I don't own any SURFSTERS outher than the BIG one GOLDENBEAR made for me in the SWAP:lm: QUESTION IS iwant to build a few HOW are they WEIGHTED:mad: THANK YOU
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P.S. here is the one I got, I put the tail one it got this thing for TAIL.
CUSTOM made lip, it's about 8.1/2 long an 1.1/2 wide an one SUPER PAINT JOB.

QUESTION IS iwant to build a few HOW are they WEIGHTED.

They Ain't......

This thread has info http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=47539&highlight=troublemaker

no weight, I toyed around with a touch just under the chin to keep the head down and tail up both work.

A good heavy surfster lip is all you need. :)

What conditions do you like to fish surfsters? I never fish them.

My "Prey" swimmer which is a surfster has a belly weight. I have tried other surfsters and did not like the wide roll they had. The weight cuts down the roll and adds a sexy wiggle action at least in my case......not traditional sure but I find the action alot more to my liking and the fish seem to agree. :btu:

I fish mine in all conditions.....day, night, calm water or rough, fish it in the Canal with great success! Stormy rough water it seems to excell in.....nightime it crushes!

Larry you fish them in the canal? at slack, or when its running?

that one has no wieght in it. I considered putting some in the belly to cust some of the roll, but I liked the roll with the white sides-lots of flash.
from what I have seen and fished, except for Larry's prey, the surfsters ahve no weight, just a heavy lip.

adds a sexy wiggle action at least in my case...........nightime it crushes!

:drool:

Larry you fish them in the canal? at slack, or when its running?

Both! Swimmer was with me one day when the current was pushing its hardest and I was catching fish after fish. Lost an early season slob on one in a hard current! They are perfect for the canal! I fish them there almost as much as pencils and spooks and at slack........:drool:!

Funny, because I have known them to contain a tailweight. Also, the originals had huge hooks which I THINK served to stabilize the roll. Someone asked me to reweight a few commercially made surfsters, saying that they didn;t cast properly and were prone to rolling out on the retrieve. I put a 00 buck shot a touch behind center and added 5/16 tailweight from M&D, the thing swam much tighter and cast a lot better--the guy was happy with the result--but I have never swam an original so, I don't know.

Creek chub tail weighted some of thier latter Salt water surfsters... I make some tail weighted, and some of the action is lost, on these models I make the tail thicker... on my standard surfsters, I make the tail thin and chin weight it, I like that tail slapping side to side, weighted this way, they create quite a ruckus....

One of my favorite plugs.......I weight under the chin as well (someone gave me that tip...:kewl:) Swims pissah....sick action.

WOW, THANK YOU ALL for the comments, I got 6 I carved up an sanded an think Ill put a 00 just back from center as suggested :humpty: it's still all new to me,:rollem: these will be my first,if they S@%K an don't swim good, Ill give them to the kids on the beach, that"al keep them out of my BAG.:bshake: THANKS AGAIN Ill post when done.
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Since ya got 6.....2 unweighted, 2 chin weighted, and 2 center/tail weighted.......then you can choose which ones you like better

Salty just try and do them up with diff. weight configurations to see which works best for where you plan to fish them :huh:

2.2.an 2. got -it:bounce:

don't know what Id do with out you guys THINING for ME.:jump:

OK, now that you guys had a hand in buiding them what colors should I do them in:shocked:

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P.S DAD do you still have some POPPERs for MEEEEEEEEEEEE !

Paint on that plug is very Chumbucket like ..

That day in the canal of which Bigfish spoke of I caught also on the Surfster I was using. Worked well. Caught fish that day in slack water elsewhere too.

I've build a few and thought I made the body too fat(no weight) they rolled too much for me but they looked good..ha ha ha...so now I build them thinner...or just fish a pikie:cheers: