found this on da beach, missing tail hook

oh yeah... it's freakin' cold out there today too :eek:

I have been looking for that everywhere...my favorite needlefish! Where ever did you find it? You can just mail it to me, that would be great!:drool: :laugha: :hihi:

Nice find KarlF, turning any of your own yet?

BF, nice try at a 'Ho :D
Yep, got one needle already, no paint yet, waiting for some hardware, and gonna get some real wood, other than the scraps I been playin with...
How about you? Been turning them out on that Jet you bought?

Bernzy??????????

Not yet! I got Bassmasters old Grizzley.....messed around with it some but I am limited on space (no work area, small apartment) and I am not one for turning in a garage that is at 3 degrees. Soon, very soon! I might take the lathe over my buddies auto shop and play!:happy:

Karl, what you have there is a Gag's wooden needle from the eighties. I got a few. I have one exactly like that and I bought them at the old Cape Cod Rod&Reel ( Now the Powder Horn) in Hyannis. Rig it and fish it they work great.:)

i have a few of those. they are gags as Flap said. that is the only gags plug i will ever throw, except for throwing mambo's in the trash! :yak6:

thanks for the ID Flap...
fresh single with bucktail on the back, and a new treble belly hook, already on it ;)

t l, those mambo's do have their place, but, still love them bombers

Originally posted by t.lapinski
i have a few of those. they are gags as Flap said. that is the only gags plug i will ever throw, except for throwing mambo's in the trash! :yak6:

I'll take any mambos' headed for the trash :)

T-Lap....just curious, what don't you like about the Gags Mambos?:confused:

Karl, can you see the slot for the screws thru the paint? The ones I have were weighted with reg. flat head wood screws. :p

Well, in my humble opinion, the Mambos just aren't that durable.

Paint comes right off.

Areas where the hook swivels meet the body plastic - they crack easily.

Same thing could be said for the whole plug.

Don't get me wrong, I fish a lot of Mambos. You just have to have a lot of them to get you through the night. :laughs:

T if you win the plug pool I will just give the Mambos to Slip for ya. ;) :D

What Ben said :cool:

as krispy said, they WILL break! i purchased quite a few mambos over the years. not a single one has lasted more than about a dozen fish. i broken the front eye, the bottom eye, and the back eye. this is all on the 7" model. the combo of braid, a graphite rod, zero drag, and big fish equals lure failure. i was only using mambos on the CT river, and then only in shallow water. the only reason i stuck with the lure for so long was that it did produce and i had no other lure that would work in the <3' water in some places on the river. two seasons ago i discovered a lure that takes the mambo's place. it catches better than the mambo ever did and i have as yet to break one. i posted once last spring as to what lure it was. i will say one hint, it is nothing new to the market.......

I much prefer wooden plugs myself...not a huge fan of any plastic plugs! I own some and use them once in a while, but I throw wood 98% of the time.

Wood Is Good!:uhuh: MMMmmmm....woooood!:kewl:

Originally posted by Krispy
Karl, can you see the slot for the screws thru the paint? The ones I have were weighted with reg. flat head wood screws. :p

No slot, most of the paint is chipped off one, but it ain't lead,(I think), not soft like lead, can't shave it with my knife blade, but it is shiny, no corrosion on any of the metal showing on whatever they used for weight, just on the original treble.

Originally posted by fishweewee
Well, in my humble opinion, the Mambos just aren't that durable.

Paint comes right off.

Areas where the hook swivels meet the body plastic - they crack easily.

Same thing could be said for the whole plug.

Don't get me wrong, I fish a lot of Mambos. You just have to have a lot of them to get you through the night. :laughs:

people said the same thing about windcheaters ;) fish still loved 'em, sometimes even better when they was all that "bone" color :cool:

Mambos are glued together in halves, and they tend to crack along the belly seam. When they do, the hook hangers just pull right out. It doesn't even take a really good fish to do it :af:

im a fan of any plug that works at that time
got plastic.
think I will toss plastic all year long
wood sucks

I have copyrighted the word sucks, so every time you use it please kindly have the decency to send me my royalty fee.



thank you
that is all

respectfully
Tinman, et al.

Originally posted by bassmaster
... think I will toss plastic all year long
wood sucks

Can I have your wood plugs then :D

Jigman