I will be visiting a friend in Fort Myers in February and we plan to do some fishing off the pier there. He suggested that I take a look at the Sea Striker Gotcha Lures. Although these lures are designed for salt water fishing, They look like they might also be effective in the BWCA. Does anyone have any experience using these lures?

Sea Striker Lures

Are they surface lures?

QueticoMike: "Are they surface lures?"

No. They appear to be for trolling or jigging, maybe casting.

They look like they run shallow?

The head of the Gotcha lure is made from solid lead.
They are made in different sizes and weights.
The body is a tough plastic tube.
The way I have fished the lures off a pier is to throw it out as far as you can, then point the rod tip down to the water, start retrieving with short twitches imparting a left to right motion on the lure ---- it's the same mechanics of "walking the dog" only the rod is inverted. The Gotcha lure moves back and forth from right to left and the Spanish and Blues will hit if they are present.
This is by no means the definitive way to fish this lure. Years ago I watched some guys fishing in this manner and they were having great success.

I've never fished one in the BWCA. If you do fish with one please report back with your results.

gqualls: " Blues will hit if they are present.
This is by no means the definitive way to fish this lure. Years ago I watched some guys fishing in this manner and they were having great success.


I've never fished one in the BWCA. If you do fish with one please report back with your results."

Thanks for the advice. I have decided to buy 2 or three for the Florida trip anyway, so I will probably take at least 1 to the BWCA and give it a try. I will report back.

I have used them in the gulf in the manner that GQualls mentioned....they are extremely durable and cast a country mile.......I bet they would be very effective for Pike!

Mike

They sink pretty fast, and I think they might be fished in the same way as a Rat-L-Trap, or similar lure, but they'll be snaggy over a rock bottom because they sink like a stone when idle.
They're VERY good on a sandy bottom for fast 'chase-down' predators like mackerel and barracuda, but maybe not so good for pike and walleyes except under conditions where they'll chase down anything. Below falls or in moderate/heavy current is where I'd try them first. And then deep-jigging for lakers when the water warms a little bit (?) -I've never caught a laker on anything other than live bait (not BWCA).