Hey Steve how bout postin a pic of the lip.Ebster. nice pics. the mussuo is just like that but the tail is turned thinner I like it better like that I think it casts better an looks more groovy.I made one this smornin like a bob hahn stubby 5 inches an 1 3/8 at its widest part i just sealed it so I'll see how it swims later.One of those LI guys made one like it also.I think BM it wieghs 2 oz.

Nib whats your feelings on hooks? One forward of middle? or 2. I made all of mine with one hook- I always rig up my beachmasters with one 4/0 on the head and thats it- When I do this to the BM's they really dig deep, as the head is heavier..

Nib...sorry no pic's...I was lucky to get to see the plugs...as they r hidden under the guy's truck seat and never get taken out if there's anyone else is around.....secret chitt don't ya know:rolleyes:

cs, like this lil guy from 'bay

not darters, but i think these are Musso dannies...

wonder how many fish they caught??

Some more Darter porn.... I think i'm getting obsessed with these :hihi:

:drool:

Nice pic are they urs.

no they are SOL member's... i dont remember who made the ones with the fancy paint and the lower one was posted my Paulbo.

darter

ahhh darters :D

Now the question is... "when do you throw a darter?" Goosefish opened my eyes to darters, and then Tlapinski proved to me that darters arent just for fishing outflows... June cant come fast enough :crying:

Eben there are four musso's in that last pic.one thin one looks like the last wooden one maybe a proto to his plastic model.

Breezy........that lip looks like the same one:kewl:

yer right... in paulbo's post he said that that the ones on th eleft were musso's... except for that ditaki (sp?) on the top.
I just got some hard maple from a friend so i'll give it a whirl tomorrow :bo:

in NJ I always have one or 2 in my bag I am partial to the gibbs.Any time i have a sweeping current i will break one out.I have done good with the yellow,Bl.purple an black scale.i have one 1 1/2 one in black an silver bottom thats killed for me.Actually I don't care for em in a direct outgoing pull as they seem to pop out more frequently.In Montauk i prefer the Super strikes dark colors an white an pink an yellow an white an chartruese an white.had many good nights on a chartruese an white.Seems for me the thinner profile ones always produced better.I fished watch hill one time an i threw a black an purple one I made.i did pretty well throwin at this school bus sized rock till the water disappeared.

I have one in a package made by a NJ guy name berksomething.Called em Surf Master Lures from neptune NJ.i had a chance to buy 1200 turned blanks for almost nothing but i didn't return the call fast enough he made them prbly15- 20 yrs ago an made a mint wit em in montauck i never see em on any of the post's of darters people put up.One of the nicest through wire production darters i seen.he paid some one to turn the bodies an would do the rest.

Thanks nib.. I agree about casting straight down current, One night i learned my lesson when I only brought darters with me and the tide was really cranking....I had to switch to jigs because my darters were rolling out.
My next batch will have more of a taper in the tail and i'll turn the body a nit narrower. Also it looks like those mussos have a slight taper in the nose too so i'll give that a shot-:D

there are 2 musso's hanging up there.
1 is black and the other pink
i like yellow darters at chatham inlet and i toss 3 hook gibbs in the bay in june some times.
but my fav is the inlet
I use to throw them in the canal in the 70s and 80s and still have the same blue and white darter I bought from Bunny
the lips use to get messed up on the rocks.
they make there rounds in the bag
but the inlet aint been as good as it coulda been.
I snapped a 1083 xra on a yellow darter tatto made me
10X10 and I was beating the %$%$%$%$ out of nice bass, they would stop on the needle and turn on the darter and vice versa.
I made some really nice darter and lost them but i have the master blanks still for my desighn.
dont make many as I dont toss them alot so My stash is good.

Very little taper in the nose look at the bottom its almos flat.

What happened to the mac Darter.

the one i made what about it and whats your point

I didn't see it that was a nice paintjob.Whats ur point.

you guys kill me :laughs:

Just spun up this one.. what do you guys think?? its narrower at the snout and has more taper in the tail

* now that i see this as a picture i can tell I screwed up the taper in the nose :smash: time to make another one:D

SCREW UPS
 

Eben,
Don't chuck it. I collect screw ups. That looks like a good plug from here!
Dan;)

Some more of my little collection ( I am bored I am snowed in)

And these misc. ones

:thanks: :think:

i dont know, i like you better when your tired
that one swims nice
i dont make alot of them maybe i will fish darters in a few yers:confused: i like Fartham inlet with them things and p bay
its funny I use to throw bottle plugs but have not in so long
i guess Ya get into what ya get into.
whats Your point:confused:

Flap, your top pic there, bottom darter with sparkles and olive looks very CreekChubish

Good eyes there Bruce. That's because it is. In box with Catalog insert. 7400 series I believe. I fished that thing a couple times then figured I better not anymore and put her back in the box.:D

I don't remember the painted eyes on em.

batch 3 :smash:

Eben, you may want to extend the lower lip a little more, to help with the initial dig

Thats a good idea Krispy- I just wish i didnt cut off the tailstocks:(

Thats a 7600 Surf Darter, money plug, hard to find in that condition

Ebby make some wit the eye in the rear like a squid an Paint accordinlgy add bigfeatherysiwashtailhook. no plug made resembles the action of a squid more than a darta.some of my best nights usin one was when squid where present.

Nib i did that on one of them.. the place i hammered the fish in June with dartahs is a herring run inlet so these are going to mostly be herring-

but i hear ya... about the squid resemblance:D

Used Homemades with some Mileage on them (all have caught fish) .

Duplicates of

Left 2 of BeachMaster 3oz (Hard Maple)

Next 2 Frech Medium (Birch)

Beachmaster 2oz

Right two are gibs 1 5/8 clones

Nice Darters paulbo :kewl: