Last, while taking a shot break from the lathe it came upon me to count all the plugs I have hanging in the cellar devoted and built for taking Striped Bass. There are 1,154.

What on God's green earth does someone need with 1154 striper plugs?

I am a sick individual.:spin:

Repeat after me, "My name is Steve and I am a plugaholic"

now start your 12 step program by handing over your stash to ME:bgi:

You could build a house with all those plugs.:hee:

you have twice as many as me Steve, but I have not been plugging half the time you have so I think I have a serious problem too. Atleast you have accepted and realized your problem. gimme your extras :vamp:

Thats all !!You need more :rotf2:

That count was higher a year or two ago ;)...

I can take 10% of those off your hands, you won't miss 'em, and they will go to a great cause :D

No wonder there's an AYC shortage.....

I have been fishing for 4 seasons and have between 200 and 300 plugs.:hang: That being said I would also be happy to take some of yours off your hands. I would also not mind seeing some pics.

-Luds

I bought my 1st plug 2 years ago and I have over 125.....I'll be there someday.......Quicker if Flap wants to send me an early Xmas Present :hee:

Tis the season of giving

There was a wise old sea captain that once said; " I have just begun to fight" well he had 1200 plugs and was looking for more.

There is a lesson to be learned here. :hihi:

You counted??
That's like Wilt Chamberlin counting women.
:hidin:

I got no plugs.....:smash:

then get back to turning!!!!

:laugha:

I got no plugs.....:smash:

Go Carve !

I am a sick individual.:spin:

And we all wish we had your stash .. I think guys like you are wise investors... Beats bank intterest rates :btu:

Your a sick man, Professor Flaptail , a sick, sick, man. :hihi:

I have no problem ..just a situation I havn't found the answer to ..yet.

How about a picture.

I got no plugs.....:smash:
Me either!:doh:

Needed --PLUGAHOLICS -- And you usually only fish those in your bag!:humpty:

I wonder whether 1,154 jigs would last me a full season in the Canal :confused: :poke:

It's not bad enough that I can't get near a B&T without buying a couple, I had to start building them, too. I'd have as many as you, Steve, if I didn't spend so much time trying to plug with a conventional last year. I made Posiden very happy...:crying: Plugs cause mass-insanity.:bl2: BTW whattaya building?:heybaby:

You counted??
That's like Wilt Chamberlin counting women.
:hidin:

I could not have said it better :spin:
And Yea, you ,we,us ...Have a problem LOL
VB

Thats awesome. I am working on it.:musc:

Flap you done good ... acumilating your stash when you were a kid .. some collected rocks, like me.. You collected plugs ... You want to trade your plugs for my rocks .?

Okay, here is my predicament ( I found the sign washed up on the beach in Wellfleet, maybe I will return it but it might come in handy sometime hmmmm...)

pics

more

plugs

stuff

You must need a helmet when walking in the basement :bshake:
VB

works in progress

lower angle and wall

more

How many times have you smacked your head on plugs?

I'm a foot shorter than you Flap, and I'm d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g, just looking at the pictures....
you must kneel in front of your lathe ;)
them plugs gonna get dusty!

if this weather don't change, you will be looking for herring soon, instead of ice fishing...

WOW PISSA ..... Did you make that skin plug with the chain on the tray .. very interresting,,,bet it moves well .. I saw the predator section ..got wood predator ? I'd keep the sign .. I'd call it my swearing sign . every shop should have one .. When you hit your thumb with a hammer just turn and start swearing at the sign . You F$%#ng,C(&%$%^,B$%^$# MF&$%@#$... makes you feel better.

Eddy I made all the plugs on the chair and that eelskin swimmer swims great and goes down about 6-8 feet. And no, no wooden predators except yours.

Eddy I made all the plugs on the chair

You could seduce the fish with that lepard jointed .. Great classic looking plugs on that chair .. paint is mint . Your a sleeper .. you don't post your work enough... and whats George up to .

You could seduce the fish with that lepard jointed .. Great classic looking plugs on that chair .. paint is mint . Your a sleeper .. you don't post your work enough... and whats George up to .

