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01-07-2005, 02:50 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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Finally they arrive
We finally received the long awaited Al Gags Custom lures. They look sweet come in 5 colors and 2 sizes.
For those of you that have not seen these yet you won't believe your eyes when you see it swim.
http://www.capecodtackle.com/Merchan...de=specials+13 |
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01-07-2005, 03:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Are they plastic (like the slammer) or wood?
No matter I will be stoping in tomorrow on my way to the boat show. Need to get some stuff.
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01-07-2005, 03:05 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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WOOD
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01-07-2005, 05:06 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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I got mine from Al last night. Very nice stuff.  |
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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01-07-2005, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: outer space
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got about a dozen of them wed night....swam them in the river this morning before work......I was skeptical of them before, but all I can say now is WOW, they swim awesome and I know the bass will love tem  |
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01-07-2005, 08:34 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
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can't wait to try the "dancer" |
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01-08-2005, 12:09 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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well they sure have a nice look from the pic.
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01-08-2005, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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How deep do they swim?
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01-08-2005, 12:09 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Mike, are they Bliz Gags or Al G Gags? Just wondering...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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01-10-2005, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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The latest from Al Gags, not Bliz Gags or Mambo Gags. RU confused yet? I am.  |
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01-10-2005, 02:58 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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How do they cast, seem light 1.5ozs
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01-10-2005, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Look nice - wonder if the lip will stand up to rocks? Is the lip wood or plastic?
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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01-10-2005, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hamden Ct
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The lip is made out of lexan so it shouldn't break
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01-10-2005, 06:12 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by fishweewee
The latest from Al Gags, not Bliz Gags or Mambo Gags. RU confused yet? I am.
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Uhhhh...thanks, FWW....that certainly clears it up
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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01-11-2005, 04:46 PM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
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I'll be first on my block with a burple and school bus!
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the full moon looks orange sometimes when it rises because the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere then when the moon is higher in the sky. the blue light waves scatter but the red light waves pass through...... if you were wondering.
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01-11-2005, 05:28 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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I don't know SP we shipped 4 packages to L I today.
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01-11-2005, 09:11 PM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
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curses foiled again! 
Mike you have to learn from the Reps.
it doesn't matter how many you ship as long as they go out the same day you get to say "your shop will be the first in your town / state / country to get these"  |
the full moon looks orange sometimes when it rises because the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere then when the moon is higher in the sky. the blue light waves scatter but the red light waves pass through...... if you were wondering.
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01-11-2005, 10:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: west of the canal; but not that far:)
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thru-wired?
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"Wanna' be beach bum"
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01-12-2005, 08:31 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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I met with Al a few weeks ago to test these out before they made it to the shops. My first impression was that they looked to be too light to cast. Well, that thought was squashed on my first cast. I was quite amazed at how far they actually cast. I wasn't using light gear, either, as Al wanted to see how the lure would work with real fishing gear. I had 50# braid and 60# leader and a fairly heavy 9' rod. It went so far on my first cast, Al actually thought I broke off one of his proto's. Anyway, they are through wired and look to be pretty well made. He told me he did some stress tests with them being tied to a cinderblock and none of them failed. They dive to a similar depth of a bomber, but you can also swim them on the surface like a danny with a sexy wiggle. Only time will tell if the bass like them, but I know of a couple already taken on the Thames this week on the smaller version.
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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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01-12-2005, 08:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Surfpirate
curses foiled again!
Mike you have to learn from the Reps.
it doesn't matter how many you ship as long as they go out the same day you get to say "your shop will be the first in your town / state / country to get these"
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Danno, call or e-mail me. There are other ways.  |
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01-12-2005, 04:38 PM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
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there here!  |
the full moon looks orange sometimes when it rises because the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere then when the moon is higher in the sky. the blue light waves scatter but the red light waves pass through...... if you were wondering.
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01-24-2005, 10:28 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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Quote:
Originally posted by tlapinski
Anyway, they are through wired ...
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I retract this statement and appoligize to anyone I may have mislead. As was pointed out to me, they are in fact not through wired.  |
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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01-24-2005, 05:29 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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as we all found out this weekend right TL  |
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01-24-2005, 10:47 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
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I also just found out they are not "through wired"...there is a system of wring and according to Al has been put through a series of weight and stress tests...
The 7" or larger of the two sizes of Surf Dancer will soon come out through wired, along with the return of the Gag's Needles & a new Top Water bait that is in development
I am going to put my come along scale setup together this weekend and see just how mych pressure the small Surf Dancer will hold up to
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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01-28-2005, 07:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Vero Beach Florida
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quote:
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Originally posted by fishweewee
The latest from Al Gags, not Bliz Gags or Mambo Gags. RU confused yet? I am.
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The Slammer will eventually come under the umbrella of
Bliz Lures...
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01-28-2005, 08:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
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Why release a lure that is not thru wired only to re-release it in a thru wired model shortly after? It’s kind of annoying to have bought a few of these to try and now realize that I’ll probably want to replace them with the thru wired ones when they come out, just for the additional confidence that the thru wire provides. I’m not whining or complaining since I’m still happy with the ones that I have, it just doesn’t make sense to me.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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01-28-2005, 10:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NY
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Quote:
Originally posted by Clogston29
Why release a lure that is not thru wired only to re-release it in a thru wired model shortly after? It’s kind of annoying to have bought a few of these to try and now realize that I’ll probably want to replace them with the thru wired ones when they come out, just for the additional confidence that the thru wire provides. I’m not whining or complaining since I’m still happy with the ones that I have, it just doesn’t make sense to me.
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I agree with you. I just purchased some but I would have waited if I knew there were through-wired coming out eventually. The weighted stress test doesnt give me much confidence in mimicking real-life conditions either. |
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