The "2010 fish on custom wood" picture thread
 

Well, might as well get this teed up seeing some folks are already taking fish in the estuaries south of here...post em if ya got em and have a great 2010...

Nothing with stripes yet but got something to eat some wood. Actually the plug is made from sign board. Very light weight and makes a very lively plug. I contacted an online sign board company and they were offering the board in three different densities. I got a free trial pack of three boards, one in each density. This one was made from the highest density board they offered.

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Wow! Looks like sign board works really well! Darn nice catch.:claps:

Thanks Greek, nice start.

Here's a few more from last weekend. I got the little flatsided crankbait from another builder Big M, he builds custom freshwater stuff and his crankbaits are fantastic. The bass are really starting to wake up here and should get nothing but better from here on out.

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http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../bdbass002.jpg

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nice one
 

i have to do a small patch where i mounted
my transducer on the boat
but its been at the bottom of the "Raven do list"
because i'm still moving.... stuff....

but now i'll bump it up several rows...

thanks for the inspiration

A "little something" to get things going, actually a very little something. But its only April 25th and I'm liking this GooGooMan baby donny already. Cool subsurface action, almost a cross between a darter and a swimmer. Works well really slow. Neat plug with ton's of potential.

the fish dog got her paws on that one

like the color scheme Numby
the sandwhich is eaten -therefore lunch is over
to the Man cave.......... whoosh

Hey George,

Good to see the plug is working,
I also have been working on some medium donny's, I will send you one when I have them done!

My fiance last week on a BillyD BM junior clone. First trip of the season with me and she is already one up. :smash:

Time to get this thread cranking. Here is a 14 lb bass and I practicing our Linda Lovelace imitations. That is a 8" Musso surface swimmer she inhaled (and illustrates the bit about tail hooks being non-critical).

Twins

Nice pic George! In all the pics I have of fish on plugs 99.9% of them have the fish on the belly hook! (That being bass of course).

That statement is an insult to the fish.

Is that a Gold 8" subsurface swimmer??????

Not yet, but soon perhaps. Got a spot picked for it.

I broke my cherry!!!
 

First fish on one of my own plugs.Got this fish on a pollack pencil I made. Its about 2.25 oz and floats with a slight tilt...works real nice on a slow retreive...I feel accomlished, now back to eels...

Stay on the "wood" side Mike! Stay....on.....the "wood"....side!:uhuh:

Eels are for guys who want their fish easy!!!

Congrats on a nice fish! Pencils are my favorite spring plug. That one has a nice look to it.

Plugs are for guys that want excuses! :smash:

























I must need some excuses pretty bad. :rotf2:

Wooop! Mike is touchy!:rotf2:

That is a well earned fish, Mike....and I'll bet you sweat losing it all the way in as well.

Its funny you say that...although it wasn't a trophy I was quaking a little once I hooked the fish, mostly in disbelief. I was almost too nervous to get the camera out of my waders...:laugha:

A good friend asked me last week if I still get excited over fishing even after doing it for most of my life...

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retire that plug now before you lose it to some sharp toothed fish.

congrats Mike, it IS an accomplishment.

now you can dress your plugs with eelskins, I give you permission, but stay away from live ones.:devil2:

I didn't bring a camera today or i would have had a pic or 2
crap:smash::wall:

couple pics. from today. My hands are toast . I am so looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow.:uhuh:

Yellow howdy...shocking! hahahaha...nicely done Paul! Camera next time Bruce!

What kind of fish is that in the picture? :wall: