Thank you for the generally favorable welcome...:wave:

It's not that I don't care. I think everybody cares what people say or write about them. Those that say they don't are really not being honest to themselves and others.

With that said, and with the air clear about how I feel about how you feel, I'll move on from there :)

caumsett,

Thanks for posting and giving your thoughts and reasoning in regards to this topic,appreciate it....
.And welcome to S-B.com....

Question for you though, do you really plan on fishing the Musso's and Pichney's after dropping that kind of cash on them,or will those be put away as collectible's ? I know I feel nuts using some of the plugs that I spent plenty on and pray that a yellow eyed demon doesn't come along but couldn't imagine it on your scale....

Also , do I have a chance at the current Black/Gold Danny ? :bl:

I know one thing... I have a blue and white beachmaster danny without eyes that I got in a pile of plugs that hasn't seen water... it is really tempting to let people bid on it. Really means nothing to me. I could get a bunch of useful lures even if the price isn't close to that. Would I become part of the problem? My friends and I have debated this about extra concert tickets and the consensus was it is bad form to feed the fire.

Caumsett - just give me your shopping list of what you want and I'll get 'em for you - time & materials plus 20% :hee:

BTW - which Island?

LI

That's what I was thinking....

On the note about the BeMa plugs, CMS usually has a good selection at the MSBA show...

Sums it right up, don't let the whiners bother you

who is whining??? :tooth:

thats what I did - I kept one of each BM model and got rid of the rest :gorez:

Thanks, glad to be aboard. I have fished my Pinchneys very hard over the past few years but in retrospect I am starting to have a change of heart. There are some that are so unique that I doubt will ever be copied well enough where I have the confidence to fish the clone, so those will probably keep seeing the salt. However, there are others (Dannys come to mind) that I have enough confidence can be either met or beaten by whatever BM Dannys I have, so these might wind up leaving my hands…decisions, decisions!!!

Let me think about it a little bit....

:hs: :laughs:

Yes - but will he have Dannys this spring???

Yes, I realize that, every site has its share of good and bad. Thanks.

Only time will tell, but I am also hearing the same thing.. They have been pushed back a good ways.... Will See...


Man I Really Need That Black over Gold ;)

:bshake: :humpty: !

:eyes: I've got one without eyes:humpty:

:p :devil: :vamp: :rude: I'm the bad guy..atleast I'm honest about it.Not like some of these lilly pads around here.:hidin:

On a better note: Welcome to John's R ..sb site.

I gotta tell ya..if I had the means..I'd be given you a run for your money on e-bay....congrats on your winnings.


O! ps..what are the chances of seeing some of these rare/different Danny p's?

Welcome to the site

Guess what, paying anything more than 30 bucks for a plug to fish with is just ridiculous, and nobody should encourage these ebay price gougers, by bidding up these plugs and paying that much. in the long run it is just going to get the prices to go up over the board.

Thank God for plastic Redfins and Superstrikes.

DZ

Caumset, with all due respect, you didn't spend $91 on a beachmaster danny to fish it. You spent it because you thought you needed the plug to be happy. Nothing wrong with that, we've all done something similar (or worse). By the way, the Gibbs dannys work every bit as well, even if the beachmasters are nicer (and marginally heavier). Good luck, enjoy your plugs,.... but not as much as your family,...... and welcome to the site.

never mind.

Can't say I've bought any recently, but I doubt they have changed them. Actually, the Gibbs danny and pre-eyes beachmasters were the same body and same lip (the beachmasters with eyes are fatter which I don't like though some people do). The only meaningful difference was in the belly weight (though the original beachmasters had a poorer quality thin lip with sharp edges and the gibbs hooks are a few mm closer together). Gibbs used a 10/32" round lead shot that was smaller than the weight in an original danny or beachmaster (the original had a 3/8 x 7/16 slug, the beachmaster a 5/16 x 1/2" slug). For a while I used to drill out the weight on a gibbs and replace it with a danny sized slug...., but gave this up when I was repeatedly outfished by a friend using a stock white Gibbs Danny. I also often upsized the hooks on my medium Dannys from 2/0 to 3/0, partly because I like the slower action even if the fish don't neccessarily always agree. But the bottomline is that after close to a thousand hours fishing Beachmasters, Lupos, and Gibbs side by side I'm convinced there is more variation plug to plug within the same brand, than there are major variations brand to brand. I won't pretend to be the final authority on anything, but I have learned that with any wooden metal lip plug, it is much more about how you set it up, tune it, and work it, than it is about which brand you buy.

First: don't tell me why I spent that much. That's my business and I have my reasons.
Second: Keep your lecturing about how I should treat my family to yourself.

OK, now that we understand each other, I look forward to fishing with you this spring as I cast that yellow Danny plug out...:p

Tell that to the ones who have bid against me, some of who are on this board...:rollem:

Ain`t she purty
 

Black silver gray red orange yellow to cream :uhuh:

skidder o buddy o pal o friend....dang purrty ultra pissa hot plug u got there.

Gary2
 

she is sweet :hee:

Plug Porn Soothes the Embattled Mind
 

Green silverstripe cream is a BM with bent up bottom lip plate side to side
....i think?

The other a Musso?

Dubble Duh
 

other angles
 

you tell me?


please

I'll try and get a Danny update in the next few days. As of a month ago, they're next. The wood and lips for Dannys already exists. Not that that means this spring....

Cowboys are still what's in the barrel at the moment.

ewwwww
 

pikchas

Caumset,
Welcome to the site.
I used to do a lot of Bridge fishing on Lawn Guyland, this one time I almost sold one(the bridge) to a new guy . Some guys catch fish , come catch fishermen.:hee: Enjoy your plugs in good health.

Some ugly stuff going on there. Whatever......goodbye. :hs:

I guess the bottom line is that e Bay is all about what the buyer and seller personally feel something is worth and therefore what one is willing to pay or accept. When suprised by this, let's still remain mindfull of this.

Was this really necessary??
George is one of the nicer guys on this website..
I hope u where just joking..
Frances.

Beachmaster prices will go up in the short run. There's bound to be at least one vendor who will use an agent to sell them on Ebay....Or a tackle shop employee will buy them all up and sell them on Ebay. (And no, I'm not alluding to the Saltwater Edge - just to be clear.)

Over the medium run, prices will go down because at the going rate more sellers will enter the market.

There are too many builders these days for prices to go up across the board.

I would not get on the new dude too badly...

If I paid a hundred for a plug , it would be to hang on the wall. I would never fish it.

The canal is great in that respect. Pour a jig for 45 cents , stick on a 60 cent curltail and let it slizzer right on the bottom. If it gets snagged , you lose $1. :)

Welcome
And congrats on your plugs, you really have some sweet stuff!
As for fishing them, (and I am a collector and fisherman)
Let's just say this,,,that's what they are made for! When we are in the boat around the rocks with wire line ...I always go for the Gibbs gts 3 3/4 "nothing has better action"
Hell the damm thing is to big to cast any how..lol
I always toss an old beat up Atom or what ever I have in my bag.
Now as a colllector, I would think twice about tossing MINT old plugage out to a bloo fish blitz. LOL
Again, welcome to the site.Head over to the antique lure forum and post some pictures please
VB

watchout he doesnt like being "lectured" :rotfl:

Thanks TinMan :wiggle: !

Numbskull: All I can say is how well do your Frech Bananas swim...:laugha: ?