Found this in a bucket in the basement.
Now it comes back to me losing a nice fish in the ditch a few years ago.

I love darters. Just hate making them. The lip is labor intensive. That looks like a Super Strike. No?

Sorry for your loss Bob, must have been LARGE
Let me guess, early morning pre dawn
I love that color
done well will green darters that time of day around the turn.

Never caught a thing on a darter even in places where I’ve caught many bass. But a lot of people swear by them . Oh well
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I once had a small white two ounce Beachmaster darter. Very rare. Amazing plug. One time, a member of this site who I won’t name (Nebe) asked to borrow it so he could try and replicate its awesomeness. I never saw it again. My therapist said it was “ho’d” but to this day 18 years later I’m unsure of what that means.

I once had a small white two ounce Beachmaster darter. Very rare. Amazing plug. One time, a member of this site who I won’t name (Nebe) asked to borrow it so he could try and replicate its awesomeness. I never saw it again. My therapist said it was “ho’d” but to this day 18 years later I’m unsure of what that means.

Jeff, I bet he still has it. I have one he made back in the day.

I love darters. Just hate making them. The lip is labor intensive. That looks like a Super Strike. No?

Yup, but they're a lot easier to produce out of plastic in a mold, the way that (yes it is) Super Strike was made. ;)

Darters in a Rip.

Unless the speaker has a NY accent, than it is daughters :heybaby: :bl:

A dahtah fish from 7-8 yrs ago on the block. It was a fruitful trip for all of us. Many fish across many guys. I look back on that trip and smile.

And the plug itself! Taken while having a late night celebration beer with my buds!

I once found a blue and silver SS Darter at Deep Hole. That thing produced for a couple of years till I lost it.

yes, that color, and then there is translucent blue over green when that stops working

Not exactly the same, but had my best night ever on Northbar bottle darters in the ditch. I hope to have another night like that someday.

I love darters. Just hate making them. The lip is labor intensive. That looks like a Super Strike. No?

Right you are Paul.
Kinda like letting the current do most of the work while I stare at the stars.

Sorry for your loss Bob, must have been LARGE
Let me guess, early morning pre dawn
I love that color
done well will green darters that time of day around the turn.

You are the oracle Bruce !

I bought a lot of SS darters (also bottle plugs and that great medium sized Polaris style popper) on Long Island before moving to the Cape, and I don't think I ever paid more than $9.99 for one.

Fast forward 11 years when I was trying to clear everything out before moving abroad, and I was shocked at what some of them sold for on eBay.

Grey white darter Quonnie outflow from west side at dawn. Wonderful.

Bubba tells me someone snagged all the SS lures on the wall at Red Top’s sale last weekend.
Kind of extreme me thinks

Grey white darter Quonnie outflow from west side at dawn. Wonderful.

...and what a great memory. You had to be accessing thru RIMS.

Love making darters. Who better than a machinist

I'm not sure people can consider themselves serious SB fisherman w/o fishing darters.

"...and what a great memory. You had to be accessing thru RIMS."

Yup, grew up up down there and spent lots of time on the beaches and breachways. Still go down, but not until mid-november. Long drive, not enough time.

Haha. I pretty much fish darters 70% of the time. If you fish them
A lot you will really appreciate a good wooden darter. Plastic SS darters are Like night and day compared to a good wooden darter I know many quality fish have been caught on SS over the years no denying that but I attribute that to the mass amounts of them that are used by so Many fishermen and the scarcity of good modern day wood darters. No one wants to throw a real Musso
Or Pichney darter because of their collectabity. There are a few builders making some good one. Hunt them down. It’s worth it. My 2 cents. P.

I'm not sure people can consider themselves serious SB fisherman w/o fishing darters.

Excuse me!! 55 years fishing for stripers and I can count on 1 hand the number of darters I have owned.

Why can’t all these Paul’s agree. I not going to say if you don’t use darters your a bum but I wouldn’t be caught dead without one or more.

Being 99% a boat fisherman and casting plugs are pretty much pencils, spook docs, and Polaris type poppers what is the action of these darters???? Do they just do there thing or do you work them a bit? Normal depth made? Shallow?
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Why can’t all these Paul’s agree. I not going to say if you don’t use darters your a bum but I wouldn’t be caught dead without one or more.

Paul, you fished we me long enough to know what I throw, especially at the Ditch.

Excuse me!! 55 years fishing for stripers and I can count on 1 hand the number of darters I have owned.

You should give them a try. They're very effective especially from shore.I don't fish from a boat so I don't know how effective they would be with shorter casts. Anytime there's moving water it is one of my go to plug lately. If you wanna p m me your address I'll send you one.
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Crap!!
Guess I’ll have to buy a few of the Professor’s all yellow darters now.:hee:

You should give them a try. They're very effective especially from shore.I don't fish from a boat so I don't know how effective they would be with shorter casts. Anytime there's moving water it is one of my go to plug lately. If you wanna p m me your address I'll send you one.
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Paul, I'm good. I make plugs and have made darters. I just much prefer metal lip Dannys and Needles.

I know you realize we were just busting balls.:jump:

Paul, I'm good. I make plugs and have made darters. I just much prefer metal lip Dannys and Needles.

I know you realize we were just busting balls.:jump:

No you absolutely take advantage of his offer. His darters out catch any other darter. I have been trying to get my hands on some of his for years after standing next to my fishing partner slaying fish with them and nothing with super strikes. Maybe a bit of the magician aspect but they outwork.
Black and dark green. Short model
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Paul M, send it this way!
Paul Iemma, give it a swim. I had not been a big dahtah fan until I was schooled on Buzzards Bay and Cuttyhunk.
My favorite builders of dahtahs, in no particular order (just so I don't insult anyone I want to ho one from); Rockfish9 (Joe), Paul M, Blondterror (Chris), and of course Dr. Numbskull!
I copied Joe's jig for cutting slope and mouth on the bandsaw. Brilliant design.

Paul, I'm good. I make plugs and have made darters. I just much prefer metal lip Dannys and Needles.

I know you realize we were just busting balls.:jump:

No offense at all taken. If Beamie or anyone else wants to try a Superstike Darter send me a PM, I'll be happy to send 1. I won't be able to us all I have in my lifetime.
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I now remembered my first dahtah. It was turned by Slip, either at a Plugfest or MSBA meeting in the early 2000s. I ho'd it and it may have been the first plug I primed, painted and wired to fish!
And it was Zeno, in his distinct Cringlish LawngEyeland accent that has always made me type it as dahtah.... So easily confused in dialect with a female offspring!

By the way, Zeno has gotten in his shipment of Croation oilive oil. Get it while you can. Adriatic Gourmet.

Yes, thumbs up for Adriatic Gourmet!!
Also, try Capizanno's at the Pawcatuck River Bridge at the Pawcatuck/Westerly line. Great selection of Olive Oil there too.