Peanuts
 

Now that George has got me hooked on this very addicting and frustrating fishing, Albies, I have been trying to get something that mimics the very small peanuts they are chasing. I have had all my luck so far with a 1/2 oz crippled Herring but as a tinkerer I want to make something for them. I have the thin needles I made but they seem to be eating something fatter not skinny so here is my first attempt. Crude as I made them that night after I went with George that morning. Made from SS.

Thought about it some more and now i have this one which i think looks a little more realistic. With these fishes eyes I think you have to have them look pretty much identical to what they are crashing. They all weigh about a 1/2 oz., perfect to cast from a boat but probably wouldn't be too good from shore but i fish from boat. Now i just need to get out there and try them. P.

those won't work

you'll have to take me with you to show you how to make them work

You are an amazing innovator, P. :btu:

send me a F $%^&*() couple to try :heybaby:

Wild stuff.:D:D:D:D

Paul those are amazing!!The albies or any other fish for that matter should crush those.Save one for me foe when we do the trade :bl:

:shocked:WOW I am in AWWWW.

GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:D

Paul, those things are spot on. Thats great stuff man.

hats off to you thay are killer great work for sure:btu:

dude. tuna. single heavy hook in the back.
those things are SICK

Those are the nuts Paul ... they cast ,, they swim ,, you got something there ..

Yeah...the pea-nuts! Nice!:cheers:

Nice work Prof.

OMG, What have you done!!??

I love it :btu:!!! Are they hollow or is there something in there?

Awsome - gives new meaning to match the hatch. Beautiful work as usual.:shocked:

Great out side the box thinking!

Your are going to have to sell some of those.

I am going to be rich:happy::smash:. Thanks guys you are great for my ego. They are hollow , so to remain light, so they don't drop down out of the frenzy too fast. I will try to stick some rattles inside a few to see what happens. I have yet to try some larger ones. The larger they get the harder it is to persuade the stainless but I will try a few this off season. The worse part of making them is they get so hot so fast. Stainless is a great conductor of heat so I have burned my fingers several times. Funny as I tried something similar a few years back but gave up on it but since George got me addicted to this I revisited the idea. Still need to do some experimenting on making them but that is half the fun. My stainless thin needles and these all came from an idea i got from an earing my wife had that I was looking at. She thought i was gazing into hear eyes in an affectionate way :humpty:and I was thinking fishing lure.:huh: P.

Great quote!:laugha: Love it.

Plus rattles, P. :huh: :happy:
I see early retirement in Boca Rotan. :grins:

Wow, Prof, amazing. I love it, we have a metalologist on our hands!

:kewl: Pretty cool peanuts!

Jigman

Look great, how many time have we all had fish feeding on small stuff and can't get them to even look at what your throwing to them.

P/M

i gotta have a couple .. what,s it gonna take ????:lm:

pretty sweet paul

Nice Nuts !

Sickness Paul :claps:

Wow a great match, good job Paul a must have fall run plug/tin