Why could`nt you use a maple front end and a floater pine tail end?

The biggest drawback when using a jointed plug is the loss of distance. 9 out of 10 fishermen ALWAYS want distance and think distance is always the key. With this fact, most fishermen don't invest enough time in a jointed plug to make a proper distinction. I am a big fan of jointed plugs. When applicable, I love tossing one out there. However, aside from castability, there is also the question of durability. Will a jointed plug endure the head shaking and plug rubbing that big Bass can produce? When you lose confidence in a plug, you fish it less. Jointed plugs create doubt - which creates lack of useage - which leads to fewer reports - and the dominos keep falling. For the record, I am also a big fan of "Distance". For the greatest fact that distance increases the amount of water covered, it often takes precedence in what you're casting. Jointed plugs have their place. Every plug does, you just have to know when and HOW to use that plug.

Send me your unwanted jointed plugs please - :o

Al's making them again, we'll see how the work out.

About 4 years ago. 9/21 WH pocket. 6" Black jointed bomber. 8 to 10' waves. 36# bass 15 # blue. About 6 other bass in the 15 to 20# range. I still have about 1/2 dozen that I bought right after that. The
6" is tough to find lately.

Yes for joints on swimmers..don't feel they add anything on a needle.

Jointed plugs do make for a fun "build"

So True, I came across this four pak last year and jumped on them.

i like my needles in 1 pc

:conf:

anything for U:poke:

Numb,

This is a great post and why I love this site. I use this lure a lot from the boat but I like the mods and the surf story. I was wondering what difference you saw in action when grinding off the lip edge?

Deadens the action quite a bit, but makes the plug more fishable from shore. You can feel it bump the bottom and vibrate a little in the backwash.........I've only fished them at night but they must look pretty natural to bass grubbing on sandeels.

BTW, cool calender you've got this year. Just ordered several and the DVD. Ariel photos of the places you fish are incredibly useful.

Never tried sanding off the lip but I do load black and silver rebels and the place I fish is loaded with sand eels an it is my favorite plug to use in the spring in the tin boat. Never been lucky enough to throw it at 40 lbers but the smaller fish luv them. I will try sanding a lip off this spring.

Glad you like the photos thanks for the feedback. They will get better in future seasons. I plan to have them out eariler in 08 and will have a fly over video on next years. Also, this year I have some nice goodies on the Disk, ie some hi-res bottom mappint of Quicks hole.

Getting back to the topic, I switched to this plug because it is MUCH better built then that POS fasttrac that others rave about. From the boat the sliver tolls better at higher speed and bones and albies love it. Also it can stand up to real abuse which the others can not.

That said, I have never fished it from the shore. After seeing your post I will give it a go this year though and it looks like a good winter project to mod a few of them.

Again thanks.
Jim