All of a sudden my camera dock is working again:huh:Here are two photos you can use if you attempt the Conrads. You can see how they want to sit. The white is the JR. with 2 belly hooks, 3/0 I think, and a single dressed tail hook. The Herring Blue Sr. is hookless in the photo. Thanks to George and Fred for lending the originals. Hope it helps some. Put it in your archives. Yes they are in a skillet.

Prof.....warm those to a rolling boil and serve on toast.....they are yummy!:hihi:

served with some fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti

hahahaha love it thanks paul!

Conrad's??? We used to fish plugs like that in the late 50's and 60's. They were not made out of wood, they were a variety of colored plastic and made by Atom. They were called REVERSE and whatever the color. I have a Reverse amber someplace, maybe even an olive also. Got to dig it out. I may be wrong, but those Conrad's sure do remind me of the "reverse" plugs. Basically they were an atom 40 with no lip and simply pulled backwards through the water. Caught a lot of bass out of Rockport with those. Probably the original squid imitation.

Conrad's??? We used to fish plugs like that in the late 50's and 60's. They were not made out of wood, they were a variety of colored plastic and made by Atom. They were called REVERSE and whatever the color. I have a Reverse amber someplace, maybe even an olive also. Got to dig it out. I may be wrong, but those Conrad's sure do remind me of the "reverse" plugs. Basically they were an atom 40 with no lip and simply pulled backwards through the water. Caught a lot of bass out of Rockport with those. Probably the original squid imitation.

2 totally different plugs...

Paul


This is the plug I was talking about
Looks like you made the lip on this plug

Sorry Eric but that is not one of mine. Nice plug though.


Dr. Fish like said above 2 totally different plugs. These are Jr and Sr

I know you did not make that plug...its a Gibbs. When you ground down that lip you sort of made a lip like the one on the gibbs.

I do have one of those Gibbs plugs. Thought it looked familiar. Yes same style lip, almost. Has a complete round radius front edge, but the face is much longer on the Conrads. Longer than any lips I have seen. Good catch though. BTW I really like those little Gibbs swimmers.

aaahhh...now that I see the Xrays I can see the lip. In the water photo I can't see the lips or the tail hooks...they really looked like reverse plugs to me, thus could not figure the "conrad" name.
JFigliuolo...please excuse my ignorance and less than 20/20 vision!:eyes:

Doc you know what it says on that viagra vile that if its affects your vision you should stop taking it.:laugha:

Nice pics Paul, they kind of look like those gators in Florida, lurking partialy submerged on the surface...

aaahhh...now that I see the Xrays I can see the lip. In the water photo I can't see the lips or the tail hooks...they really looked like reverse plugs to me, thus could not figure the "conrad" name.
JFigliuolo...please excuse my ignorance and less than 20/20 vision!:eyes:

Didn't mean to be curt...:buds:

Sorry Lu no need for it...The sheep left town...:lama: LOL this would kinda look like it!!!

That's OK JF...but you were!:rotf2:

X-rayed plugs made that perfectly clear.