Artifical Lure Tips Archives » Salt Strong Fishing Club

How to Retrieve the Wake Mullet (Great Results with Minimal Effort)

Some lures look great in the water… But don’t always get the results. This one’s been different. The Wake Mullet has been producing consistent strikes...

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My New Favorite Plug For Big Seatrout In The Spring [Retrieve Tips]

Spring is one of the best seasons to find big seatrout in shallow water, making for some great shots at trophies for inshore saltwater fishermen....

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4 Spring Fishing Situations (And What To Throw In Each)

Spring fishing can mess with your head. One day it feels easy… the next day nothing makes sense. Same area. Same tide. Completely different results....

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Big Trout Are in Shallow Water – This Plug Catches Them

Big seatrout love shallow water. In fact, some of the biggest trout we see each year are holding in two feet of water or less,...

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Popping Corks For Beginners: The Complete Setup (Rod, Rig & Technique)

Popping corks are one of the easiest ways to start catching fish inshore. But a lot of anglers still struggle with them. Not because the...

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Why I Like Paddletails Under Popping Corks (And Why It Works So Well)

A lot of anglers think popping corks are only for live shrimp. That’s how I used to fish them too. But over time I realized...

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Pre-Rigged Lure vs Rigging Your Own: Which One Should You Use?

Most anglers don’t think much about how their soft plastic is rigged. But that decision can affect everything… how the lure swims, how long it...

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Sight Casting Redfish: The #1 Way Anglers Spook Them

You usually only get one clean shot at a school of tailing redfish. MAYBE two. One bad cast. One splash too loud. And the entire...

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I Tracked 10 Trips… The Chartreuse “Rule” Is NOT What You Think

For years, we’ve all heard the rule. Chartreuse in dirty water. Natural in clear water. It sounds logical. And many of us follow it without...

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Stop Destroying Your Soft Plastics (It’s Probably Not The Fish)

If your soft plastics are getting shredded after one or two fish, sliding down the hook, or refusing to stay pinned on a jighead… you’re...

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If I Had To “Start Over” Inshore Fishing in 2026, I’d Do These 3 Things Differently

If I had to forget everything I know about inshore fishing and start over in 2026, I wouldn’t begin by buying more gear or chasing...

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Polk County Tweaker Lure Mini-Course [Rigging, Retrieving, & More]

The Tweaker lure is an upgrade to a traditional soft plastic jerk shad. This lesson shows how to rig and retrieve it for max fish catching.

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2 Simple Tricks to Catch More Fish With Soft Plastic Jerks

I want to show you a couple of rigging details that completely changed how this jerk lure performs for me in winter. It looks simple,...

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Why Winter Fish Follow but Won’t Commit (Try This!)

Winter fishing messes with your head. You find the fish. Sometimes you even watch them follow your bait… and still get nothing. No thump. No...

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The ONE Hook I Use for 90% of Shallow Water Fishing

If you’ve ever stood in the tackle aisle staring at a wall of hooks, wide gap, offset, twist-lock, specialty shapes, you’re not alone. I used...

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