[Flyboy]

I know there's a couple articles claiming its been done, but have any members done it? Would love to hear some stories if so

 

[AZ_squid]

I'm all ears!

 

[Jason M]

No but I have second hand knowledge from people who have.

 

[lemaymiami]

Really big bonefish don't exactly behave the way smaller ones do.. I've personally had bones over ten pounds chase a SeaBee (early swimming plug - much like today's YoZuri Crystal Minnow- about six inches long..) plug back to my skiff - trying to find a way to eat it at the northern edges of Stiltsville just south of Key Biscayne more than forty years ago now.. I also had a friend get a big one on a Creek Chub Darter down in the Content Keys just north of Key West years ago... If a big bonefish will attack a plug that you'd normally use for snook, tarpon and other species I'm certain a big one will smack a Gurgler in the right size... The problem, and just one of the reasons I quit guiding for bonefish - is the greatly diminished population of bones locally over the years... Back then, before hurricane Andrew in 1992, the average sized bonefish in Biscayne Bay was around 8 lbs...

Love to see what's being used...

 

[BM_Barrelcooker]

The guys in the know fish a gurgler or popper with a crazy Charlie dropper.

 

[Jdl80]

There’s a captain in Hawaii that has done it in the Bahamas or maybe Belize. I forget his name, but him and his girlfriend have a pretty large following on Instagram and he’s posted it on there.

 

[texasag07]

I haven’t used a gurgler, but I have used a small floating crab when I was in Belize and we found a wad of bonefish suspended at the top of the water column on a creek drain. Took a little to figure out how to play it, pretty much fed them like trout in a river.

 

[Jason M]

Look up the Hover Crab

 

[jmrodandgun]

No gurglers but I watched one beach itself chasing something on the surface. I saved its life and still got skunked that day.