Well, might as well get this teed up seeing some folks are already taking fish in the estuaries south of here...post em if ya got em and have a great 2010...

Nothing with stripes yet but got something to eat some wood. Actually the plug is made from sign board. Very light weight and makes a very lively plug. I contacted an online sign board company and they were offering the board in three different densities. I got a free trial pack of three boards, one in each density. This one was made from the highest density board they offered.

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Wow! Looks like sign board works really well! Darn nice catch.:claps:

Thanks Greek, nice start.

Here's a few more from last weekend. I got the little flatsided crankbait from another builder Big M, he builds custom freshwater stuff and his crankbaits are fantastic. The bass are really starting to wake up here and should get nothing but better from here on out.

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i have to do a small patch where i mounted
my transducer on the boat
but its been at the bottom of the "Raven do list"
because i'm still moving.... stuff....

but now i'll bump it up several rows...

thanks for the inspiration

A "little something" to get things going, actually a very little something. But its only April 25th and I'm liking this GooGooMan baby donny already. Cool subsurface action, almost a cross between a darter and a swimmer. Works well really slow. Neat plug with ton's of potential.

the fish dog got her paws on that one

like the color scheme Numby
the sandwhich is eaten -therefore lunch is over
to the Man cave.......... whoosh

Hey George,

Good to see the plug is working,
I also have been working on some medium donny's, I will send you one when I have them done!

My fiance last week on a BillyD BM junior clone. First trip of the season with me and she is already one up. :smash:

Time to get this thread cranking. Here is a 14 lb bass and I practicing our Linda Lovelace imitations. That is a 8" Musso surface swimmer she inhaled (and illustrates the bit about tail hooks being non-critical).

Twins

Nice pic George! In all the pics I have of fish on plugs 99.9% of them have the fish on the belly hook! (That being bass of course).

Twins

That statement is an insult to the fish.

Time to get this thread cranking. Here is a 14 lb bass and I practicing our Linda Lovelace imitations. That is a 8" Musso surface swimmer she inhaled (and illustrates the bit about tail hooks being non-critical).

Is that a Gold 8" subsurface swimmer??????

Is that a Gold 8" subsurface swimmer??????
Not yet, but soon perhaps. Got a spot picked for it.

First fish on one of my own plugs.Got this fish on a pollack pencil I made. Its about 2.25 oz and floats with a slight tilt...works real nice on a slow retreive...I feel accomlished, now back to eels...

Stay on the "wood" side Mike! Stay....on.....the "wood"....side!:uhuh:

Eels are for guys who want their fish easy!!!

First fish on one of my own plugs.Got this fish on a pollack pencil I made. Its about 2.25 oz and floats with a slight tilt...works real nice on a slow retreive...I feel accomlished, now back to eels...

Congrats on a nice fish! Pencils are my favorite spring plug. That one has a nice look to it.

Stay on the "wood" side Mike! Stay....on.....the "wood"....side!:uhuh:

Eels are for guys who want their fish easy!!!

Plugs are for guys that want excuses! :smash:

























I must need some excuses pretty bad. :rotf2:

Wooop! Mike is touchy!:rotf2:

That is a well earned fish, Mike....and I'll bet you sweat losing it all the way in as well.

I'll bet you sweat losing it all the way in as well.

Its funny you say that...although it wasn't a trophy I was quaking a little once I hooked the fish, mostly in disbelief. I was almost too nervous to get the camera out of my waders...:laugha:

A good friend asked me last week if I still get excited over fishing even after doing it for most of my life...

Sweet
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First fish on one of my own plugs.Got this fish on a pollack pencil I made. Its about 2.25 oz and floats with a slight tilt...works real nice on a slow retreive...I feel accomlished, now back to eels...


retire that plug now before you lose it to some sharp toothed fish.

congrats Mike, it IS an accomplishment.

now you can dress your plugs with eelskins, I give you permission, but stay away from live ones.:devil2:

I didn't bring a camera today or i would have had a pic or 2
crap:smash::wall:

couple pics. from today. My hands are toast . I am so looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow.:uhuh:

Yellow howdy...shocking! hahahaha...nicely done Paul! Camera next time Bruce!

What kind of fish is that in the picture? :wall:

Yikes! I caught one! Only @12-13 lbs, but the first success I've had with these lipless swimmers........which I now feel more confident using. They cast great and swim great, but waves seem to interfere with their action and that sort of negates their casting advantage over metal lips. Pissa swimmer for slow water in the canal, though

nice

They looove the jointed eel swimmer. Front Hook :) Lost it on the next fish. :smash:

Been stuck in the 20# and under club on wood for what seems a eternity. Drop my only fish that had a chance at getting the boga down to 25# right at my feet. 28# fish was taking by a friend on a pencil of mine. happy hunting.

Good to see, guys. I've been despairing things are so slow. Maybe tonight.

Haven't been fishing anywhere near enough this year, here's the only decent fish I've managed about 18-20# on one of my spooks.

nice job Dan. I still got your schoolie plug. I will throw it in truck so if I see you on canal i can get it back to you.

Here's a couple of plugs that have been good to me...

The yellow pencil fish was 32#. That little donny style swimmer is a plug I'm gaining a lot of confidence in.

Nicely done!

here's one on a jr blip......

nice Don, and Diggin. Beauties.

Large pikie by a guy named ricksk. this one is a replacement i just put in the bag but ive gone through 2 others. yesterday afternoon, fun friday.

That fish was a pig Don!!:drool:

Yellow pencil worked sloooooow
Sorry its sideways just like me...
40lbs 46"

That's awesome! 1st cast right.
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Way to go, Chris!

now I got a kink in my neck. Nice fish. BTW I got the Alum for you at shop. I ordered it.

now I got a kink in my neck. Nice fish. BTW I got the Alum for you at shop. I ordered it.

Thanks Paul I will get it sometime or if you could lv it at Mikes that would be great. new lathe is nice

A couple I had while visiting. Nice seeing everyone again.

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Do I see a flap tail?

Been awhile since I have seen a post anyone catching on homemade wood?

Here is one....BigFish Pencil in Bunker.

Been awhile since I have seen a post anyone catching on homemade wood?

I'm trying, but I'd need a magnifying lens to make the pictures look worth taking. :wall:

I'd need a magnifying lens to make the pictures look worth taking. :wall:

And a bag over your head.

:rude:

Numby, you're the funniest guy that I know. And I know some real live wires...:rotf2:

Nice bag George,,,better watch the green police they be asking you why you didn't use paper.

HAHAHA too funny

3 1/2 pound largie this am on a 1 oz. "Prey" swimmer! Fish cleared the water and took this plug before it even splashed....NO LIE! My rod was still in a downward cast motion when he hit it!!! Nice fight from this guy!!! Great morning in the yak!!:drool:

Nice fish larry

40 pounds on a Pencil Popper I made.

KAAAAAAPOOOOOOWWW! Nice catch.

KAAAAAAPOOOOOOWWW! Nice catch.

Thanks george. I took a nice mid 30 on the lipless swimmer you made. The fish was released so you can catch him. Nice job on that plug, rolls a little more than the original musso, but the fish don't seem to mind a bait being tossed around struggling.

Thats a great fish to be had on top water. What does the sideways peace sign mean again?

Thats a great fish to be had on top water. What does the sideways peace sign mean again?

Eskimo,

Never forget that strike and explosion.

The sideway peace sign is for a tournament that is run on another site (not sure about posting other sites here so I will refrain). Its catch and release so you can weight the fish take a picture with the sign and release the fish and still be eligible.


Kindest,
Billy

Yellow pencil worked sloooooow
Sorry its sideways just like me...
40lbs 46"

Way ta go Chris!!

I haven't been carrying the camera since the phone 'incident'. I've had a few fish on darters and pencils into the low & mid 20's, but nothing over 30 since the end of may...

I've not had any over 20 since November :smash:

Nice 40lber

I've not had any over 20 since November :smash:

Inches or pounds?

Both.

Both.

Good lord, you've got Backbeachitis.(Actually my form of suffering is worse as you inexplicably catch nothing at all while others around you tong away) There is really no known cure for this as prayer, plugbuilding, and community service are simply feelgood elixirs and have no measurable effects.

My advice is to simply state you don't fish anymore due to family, work, and personal issues. Eventually, and the day will come, you'll sneak out the door way past midnight, undetected by the masses, eels in hand, and within a few short hours all will be right again...keep the bag on your head though if you decide to collect photo proof of this phenomenon.

Actually, eels are even being snubbed with all the pogies being chummed about in the sounds and around the Elizabeths. Highly suggest going at night, which is when I saw someone who looked suspiciously like Sauerkraut launching at the Woods Hole ramp. The gentleman in question wouldn't let me look in his cooler to see whether he had pogies or eels in there, but perhaps it was a plug bag filled with wooden goodies that he had aboard!

Actually, eels are even being snubbed with all the pogies being chummed about in the sounds and around the Elizabeths. Highly suggest going at night, which is when I saw someone who looked suspiciously like Sauerkraut launching at the Woods Hole ramp. The gentleman in question wouldn't let me look in his cooler to see whether he had pogies or eels in there, but perhaps it was a plug bag filled with wooden goodies that he had aboard!

Was he wearing a hospital issued mask and rubber gloves?

Actually, he was wearing what looked like hospital issue scrubs, but no gloves. Then again, he did look like he was trying to get in a little fishing before his next surgical procedure.

by having a dedicated flyrodder (my preference) and eel-slinger (out of necessity) post on a plug thread?:biglaugh:
Hope I didn't offend anyone, but I sure hope somebody is catching some nice fish on wood after all the great work I have seen members exhibit over the years.
Please give me some hope that wood is still good . . . and can catch even with all the pogy chum in the water!

Finally tossed the Nike Jr. I made this past winter! Caught a small fish in the ditch this am on it! Great action! Very cool plug! Never fished one before!:uhuh:

Stumbled across this in my travels.....42#, slim donny......otherwise it is a steady diet of 12lb fish.

Awesome fish Numby.

nice fish numbskull - nicely done

She is a beauty George! Congrats!!:uhuh:

Nice fish!

Way to go, George. Always great to see a dedicated shore angler come through, especially on his own wood!

40 pounds on a Pencil Popper I made.

:btu:
Congrats on a nice fish
a 40 on your own plug, it doesn't get much better than that :kewl:

Stumbled across this in my travels.....42#, slim donny......otherwise it is a steady diet of 12lb fish.

Nice going George
that is a sweet catch there :btu:
patients pays off

great fish on a great plug

Nice fish George.

well done G. I am happy for you, you deserve it. I hope Alan was the photographer and you beat him out that nite with his eels. Congrats.

Nice fish george, I bet that felt great! 40 on a metal lip :btu:

Very nice fish, and I love the profile of that metal lip.

great fish on a great plug

eskimo, love the quote. here's my fav.


"jackie treehorn treats objectss..... like women.... mannnnn"



I could go on all day ha

Mack Attack!:fishin:

nice fish congrats

Looks big in that pic don't it???? Its only 16 pounds....but it was fun!:uhuh: Can you say Chow-da?:drool:

nice Lawrence. Wish I could join you on the canal but the bite is too good right now via boat. Enjoy the rest of the weeks tides, should be good from what I am seeing where I am.

Nice fish larry even better looking plug

Looks big in that pic don't it???? Its only 16 pounds....but it was fun!:uhuh: Can you say Chow-da?:drool:

good esating fish - even better

You will have to believe me that I got a 42 lber, 49 1/2", on a top water plug I make yesterday from the boat in 18' of water. Probably my personal best on a plug now that I think of it. I was trolling T&W and saw a little action on top at daybreak. Only had a glorified fluke set up, not thinking I was going to do any plugging, but it got the job done, got 4 more, all nice, in all on top. Only have a cell camera pic and i have no idea how I would even get it off there considering that was first time I ever used it. Probably didn't even come out. Real nice morning yesterday as I was only one out there for most of morning but over by 8 am as it has been all season in that neck of woods. 3 charter boats took over at that time and I went home. Also got 3 lunkers on T&W too, at dawn. I can't wait to see how many more fish blow into this area after storm passes.

Way to go Paul! That must have been awesome! Congrats!!:uhuh:

Nice Job guys. Nothing like big girls on your wood!

that's great Paul
I'm glad for you:btu: congrats

if you email yourself the picture from your phone, then you will have it on your computer to see. It shouldn't be that hard to do, just look thru the menus

Just order one of those plastic fish and take another picture.
Your spook or your flaptail?

Way to go Paul!

Awesome fish!!!

I wish the flaptail but I didn't have anything but a spook, and a beat one too boot. Never thought I would be plugging that morning.

At plugfest somebody (I've forgotten who) gave me a sweet single hook short black skin needle with a concave nose. Been working well for me and I'd like to thank you. Here is my son with a fair fish it took last pm.
Thanks.

:buds: Nice fish for Nick. Nice meeting you George.

And you too, Peter. It is was nice to fish alongside you. Only a few small fish after you left.

