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02-15-2006, 08:06 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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What If You Snapped Off A Brand New Hunk Of Wood?
You just tied on a brand new wooden plug......it has not even seen water yet and you cast and all of a sudden...."SNAP"!  The plug splashed down about 100 yards out and you can see it floating, its a summer day and you have 3 options:
1.) Try Casting out to try and snag it! 
2.) Chalk it up as a loss! You can make more! 
3.) Swim For it! 
I pick 3!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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02-15-2006, 08:10 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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"here fishboy, hold this". and away you swim  and one of your friends runs for his digi  |
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02-15-2006, 08:11 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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OK it was 50 yards but I did it....right? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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02-15-2006, 08:20 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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it was 100 yds anyways.
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02-15-2006, 08:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Is the tide coming in or going out ???  |
LETS GO BRANDON
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02-15-2006, 08:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Now if you had a boat,
as long as it floats, it not a problem !!!  |
LETS GO BRANDON
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02-15-2006, 08:22 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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right to left at the race.
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02-15-2006, 09:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
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Like Charlie Soars would say: have a funeral cause that sucker ain't cheap
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02-15-2006, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
Posts: 2,411
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summons "Flipper" |
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02-15-2006, 09:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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That happened to a friend of mine and you know before he had a chance to do anything it got eaten nad disapeered.  |
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02-15-2006, 09:49 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Jump for sure....  |
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02-15-2006, 09:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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Originally Posted by eastendlu
That happened to a friend of mine and you know before he had a chance to do anything it got eaten nad disapeered. |
That happened to me last fall. We stood there watching it float for a few seconds then a fish came up and it was gone. (it was a Jigman hand carved too)  |
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02-15-2006, 10:07 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Hey MAC....at least it caught...right? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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02-15-2006, 10:13 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Originally Posted by MAC
That happened to me last fall. We stood there watching it float for a few seconds then a fish came up and it was gone. (it was a Jigman hand carved too) |
hhahha I remember that one too! It was just sitting there floating then gone and nothing but bubbles were left......  |
Domination takes full concentration..
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02-15-2006, 10:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: newport
Posts: 1,136
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Woa , that happened to me with a nice plug that Throwing Timber gave me on the Cape. I was fishing with Basswipe one evening and my teaser got caught on the rod or some gd thing ..anyway snap! Luckily the splash was not too far out.So I remembered the wave where it landed  , and waded around with my light (oh noo!) for a while and there she was! It was like finding a new plug!  |
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02-15-2006, 11:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
Posts: 4,263
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Hey Don...I think theres a photo somewhere of a particular someone retrieving a lost plug at race??
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I'm going where I'm going... 
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02-16-2006, 07:20 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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02-16-2006, 09:02 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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screw it, make another
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-16-2006, 09:18 AM
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A Real Bass-Turd
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: My own little world
Posts: 111
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It happened to me a couple of times. This one wasn't brand new but it ended up about 50 yards out and after only 4 casts with a modified pencil popper{several extra trebbles}I snagged it.
My brand spankin' new first time cast of a sweet needle picked up at last years MSBA show{c'mon March!!!}, the wind gusted up in my face while I of course tried to sail it across the sound with my conventional. Twing!!! Not having my trusty popper, and being that the water was all the way up to 62 degrees, and not wanting to be out that cash, I took the lomgest, coldest, and most rewarding swim of my life.
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One from the lip ripper
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02-16-2006, 09:27 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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A couple of years ago I was fishing in Maine for a week and the wife and kids came friday for the weekend. They showed up at 3 in the morning where I was fishing (T and gave me some bombers that came in the mail and coffee (theres a reason I love her). Tied on a black bomber and dinged it off on the first cast. Did'nt even look for it. At low tide when the sun came up I'm walking back and lo and behold there it is lying on the sand. And I caught some fish too.
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Lets Go Darwin
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02-16-2006, 10:32 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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this thread makes me think I should start carrying a snorkle and some flippers with me out there. then you could even find snagged tins and jigs!
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02-16-2006, 11:11 AM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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Why are you "snapping off" the lures in the first place ? Did the bail close on the reel during the cast ? Did the shock leader knot get caught in the guide ? Did the line rub against the spool ? Did you crack a guide or get a burr on a guide ? Bad knot, Bad snaps or hardware ?
Seems like every one snaps off a lure sooner or later, why did your lure snap off ?
What are you doing to reduce or eliminate "lure snap off" ?
Last edited by striprman; 02-16-2006 at 11:17 AM..
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02-16-2006, 11:50 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Ya right.......
Larry everyone here who makes plugs is probably saying swim for it swim for it swim for it and they'll be at the auction, first in line, when your window has to sell off all the stuff in the shed. But hey if its close I'd say SWIM FOR IT. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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02-16-2006, 12:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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I snapped off a brand new Yozuri pencil 4 or 5 years ago in the canal. It was only out maybe 50' ( I nested one of my newells). Another regular says to me,"it isn't that far, you can probably get it". I looked at him and said  " Nope, not me. But if you want it go for it" Needless to say he didn't go swimming either. I told him he was an A..hole for even suggesting I swim for it. There isn't a fishing lure made worth possibly drowning over. |
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02-16-2006, 12:12 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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editing
Your widow not window........this post and question could lead to a new name for a lure....the widowmaker. Just my stupid brand of humor. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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02-16-2006, 12:37 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Rockport24
this thread makes me think I should start carrying a snorkle and some flippers with me out there. then you could even find snagged tins and jigs!
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Like guys diving for golf balls at all the water hazards. They make a decent living too. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-16-2006, 12:50 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Last June, waded out 1/4 mile in Barnstable. Tied on a brand new yellow BERNZY, first cast out in the channel, snap off, with an outgoing.What the $##@%%@^@&&@. Waders on, just kiss it good bye and don't let it spoil my day. |
" Choose Life "
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02-16-2006, 02:46 PM
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WTF
Join Date: May 2004
Location: wareham
Posts: 1,367
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send hunan to get it |
 diamondbanger
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02-16-2006, 03:11 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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Redneck, I love the avatar! that commerical is freakin' hilarious...
I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa....
anyways, I think it is a little insane to risk your life for a plug, but if you are a good swimmer, why not. Unless there is crazy current..
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02-16-2006, 03:42 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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I snapped off a lure once in the ^%$# Bay and my pal redlite got it for me.....he was an inch from top of his waders....wadda a good chit....I was gonna let it go.....I miss that fREaK  |
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