George and I went to Red Top and M&D's today for supplies and Gearge needed a new Hot Pot lead melter. My work is okay but nothing like you and the others here. Need large Danny lips to finish this weeks turnings. Got an idea for Plugfest and I am sketching out the paint scheme before actual paint application, this is gonna be cool.

Needles....

:spin:

:wave:

Got an idea for Plugfest and I am sketching out the paint scheme before actual paint application, this is gonna be cool.
Your to modest .. You should enter something and I'd like to see George enter something serious. Canalman could 3peate this year. I'm thinking of stitching cured fish skin on wood to get a realistic effect ..still in Lab stage ...

... and whats George up to .

In the sealer, Eddy. One was going to be for Flap, but now, after learning that he's trying to cut back, I think I'll get him an eel pot instead.

Luds, very nice (and organized!) Those Habs needles will bring quite a handsome sum in fifteen to 20 years, hang onto them. Nice!

In the sealer, Eddy. One was going to be for Flap, but now, after learning that he's trying to cut back, I think I'll get him an eel pot instead.

I already have one.:spin:

Luds, very nice (and organized!) Those Habs needles will bring quite a handsome sum in fifteen to 20 years, hang onto them. Nice!


Thanks. The OCD kicked in after I caught my last fish for the season. Looks alot different May-Sept.:gu:

Luds, ask Santa for a jointed eel, all those needles can be bad for you.

I already have one.:spin:

F..ck it then! I'll get you and Alan both pink Speedos so you'll look nice fishing the Race together.

:pop:

It gets way worse Luds.
Little stuff

Stuff I fish

and more

yet more

and it goes on

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

And I got 15 more shots to go........boxes, and racks, and drawers full, plugs that have no chance of ever being used.........but someone else's turn for now. Here are two unusual ones to go, a very early BeachMaster swimmer, and an unusual needle from the Hyannis area, made with swivels belly and rear.

:eyes:

:alien:

:pop:

:faga:

:eyes: :eek5: :conf:
and to think I was bad...you guys are sick.:p
Anyone wanna trade?:hihi:

OMG I have plug envy. :pop: :pop: :pop:

Luds stash is even color coordinated...:bl:

:scatter:

i need one of these hab's swimmers in white

:spidey:

:lm:

Nevermind, Luds, you're too far gone already.
Here's some old stuff.

it just accumulates

:gu:

and accumulates

:huh:

:kewl:

and more

Thanks guys I just showed my wife and I think I am good for a hundred more.

And I got 15 more shots to go........boxes, and racks, and drawers full, plugs that have no chance of ever being used.........but someone else's turn for now. Here are two unusual ones to go, a very early BeachMaster swimmer, and an unusual needle from the Hyannis area, made with swivels belly and rear.

Any idea what year you bought that Beachmaster plug?

Sorry to pop up in the middle, Luds. You've got some sweet stuff to get you through the winter there.

Any idea what year you bought that Beachmaster plug?

Mid to late 80's I think.

Sorry to pop up in the middle, Luds. You've got some sweet stuff to get you through the winter there.

Thanks...but it needs more modjo. I throw up the rest tomorrow night but there isn't that much left.

Luds stash is even color coordinated...:bl:

got your pm. the two spooks on the left are aftehours and the ones to the right are tattoo.

got your pm. the two spooks on the left are aftehours and the ones to the right are tattoo.

And then there are those Bernzy's Howdies...............it just doesn't get any better.

And then there are those Bernzy's Howdies...............it just doesn't get any better.

it doesn't.

and more

Hey who made that good looking Mackerel Atom just visible at the left hand corner of that pic?:rotf2:

I wish I had those problems,,,,,,, Luds,,, sweet collection,,,,,

I'm feel like I'm comin down with a serious case of Plug Envy:drool:

That engagement ring is adorning the walls of your apartment......

I just can't be responsible for wrecking TDF, Steelhead, and YOU too!!! Howdy me!

