Worn plugs, what do you do with them?

[Mr. Sandman]

All of us have plugs that are worn to the wood, poiked and hook rashed to the point where they no longer look anything like what they looked like when new. What do you do with them?

[numbskull]

A few special ones make it to the Wall of Fame. Most perish trying or are discarded, broken along the way.

[Back Beach]

Keep fishing them until they don't work any longer.

[flyvice11787]

Keep using them (especially when the bloofish are around ) until the plug no longer works.

[BigFish]

They will always work......I demote my beaters to Bluefish duty! If I lose them.....so be it! I love getting into schools of blues so its good to have a stash of old warriors handy when they appear in numbers!

[Tman1]

Usually touch-up and replace hooks etc. and continue to use. Fad plugs get tossed in to the "kids" box and a very select few get retired.

[Pete F.]

If I have one that's really worn, it has good mojo. It is always a struggle to decide what to do with those.

[ThomCat]

Christmas Tree Ornaments!!!! (minus hooks, duh)

[Mr. Krinkle]

Originally Posted by numbskull

A few special ones make it to the Wall of Fame. Most perish trying or are discarded, broken along the way.

Same here

[RoyL]

Originally Posted by numbskull

A few special ones make it to the Wall of Fame. Most perish trying or are discarded, broken along the way.

I do the same only every once and a while I'll take one of the wall and take my chances........Tho when you loose a good plug it never seems to be on something worth loosing it on. It's hardly ever on some huge cow or a fish that would just make your day......For me it seems like it's always on some small shoolie which has taken your plug and a blue fish decides to part your line. Or in a shool of bass and the only blue fish seems to eat it...Or just that lazyness we get some times and you don't check that nick in your line and there it go's in the next cast...either way it's a sad thing...women come and go, but loosing a plug is hart breaking...

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I usually keep em in the "prolly aint gunna repair pile" and buy another. If only the mojo could be swapped over to a new plug. Ive got a couple that are absolutely going to get repaired this year, they are on their last legs and i cant find em anywhere.

[sorethumb]

If it isworn it was catchin keep fishing it until it don't catch anymore or it falls apart like everyone says good for blues.

[scmarques]

I recondition and reuse.

[Backbeach Jake]

Sorta wall of fame, I hang my best producers from the rafters of my shed. Some I try to reproduce, most just give me warm fuzzies from seasons past. The also rans become bluefish beaters. Some that never caught a bass are bluefish allstars, in fact. The ones that were given to me are fished hard and if I don't lose them remind me of what a lucky bastage I am.

[angler229]

Originally Posted by numbskull

A few special ones make it to the Wall of Fame. Most perish trying or are discarded, broken along the way.

Ditto.

[jimmy z]

Repaint, rewire, an reuse. I use as Bluefish baits, aw well. And some are given away. I have a wall full of the ones I have used over the years. I can't see throwing a memory away. Because to me, that's what each one holds. A memory of a time out there, doing this thing we do.

[doc]

all my plugs look like crap...fish dont seem to mind...

[BillM]

I just clean'm up and use a little nail pollish on the chipped spots. Old ones get used in the places where I know they may get snagged and I might not get them back.With new ones I dont take too many chances.

[OLD GOAT]

With all the seals around i,m afraid to use the good ones