Jointed bottle eel
 

I posted awhile back that I had one more plug I was working on other than that I was done for the season... well I'm officialy done..

I've been working on this for two seasons now and finaly have it where I want it... I wanted a slim eel like plug that cast well, was large(of coarse) could be fished fast or slow high on top or down deep...

My soloution was a bottle type plug, I like the action of jointeds, especialy when retrieved slowly...bottle dont roll out and cast well, so the bottle seemed to fit the bill to perfection....

the plug is 10" long less the bucktail and feather teaser tail, made of WRC,it weighs 3 ounces, the rear section has been grooved for an eels skin, a pair of 3/0 VMC trebles gaurd the fort,in testing yesteday afternoon, I caught 3 largemout bass and about a 3lb pickerel on the test subjects...I'm sure the stripers will like it equaly as well..

Ultra slow retrieve allows the plug to snake it's away along the surfce, IMHO very eel like leaving a nice V wake, faster retrieve seems to tighten up the wiggle, again IMHO it looks like a baitfish fleeing danger, but the plug holds fast even if fast water.. I'm pleased... trial by fire will be in a few weeks....

GENIUS!!!:claps::claps:

excellent!

WOW!
I like it!

Those are awesome Rock. Great work!!:claps:

Super Sweet!!!!!

thats awesome :btu:

Nice plug. :kewl:

Nice joe

Nice work Joe it looks great i have been working on something along those lines too.

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:uhuh:

Lord have Mercy .. you can even put a skin on the back ... thats too much .. :claps:

Very sweet ....

Terrific stuff. Those got large written all over them.

You are the man!:hihi: Awesome, Clean work, nice job! :kewl:

thats one of the sweetest plugs i have seen in a long time. :drool:

Something completely new using a whole bunch of tech from back in the day. Excellant, just excellant! I'm gonna try some of those. Love them!

Nice job!

Those are the "BOMB". I can see that eelskin tail kicking butt. I was looking for a change of pace. Gets monotonous turning the same old standards. I just want to ask how do you shape the lip and If you don't mind where did weight it?

Just fantastic,,,,, I have a proto with a bottle front and a RonZ tail in the works,,,,, But I really like your idea,,,,

Holy crap Joe :eek:
They definately have large written all over them.
You absolutely don't fish for schoolies for sure.
Great plugs you have there.

You just ended your plugmaking for the year and I have not begun :hidin:
I did drag the lathe over to it's spot though, been too busy making boxes to make plugs. Fishin soon.

Sweet :musc:

VB

I keep coming back to this thread for another peek. I just can't believe it. So wicked awesome...

VERY NICE;) love the colors:kewl:
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:D

Cool idea :heybaby::gu::kewl:

Jigman

WoW!

Looks great and well thought out Joe! :cheers:

Great work Joe, really nice.

I see a lot of Cow's gettin released from mine this June!

thank god he's done !
 

making most of us look silly
with his fantastic creations...

i second the Genius

now maybe he'll get some other stuff done.

But i do predict as others have envisioned
that Joe is gonna catch more than his share
of huge bass... on those grand plugs of his :uhuh: