colder months. but we'll just have to wait and see.