Start decorating the tree with them. I did! Got some Macs, a Perfessor alum needle, and a parrot SA needle on my tree so far...

:conf:

the old booger danny swimms awsome.....glad i got a few when he was still making them.

:eek5:

:alien:

:yak:

Who made those Casting Swimmers....:drool:

I've been messin w/ those in the Man Cave.....almost there :kewl:

I just can't be responsible for wrecking TDF, Steelhead, and YOU too!!! ..

Face it Ross, You are responsible for quite a few Souls lost on Striped-Bass.

Who made those Casting Swimmers....:drool:

I've been messin w/ those in the Man Cave.....almost there :kewl:

gibbs and super strike.

the old booger danny swimms awsome.....glad i got a few when he was still making them.

i got something you don't have

luds, very impressive

do any of your plugs ever get wet?

they look like they are all pristine

i got something you don't have

luds, very impressive

do any of your plugs ever get wet?

they look like they are all pristine


many of them are mint and have never hit the water. you can only fish so many. as I buy them I always tell myself that there will be a time for each. at the same time this camera seems to refurbish them. many of them have dings and multiple fish to their credit but like you said look like they never hit the water. with the exception of the r.m. smith swimmers and some others picture I haven't taken that many fish on metal lips but to me there is nothing better than watching a fish hit a swimmer on top. i do better with them each season. i'd say for me that needles out fish metal lip swimmers 10 to 1.

i'd say for me that needles out fish metal lip swimmers 10 to 1.


Amen :uhuh:

Amen :uhuh:



Unfortunately for me I think the 10 to 1 is a result of user error with the swimmers. it's amazing how match damage you can do with a metal lip when you figure out how to fish it in the given conditions. i got embarrassed by one of my fishing partners on BI this fall. i was fishing the same plug but fishing it wrong. he cleaned up. i got a couple hits.

bob,

sent you a pm about the pencil popper.

Leftovers. Waiting to be fished.

Leftovers. Waiting to be fished.

George your f%ckin' killing me you know. Holdin' out on me like that especially the blue mottled Lupo Danny and that seven inch Beachmaster in green/silver. I'm gonna come over and make you see all the stuff you have stashed. Hidin that stuff like a squirrel! You bastage! yer killing me, freakin killing me.:shocked:

George .. look who's calling you a squirrel .. Those no eye, bm dannys are raking it in now ..

Those no eye, bm dannys are raking it in now ..

A bit hard to understand. I've spent thousands of hours (no exaggeration) fishing midsized Dannys over the last 20 years. I've used them almost exclusively day after day all season long year after year plugging from my boat for bass. The friend I fish with has even more time retrieving them. There are LOTS of days when a white Gibbs Danny will outfish every Lupo and Beachmaster I own, and I own a lot. You can also modify a Gibbs, by adding weight and changing hook size, to do anything a Beachmaster can do. The Beachmasters are the nicest made of the bunch, so if you like to hang your plugs they are what you want, but if you plan to fish them...they all work (or can be made to work) just fine. Now darters, needles, atoms, and cowboys........there Beachmaster is worth paying more for in my experience. By the way, rumor has it BM is planning a run of no eye Dannys in both sizes for next year.

Hey Flap, here's some more Beachmaster green and silver for ya. I think the top one is rare. It is made of unweighted pine, not maple. Weighs 2 oz as opposed to the usual three. Swims nearer the surface. I'm not sure if it was a manufacturing mistake, or whether he actually had a line of pine darters for special order.

And Eddy, some eyeless eelees from way back

There are LOTS of days when a white Gibbs Danny will outfish every Lupo and Beachmaster I own, and I own a lot. You can also modify a Gibbs, by adding weight and changing hook size, to do anything a Beachmaster can do. .

I agree, and the white gibbs work well from the beaches also.

If any of you guys want to part with your older Gibbs dannies let me know.:uhuh:

There was actually 4 sizes of Gibbs Danny plugs as illustrated here plus jointeds and deep divers ( not shown here)

:eyes:

New Year's Gibbs Pics?:skulz: