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12-03-2006, 08:04 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
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Spro Swimbait
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"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man. 
One good fish, a sharpie does not make...
Certified rock hopping billy goat.
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12-03-2006, 08:13 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Ma: striper life
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i need fish!
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12-03-2006, 08:20 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
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Incredible, but the retrieve speed looks very fast and I doubt it will stay on top at a slower retrieve. Probably will be a dynamite boat plug, until Mr Bluefish comes by. What does it cost?
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12-03-2006, 08:28 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
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They have 3 models, floater, slow sink, and deep. I have been researching the swimbaits for a while now. Many are rubber, and the wood or plastic ones are usually in the $100 range. This one runs $40. Still a lot to donate to a bluefish though. Imagine the white one tossed near a school of adult bunker next season  ...
Drool on some of these!
http://www.calfishing.com/video/swimbaits.html |
Co-Host of The Surfcast Podcast
"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man.
One good fish, a sharpie does not make...
Certified rock hopping billy goat.
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12-03-2006, 08:44 AM
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got gas?
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they look like toys
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12-03-2006, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by tlapinski
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Wow. That action looks amazing. Those are pretty freakin' impressive.  |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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12-03-2006, 09:15 AM
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I've experimented with a lot of musky plugs built like that, they've all been somewhat disappointing. That spro offering looks different though.
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12-03-2006, 09:58 AM
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if i get one of theese and mr. blue fish gets a hand on it and wrecks it i'll wreck mr. blue
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i need fish!
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12-03-2006, 11:36 AM
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West Siiiiiiiiide
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Francisco
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I think this type of lure first became popular to cath lunker LMB in the huge freshwater impoundments in California... like lake Castiacs. It sure swims purdy... no lip too.
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Lookin for my big'un!
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12-03-2006, 01:15 PM
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That thing is ridiculous. It does look like the tail is rubber, so maybe if a blue chops it, you just stick on a new tail?
Guys pay almost 40 for ye olde time wooden plugs just cause Joe Somebody made it, and none of those swim like that. Just my opinion of course.
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12-03-2006, 05:37 PM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
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I rather buy Ebens eels they work great and I can get a whole lot of them for forty dollars ! 
they do look good though . |
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a
Clipboard.
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12-03-2006, 05:49 PM
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That looks like a hard bait to me. If so they have one of the best swimming action I have seen in a hard bait. For trolling it looks awesome. If it is hard it will stand up much better to bluefish.
Most arge rubber or plastic baits have a "paddle tale" that drives the action. I have used lots of the rubber ones and they work great but they are disposable. I bought one of those big trouts for $15 from some west coast outfit and swam that off Nomans on wire line and it lasted a good min to min and 30 seconds before it was hit by a bass. Next pass a bluefish had its way with it and that was the end of Mr. trout. The action in this plug looks to be coming from the lip and not the tail...if it is a hard bait it could be a good plug.
Nice, will check it out!
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12-03-2006, 06:49 PM
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I watched a program on espn where a guy used these for big bass on saturday.the action was very impressive.hardbait...
http://www.calfishing.com/reviews/tr...out/index.html |
FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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12-04-2006, 07:01 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase.  |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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12-04-2006, 09:14 AM
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Where'd he go?
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Not sure if anyone remembers when the ProJo ran a story about a year or two back about custom plugs identical to these mentioning how they were made for the large,deep California resavoirs and impoundments. The plugs in the article went for between $150 -$300with some collectors paying as much as $1500.
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12-04-2006, 09:35 AM
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Awesome lookin bait but a still a bit pricey. The LM bass crowd are nuts on what they pay for swimbaits.
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12-04-2006, 09:42 AM
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Also known as OAK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase. |
And a partridge in a pear tree  |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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12-04-2006, 07:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Did you say $40 for one lure? That will buy you either two dozen eels,8 big storms, 30- 9" sluggos, 2 habs white 2 oz needles, or ten big canal jigs with a jar of pork rind(white or black). $40 will also buy you a lot of alcohol, which you would have to be under the influence of to consider such a purchase. |
one mans benjamin is another mans washington.
Money is no object to some people.I have seen plug collections that would make ur head spin.An I have a few lures myself..i think some folks find as much happiness in collecting lures as they do catching bass..no sense trying to make sense of it.as long as ur happy doing whatever it is u do then go for it..They do reck big bass out west on them things..20 lb largemouths..an the one watched on tv had some sick action u could stop it an it slooowly sank.twitch it an it would dart to the side.had a killer lifelike swimming action like a herring... |
FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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12-04-2006, 08:06 PM
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It's about respect baby!
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Domination takes full concentration..
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12-05-2006, 07:49 AM
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Also known as OAK
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Thats just sick!
1/3 a VS for 1 lure...
Hell 2 Penns for 1 lure....
insane!
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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12-05-2006, 09:39 AM
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Nice find, I like them. It's just a matter of time before before prices on that sort of stuff become realistic. The manufacturers that adapt quickly will get the bigger market share.
What companies are doing now with urethenes is mind boggling, they can transition the plastic to give you hard and structurally rigid in one part of the mold and taper it to soft and flexible in another. You just tell them what you want.
Bump this thread back in two years and if they're not less than twenty bucks, other manufacturers will probably have knock-offs of them. Keep your eye on the fresh water market.
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12-05-2006, 02:49 PM
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Where'd he go?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
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Those are the plugs from the ProJo atricle |
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12-05-2006, 03:04 PM
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It's about respect baby!
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The maker was in Field n Stream as well, for an interview. I think he's a born again. At first I guess the trout were made of wood then the demand grew and tada! 250$ a whack, gotta keep in mind that folks shelling out this kinda dough are after the world record LMB, so after dropping 30-40k on a powerboat, 3k each on reels etc etc the 250.oo is like chump change... if you think of the payday a new world record lmb would bring the price isnt sooo I dunno off??
I agree with whats said about the prices on these dropping, and we can see it in the spro baits, there are others as well.
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Domination takes full concentration..
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12-05-2006, 03:11 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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yeah those kind of "swimbaits" are like a fanatical thing with freshwater bass anglers. have you guys have heard of the huddleson swimbait? check it out if not: http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/
I mean, $40 give me a break. The way we abuse our stuff in the salt and with blues... that ain't gonna cut it. |
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12-05-2006, 04:45 PM
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It's about respect baby!
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huddlestons are NIIIIICE
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