If you haven’t heard about catching permit on topwater, you’ve been living in a hole… A twist on Skok’s legendary Strong Arm Merkin, his new strong arm floating crab is an absolute weapon for anyone hoping to achieve greatness on topwater. With sargassum becoming a mainstay in areas throughout the Caribbean, catching permit feeding on the crabs that coast along in the seaweed mats has become a go-to in some destinations. Take a couple of these down with you next time you are pursuing permit in areas like Ascension Bay, ESB, Chetumal, the Keys, or Cuba and hope you can catch one looking up. Additionally, these make a killer redfish gurgler in the larger sizes, and we wouldn’t hesitate to throw the size 1/0 for blitzing striped bass or juvie tarpon.

From the tyer:

“Lucky is the angler who finds themselves amongst gamefish slurping crabs off the surface! Snip off your weighted crab and wake them up.

Since surface crabs and floating weed mats usually come as a package, they’re tied with an easily removable V-style weedguard.”

– Signature Tyer Dave Skok