2011 Fish on custom wood thread
 

I haven't fished yet but surely someone has. :fishin:

Lets get this thing kicked off. Have a good 2011 guys and post em if you have em.

I got my first fish of the season on a copper spook that was in the salties box of blem/unfinished bodies . Not big but first fish of the season on my own plug, pretty sweet way to start off.

Didint crush the barbs cause i didnt think any fish would hit it this early in the season, there crushed now.

......and away we go. 1.5 oz Musso clone darter (plugfest version). fished on an open beach, no current.

Still smiling.

Nice. you suck. carry on

Nice fish guys I still gotta paint my plugs yet lol:smash:

Nice to see

Hey guys,

More of a lurker here, but I wanted to post this in the thread because whether or not you guys are aware of it you have inspired/helped me a ton (mostly through using the search). I took this fish and 5 others last night on my plug, fish fish on my own plug that I have made start to finish!

Thanks again!

Congrats.......I'll bet you are hooked now, big time.

Nice job, great feeling when you catch on your own.

Hooked isn't the word, haha. I got to stick two more tonight on the same plug. Although earlier in the night I casted away the one darter that I finished into the deep thanks to a knot deep in the spool I could not even say, should have maybe changed the line this year :smash:. I guess I will have to finish the four or so other blanks I made as that plug was meant for montauk!:smash:

I hate you...and your darters too. The dog's paw in the top right certainly authenticates things though...nice going.

Do New York fish count?
Thanks for the inspiration on this site.
Nothing great but it's a start to the season for me.
Cant seem to get a pic of the plug up but got her on this one
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...-surfster.html

Nice fish, nice plug. Congrats.

Nice Fish! I hope so as mine where NY fish as well, haha.

Thanks, managed a few others today. This one came on a danny.

Finally found a few small legals, all on top

GooGoo plug.....felt good....they wanted nothing to do with my stuff.

I'm too busy to fish these days, so if anyone catches something on one of my Skinnies please post a pic.

Thanks,
W

I would be happy to, do you need my shipping address?

Hey guys,

I assume this won't count for a trophy but I wanted to share. The season opened this morning in WI. The first time I have been able to test any of my new plugs with hooks on them, so I went to the river to tune the new baits up. First cast with my new custom "Bluestreak" flaptail and bang
A gentleman that lives across the street from the river came over when I pulled up and was inquiring about the baits,"never seen any like that before", so I explained that I make them, casted out and bang.
Now mind you, no tape, no net, nothing but plieres to the tune baits. He runs across the street and gets a net and brought a tape as well. Laneded, measured but my camera phone locked up
A gentleman walking by took the pic with his phone...no measurement photo, I just wanted to get her back in the water.

43 inches and fat, first cast....the bait runs great, and so did all the others I tested. Damn good morning.

Buy the way the blood is mine, hard to land a nice musky from shore with little equipment

I hope everyone is having a great season opener

MS

If it means anything, I vote for that counts lol :uhuh:

AWESOME fish man! congrats:buds:

Whoa... talk about an incredible way to start the season... you deserve it with all the work you put into your baits this winter...

Congrats... you are batting 1000 in my book!

Cool story. Cool fish. Thanks for posting it.

Woody... I did not use your skinny today but it would have caught blues if i used it... I used an eelie repro in herring colors yakking on the South side of the Cape and the blues could not leave it alone... 7-9 pound choppers about 300 yards off the beach while yakking.. water is already warm with the sun the past few days on the shallow sound

did not bring my camera to the cape.. here is the eelie I used to catch this blue filet that I am eating for dinner in a few minutes

look at the head on that thing. Awesome catch. Congrats.

Yuck !
 

Glad to hear you didn't feed my plug to the vicious savages.

Ted The Greek did however- and one kept it !:smash:

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Oh, the 'yuck' is for the pic of shark bait next to the plug. :uhuh:

MS that fish is amazing!! Great to see and especially cause it's on your own plug!!!

That plug is sweet looking too.

We need a swap thread on this site!!!

Chris that plug is nice man, looks good with teeth marks!

Hope you bleed that bluefish and soaked that filet in some milk.

Awesome stuff guys!!
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Thanks a lot guys:chased:


She tore my left hand up pretty good. Not easy getting a 7" bait completely swallowed, with two 3/0 trebles buried in a soild bone mouth with only a channel locks, in enough time to get her back safely.
She is fine and my hand a small price to pay for a day long rush:jump1:

Good luck with the new season,

MS

Caught on a Blond Terror canal special pencil. Thanks, Chris! Only fish I got last night, but I had another viscious hit on the same plug. This one measured out at 33" and was released.

Hi Guys,
This one fell for a canal special, 34" tried to revive, didn't work :drool: yummy!!!!

Here's a couple from yesterday. My first fish on a spook, nothing great but it's a start. And here's a pretty good fish on a pencil. 42" 26# on the boga.

Nice fish! It was good running into you the other night. How'd you do after we left?

This is one of four that fell to a pencil I made.

This fish sure likes bananas

Me and my son with some topwater bass. He got his on a Silent Scott pencil and I got mine on one of my poppers.

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So, see some friends sunday who have a certain large plug of mine. First thing out of there mouths is "you have any more?:confused:" Yeh, Why?? "They swim good, we like them!" My reply is "did you catch" It was like pulling teeth to get an answer which eventually was multiple high 20's to mid 30# for all four of them and not one picture:wall::wall::wall: (story was verified by independent source and I saw the plugs, which looked like they went thru hell!) So do I make them more?
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Here is an interesting shot.

Probably the only guy alive fishing a small pichney darter (clone), and definitely the only guy alive who would be naive enough to use one by day. We all know they don't work by day. Googan for sure?

Must be a Zappa thing... darters during the day and pencils at night

Ribbed for her pleasure
 

This fish inhaled my ribbed needle, was 35" and 15lbs.

Got a few others on it too, the needle creates so much drag in the water. slow crawling it seemed to be the key, i mean painfully slow.