A few from today! Tagger and BigFish first stripers from the yaks....keepers to boot....on BigFish 1 oz. pencils!

What the.......Eddie reliving his porn star days?

great looking fish guys.

Very nice. :btu:

So that's how the rich guys do it! :pats2:

A few of you (like Big Fish) know and have met and have helped my soon to be 90 year old dad with plug building tips. Here is Bill at his lathe (a 50 year old Craftsman) and a stubby needlefish (copied from the Dave Anderson Fisherman 2007 article), and the 30 inch striper (one of many up to 34 inches ) I caught on MV with it in August. He also does great darters that have worked on Wasque last year and also worked fine on Cutty this year along with Tattoo and Big Fish metal lipped swimmers I used. He has done a fine knock off of the Big Fish Pencil (thanks Larry- I still buy and catch on the originals as well). He has made me great needles from 4 inches to 10 inches and pencils as well as metal lipped swimmers and great polaris poppers. He also has created a great squid, fashioned after one I saw in an On The Water article (one is hanging up at the Cutty Hunk Fishing Club). Bill loves talking plugs at the MSBA Expo or Tri State banquets. He uses the plastic eyes with anchor stems he or I pick up at M&D's. Over the last 10 years he has become very fancy with his painting almost always putting a splash of red below the lure mouth/ gill area. He uses a clear coat epoxy resin we learned about at the plug builders forum. I can only take credit for making the lures work, he gets all the credit for creating them. There is something special I feel every time I catch a fish on one of his lures (and luckily that is quite often).

Bill

:btu: That is freakin AWESOME Bill :uhuh:

NICE

Great post Bill! Glad your Dad is doing well! I was fortunate to meet him that time at an MSBA Banqet.....a pleasure! Tell him to keep up the great work!:uhuh:

You will have to believe me that I got a 42 lber, 49 1/2", on a top water plug I make yesterday from the boat in 18' of water.

I believe you Professa, even if everyone else does not...:laugha:

I got a 32# fish in July on one of my Musso style swimmers, but had no camera with me. Fortunately TO and Afterhours were beside me as I hung the fish on AH's boga, then let her go. Was really cool and helped justify the 3K (and growing) I invested.:hee:

thank god someone believes me. I could just feel the speculation in Georges post :rollem:

Fish on your own plugs never gets old!! Am I right??:uhuh:

Not with fish like this...erahh.. you're supposed to hold your fish out TOWARD the camera to make it look big..

thank god someone believes me. I could just feel the speculation in Georges post :rollem:

Just teasing, Paul. Your word is almost as good as your plugs with me.

Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock...:crying: The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours.:fishin: No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.

Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun...:uhuh:

More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there!:stir::rude:

More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there!:stir::rude:

:laugha: Considering they wouldn't take an eel one night, it was actually easier with plugs...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. I did get one about 35# on an eel the first night though...everything else came on wood.

Here's the musso sr...it held up real well, but a large bluefish took a big chunk out of it.

Bless him

...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. .

Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice.

Just teasing, Paul. Your word is almost as good as your plugs with me.

LOL. I was just kidding too
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nice plugs and fish mike, you could use tags on the rear ends to eliminate a few of the points.

Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice.

I actually have a sinister plan in mind next to crushing the barbs.:devil:

An old comrade of mine used to hand line commercially for striped bass way back off the Nantucket and Monomoy rips. One time he showed me a bunch of his plugs rigged up with 5/0 and 6/0 siwash hooks...he said the trebles would straighten out under the strain of the 600# hand line, so he put big singles on and the problem was solved. You'll miss a few more fish I'm sure, but a real large fish would have no problem taking everything down and unhooking would be much easier and safer. Landing a big fish in current would be much more likely too as you can apply much more pressure to the siwash hooks. You would likely cull out the smaller fish as they wouldn't be hooked as easily and damaged, which brings up a problem:

Despite the fun I had recently I put back a lot of real small fish that were severely damaged due to the treble hooks. There were punctured eyes, gills, and open gashes on many of them after the battle which I regret...there is a lot to be said for single hook fishing(eels, jigs, shads, etc.) in terms of releasing fish in good shape as one single penetration in the mouth area has to be better than mulitple site punctures inflicted by trebles...just a thought.

Gonna re-rig the big swimmers this week with singles and see what happens.

Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock...:crying: The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours.:fishin: No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.

Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun...:uhuh:

Not if you're in your wetsuit :)

Dave,

You're a very consciencious observer.:laugha:

nice plugs and fish mike, you could use tags on the rear ends to eliminate a few of the points.

Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly.

Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly.

They look better that way..:uhuh:

Nice fish and pluggage!

Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly.
No, they don't look bad to me for twenty fish.

Here's one from a few weeks ago (when I still knew how to fish) that ate a Tagger needle......... the best needle I've ever fished (although his large ones are damn good, too).

A similar sized fish from the summer (one of only a few I found) that ate one of those parrot musso clone darters I carry on about.

Nice fish

Good day today. Best fish came on one of BigFish Larry's early pencils. 24#. Thanks Larry (and Matt, who gave it to me).

Bad today. But the one fish I found was decent. Yellow large Donny clone surface swimmer.

Nice fish, You earned those especially with H pressure right on top of us and NNW wind, nice job

Great stuff George!

Bad today. But the one fish I found was decent. Yellow large Donny clone surface swimmer.

Poor dog looks like he has to go to the bathroom and you're caught up taking pictures...

Yup,tail position gives it away.

nice job George. Was that the day Art was over there too? He told me you got a good one.

well not all lures are made of wood. Friend and MV resident just sent me this pic from today.

You left too soon :smash:

Just for interest. Note the color of the plug and time of day.

neat. funny as I had my best luck trolling tubes this year using black, which I always use at nite, but did real good during daylight hours too.

its nice when you come back from somewhere havent fished in 2 weeks and get hit by this little guy the first cast. all were about that size tonight. same Rickski metal lip. sweet paint job. olive pink scale to white belly and red chin splash:love:

Here's the plug that was working the other night. (fish pics in habs tally thread).

These little plugs have broken many a skunk. Weighs about 1.6oz, made of maple, casts a mile, and will reach the bottom. Affectionately called: stubby squid needle.

Chrisjoe, this fish? Very cool, please tell more. Tail-weighted? Also, I'd be interested to hear how you fish them deep.

Spent the day slumming with lowlife from Franklin and eating P&J chew toys.

Prof M with a lido flaptail fish (after he shed 3 larger ones).
BB with a slim danny fish (before he nailed a much bigger one).

Pretty plugs, ugly mugs.

These two 30s were caught on a custom made gold and copper stubby squid needle made by ChrisJoe13. Both were PBs ... in the same night!

Chrisjoe, this fish? Very cool, please tell more. Tail-weighted? Also, I'd be interested to hear how you fish them deep.

Yup thats the one.
They are tail weighted (I roll lead flashing around a wire) and there's also some lead in front of the hook.
As far as fishing them deep, they sink so I just let them. Retrieve as slow as I can bear with occasional twitch (to confirm contact).

second picture is a few in need of epoxy, first is of few that have caught plenty (mostly small).

well not all lures are made of wood. Friend and MV resident just sent me this pic from today.

Awesome pic.

Yup thats the one.
They are tail weighted (I roll lead flashing around a wire) and there's also some lead in front of the hook.
As far as fishing them deep, they sink so I just let them. Retrieve as slow as I can bear with occasional twitch (to confirm contact).

second picture is a few in need of epoxy, first is of few that have caught plenty (mostly small).

Dude, epoxy those bad boys up! Let's rock them for the next trip. Also, I'd like about a dozen more: all the colors of the rainbow. Including rainbow. And wonder bread.

Those pictures are very helpful, ChrisJoe, I like the idea of working something that looks like a baby lobster deep. Thanks.

Had it all yesterday beginning with nearly perfect weather...the fish cooperated too. Good thing Numby is one of the best guides I've ever fished with because his cooking stinks...

I must say this was without a doubt the single most exciting fish I've ever taken in my life...the hit was just mind blowing as this fish of 35# or so came completely out of the water after my white danny. It reminded me of those tuna pics you see everywhere where the tuna leaps completely clear of the water while pursuing the bluefish. I was chanting like a cheerleader while Numby and ProfessorM simply chuckled...was really cool. We took a few pics, weighed it on Numby's rusty old chatillion, then set her loose.

Was kind of grinning to myself when George put this thing on, but quickly crapped myself as this upper 20#, maybe 30# fish took it down like it was a twinkie just scant few feet from shore...

ProfessorM raised some amazing fish on the flaptail. I've never seen one in action before, but might need to put one on my "to do" list for this winter...a couple real good fish didn't want to stay on the hook for PM, but the real thrill was watching the fish come up and take the plugs...fighting and landing them paled in comparison to some of the hookups we had.

