the metal lip

[Pete_G]

It's not known for casting very well, but it is known for taking big fish.

What are the best metal lips (Dannys, Cowboys, Atoms, etc.) you've found and why? How do you fish them?

My favorite has always been the Beachmaster Danny. I find a lot of metal lips require too fast a retrieve to start up that seductive wobble, but Beachmaster Dannys just seem to wobble sooner then all others and that's important to me.

Some Gibbs Dannys swim nicely too after some tweaking of the lip and or eye, but the hooks need to be changed immediately.

[FontaineRods]

for me, a lot depends upon several conditions such as, where i am fishing, the forage bait around, winds, and surf/wave heights. through the years i have not gone wrong throwing a plastic atom40. this lure has caught more quality stripers for me than all the other metal lips i have thrown. the newer atom40s are junk.

a close second would have to be a beachmaster danny. however, in the last 1+ years the tattoo diving swimmer has become my go-to lure in the surf. this is especially true when the surf is churned up, larger swells, and larger bait is around. this lure digs hard and when the surf is large, you can end that eye down and then you almos have to pull the lure out of that surf!

with beachmaster dannys so hard to come around, i have had to try and find an alternative to this type of lure and it is now tattoo's larger swimmer.

tattoo's tackle choices of metal lips is by far the best in the saltwater scene, especially for surf casters. they are widely available and the quality is top of the line. you will not be disappointed.

[Rob]

Conditions play a huge part in what I'm going to throw but for most of them the tatoo deep diver is the go to its pretty versital.

[tlapinski]

I've had great success on both sizes of Tattoo's swimmers. To me, though, the old Atom 40 has the sexiest wobble to it.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

I've had great success on both sizes of Tattoo's swimmers. To me, though, the old Atom 40 has the sexiest wobble to it.

The old Atom 40 is definitely hawt.

The new Habs swimmer seems to have some sort of mojo too.

[Dave]

Tough call. I've had good luck with several different metal lips in different situations based on location and conditions. I've done very well with tattoo's large and small swimmer and his deep diver but I can't leave out RM Smith Big Eye swimmers in various sizes and the jointed is wicked pissah. Also can't not mention beachmaster danny's and cowboys or a MAC pikie. Looking forward to getting some of Hab's new swimmers (probably tomorrow).

Tattoo swimmers work well with a slow to medium retreive on the surface when it's smooth or light chop

Beachmaster danny is versatile and can be tuned to work well slowly on the surface or just subsurface with a little quicker retreive, I find the RM Smith will do the same without tuning.

Tattoo's deep swimmer, the Beachmaster cowboy and MAC pikie can get down deep quick when you want to work those areas with deeper water near shore or crank a swimmer down to some structure that's fairly deep and near shore.

[DZ50]

My favorite metal lip was the "unweighed" Atom Junior. They were made by Bob Pond as a special order for Murats Tackle in Woonsocket. He left out the lead weights from the Juniors so they would wobble in a more seductive manner. The package was marked "Unweighed". Blue and white pattern. Worked great along Newport and Jamestown. I think I have two left that are held together with epoxy.

Dennis Z.

[shadow]

any metal from bm when you can find them I wish he would do some more large atom 40's I have 2 left that are awsome in a large surf(herring and blue cloud)mac pikies are great too in a clam surf.the deep diver from tattoo swim great I haven't done much on them as I just started using them

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by shadow

any metal from bm when you can find them I wish he would do some more large atom 40's I have 2 left that are awsome in a large surf(herring and blue cloud)mac pikies are great too in a clam surf.the deep diver from tattoo swim great I haven't done much on them as I just started using them

I think he is making Cowboys this yr.Heard a shop out on LI had some.
Metal Lips, There are so many to choose from.
Depends on what I wanna do wit em.I wanna reach out an touch someone I have a Musso deep danny style I made goes 3+ oz at 7 inches.just add white water.Flat water i have a array of lefty's an wades that just Kill.For yr's the old gibbs danny was my standard.I also loved the 40's for the bigger profile.Have gotten some decent fish on a Hab A Tat forty that swimms pissa.Thats funny u say that about the BM danny's. I always like em better when there was some pull to get em going.His jr's with some tunning an bigger front hook is good in current.Not too much action.Skin goes over em nice also.
Mostly cause of the gear I use I tend to use bigger MLips.There are times some may get more but I always get some an sometimes better ones.Got lots of big fish on other lures but it is tough to beat the First Light cat an mouse game with the fish on topwater Metal Lips.Or the anticipation of strike as ur lure comes in perfect along the edge of a rock where it's deeper from water washing around it an u know a bass sits on the lee side.I can call all the hits.Sometimes they don't even have to swim they just have to be there.Just hold on.

[basswipe]

I've has great success with Tattoo's swimmers especially the Jr.I started getting into Mac's stuff big time this year and I really like the way both his Dannies and Pikies swim.