Plug (fishing): Difference between revisions

Plugs range in size from around an inch (~3 cm) to around 8 inches (~20 cm). Plugs in the 2–3 inch (~5–7 cm) size range are most commonly used however. As a general rule large plugs are used for large fish, and small plugs for small fish. Fishermen [[casting]] for very small fish such as [[crappie]] will use very small plugs, and anglers fishing for large fish such [[muskellunge]] or [[Murray cod]] will use extremely large plugs. But trophy-sized fish are occasionally caught on very small plugs, and fingerling [[perch]] will sometimes strike — and hook themselves — on a plug as big as they are themselves. Plug fishing is more common in freshwater fishing than saltwater fishing, but it is growing greatly upon East-Coast striper fishermen.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}