Daryl... someone told me... I don't remember who, that you should hang the plug you catch your first fish on immediatley or you will lose it for sure. Thankfully I took that advice. As for what Karl said I'm right there with ya!
Last week I walked down to one of my favorite early season spots to find a guy fishing right where I wanted to be. I walked down and asked him if he'd hooked up. He said no... he had a live herring out and was plugging with one of those storm chug bug poppers. I started fishing down a little from him, knowing he couldn't reach the rip with that popper. I snapped on one of my poppers and fired it out into the rip... pop pop bang! Fish on the first cast... wow you can really throw that plug! He said. Next cast same result and then another. I offered him one to use and on his 10th or so cast bam he was on... felt great to see him hook up after a whole day of the skunk... it was his first fish of the season. I offered him the plug and he handed me 10$ and would not except it back
.
-Dave