These two 30s were caught on a custom made gold and copper stubby squid needle made by ChrisJoe13. Both were PBs ... in the same night!

C&R???

, but the real thrill was watching the fish come up and take the plugs...fighting and landing them paled in comparison to some of the hookups we had.

:uhuh: Stellar day.

C&R???

F&S: filets and stew. I kept these to weigh in at the Hab's tourney.

I keep 1 or so for every 10 I get. Release all others.

awesome fish AL

awesome fish AL

Thanks! The adrenaline was through the roof.:jump1:

George...need to get me a camera...three pictures of professorM and he isn't talking in any of them...learned something today!!!!!:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

George...need to get me a camera...three pictures of professorM and he isn't talking in any of them...learned something today!!!!!:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

shaved the beard too?
Those are great pics guys. I have a lot to learn @ boat fishing. Only daytime action I've ever had on plugs where with blues. I have to spend more time working during daylight.

Those are great pics guys. I have a lot to learn @ boat fishing. Only daytime action I've ever had on plugs where with blues. I have to spend more time working during daylight.

I thought you only kept plugs on the boat as a decoy so people wouldn't find out you were an eel guy. If you're gonna fish them, you need to start by untangling the big mess of plugs that you keep on your console. It's hard to fish plugs when you can't separate one from the others.:rotf2:

George...need to get me a camera...three pictures of professorM and he isn't talking in any of them...learned something today!!!!!:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

Hey I resemble that remark.

RI J. . This is the time of year you want to invest in some wood throwing. There were plenty of guys fishing chunks and live and eels and we out fished them all from what I could see and they are coming your way unless Redlite kills them all in the next few days on the way to you

Plug/Fish Porn!:drool:

Yup thats the one.
They are tail weighted (I roll lead flashing around a wire) and there's also some lead in front of the hook.
As far as fishing them deep, they sink so I just let them. Retrieve as slow as I can bear with occasional twitch (to confirm contact).

second picture is a few in need of epoxy, first is of few that have caught plenty (mostly small).

I want all dupes! I claim them by right of ancient friendship and brother-in-lawliness!

Worth the trip today. Here is a blue with some shoulders that crashed Tagger's predator (good windy day plug). 13.5#.

Plug/Fish Porn!:drool:

Larry love the paint on the Danny, that is a Danny right?

Glad to see you have your Mojo back...

Mike

When a loser like Sauerkraut outfishes ya, you can be sure it was the plug. In this case a Rockfish9 surfster outfished my stuff 3:1.....probably it would have been even more if someone with more intelligence than toe-punk had been using it.

LOL. Good for him. He needed it. He was a little bummed when I saw him last week at the canal, especially as Dave was releasing a 30 lber, and he told us he had been all over creation and hadn't had much luck. Was saying to myself today that it would have been a nice day to be out in the boat.

This mack "Prey" has caught many fish this season and continues to be a workhorse in my bag! It took a beating today! You can't beat catching on swimmers!!!:uhuh:

Still plenty of fish out there.
This one took a Jigman spook copy
Great design

Very slow going, but the few we found were good.
29.5 #, 2.75oz Gibbs clone pencil. Thank you, Stan.

Nice G. I know exactly where you are. I got a little memory left. I was wondering if you had been getting anything in your neck of the woods lately. Nutin better than getting a fish on top water, especially one that size. I hit the canal this morning before I did some family stuff . Deader than a doornail but a beauty of a morning to be out there and not more than a handful of fisherman out there. Looked like most have given up for the year. Guess I missed the memo.

Super nice fish George! Congrats!

+1 for the HAT :kewl:

When a loser like Sauerkraut outfishes ya, you can be sure it was the plug. In this case a Rockfish9 surfster outfished my stuff 3:1.....probably it would have been even more if someone with more intelligence than toe-punk had been using it.

This has turned out to be one of my most productive plugs. Got a bunch of fish in several different types of locations and settings..boat/shore/rocks/sand/day/night.
It's a slimmed down danny style plug that weights about 2.25 oz, casts great, and has a moderate side to side action. It comes in right on top and uses a danny mid slot lip...everyting else is classified:laugha:

Had a good fish on it the other night until Redlite cast over my line and %$%$%$%$ed me all up.

I was able to capture a fish blowing up on it the other day though...was pretty cool..

The ole foul hooked through the nostril trick.
I like that plug.:uhuh:

Be very careful, fishing Danny plugs is addictive.