Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

     

Left Nav S-B Home FAQ Members List S-B on Facebook Arcade WEAX Tides Buoys Calendar Today's Posts Right Nav

Left Container Right Container
 

Go Back   Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating » Build Stuff: Custom Plug & Lure Building, Rod Building » Plug Building - Got Wood?

Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 03-31-2008, 06:56 PM   #1
numbskull
Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
iTrader: (0)
 
numbskull's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
Learning from Donny

Knocked off his lineup of big (7.5") swimmers. Top is a Maple (3.8oz) then a Pine 3 oz and the last 3 surface swimmers (also 3 oz) . Each came out .2oz heavier than the original (2.85 oz Pine)....still unsure why. The body shapes are the same. The Maple is unweighted maple, the pine and surface swimmer are weighted pine. The Maple and Pine share the same high slot lip (which it turns out is nearly identical in size/shape to the NJ tackle large Pikie lip) the surface swimmer used a lower slot lip that was reportedly smaller (I don't have an original) so I used a mid slot lefty 2 for 2 plugs (which is what Musso used on his medium swimmers), and a Pikie 2 for the other (reshaped to lower the wire hole). Will swim them Thursday. Expect the Surface swimmers to stay up, the Pine to go medium, and the Maple to go deep.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	bigdonnys.jpg
Views:	420
Size:	45.2 KB
ID:	26591  
numbskull is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2008, 07:12 PM   #2
Flaptail
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
Flaptail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
Cool

The cloud one is really fine George. Don't leave your plug bag open near me with that one in it.

Youve been warned.

Why even try.........
Flaptail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2008, 07:16 PM   #3
GattaFish
Great White Scup Hunter
iTrader: (0)
 
GattaFish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
Honesty

Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail View Post
The cloud one is really fine George. Don't leave your plug bag open near me with that one in it.

Youve been warned.

Gotta love an honest man,,,,
GattaFish is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2008, 07:37 PM   #4
eastendlu
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
eastendlu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
Flap you have a good eye and i'm drooling over all of them.Beutiful work George .
eastendlu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2008, 07:49 PM   #5
Tagger
Hydro Orientated Lures
iTrader: (0)
 
Tagger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
George I've seen soft maple at D&R... I've used soft maple on spooks .. seems alot lighter than maple ..

Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
Tagger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2008, 10:54 PM   #6
angler229
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
angler229's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pembroke,MA
Posts: 784
Nice and clean work, nicely done as always.
angler229 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2008, 05:38 AM   #7
Biteme
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Centerville
Posts: 492
Your killing me, very nice
Biteme is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2008, 06:38 AM   #8
Cranium
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: South Shore MA
Posts: 228
very, nice work george, I have been fooling around with those, but cant
seem to get the lip right. been looking for an original to look at.
Cranium is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2008, 07:37 AM   #9
Rockfish9
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
Rockfish9's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,744
wow, your finishing strong., I've got a few to finish but your making want to go make some more.. those are outstanding!... I've got a surprise to unleash in a few weeks... right now they are "curing" from being sealed....
Rockfish9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2008, 07:43 AM   #10
Slipknot
Super Moderator
iTrader: (0)
 
Slipknot's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,120
they ALL look really fine
Slipknot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-12-2008, 05:46 PM   #11
steelhead
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North shore
Posts: 1,247
How'd they swim?
steelhead is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-12-2008, 06:21 PM   #12
johnny ducketts
><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
iTrader: (0)
 
johnny ducketts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
Nice stuff !

60 % of the time, it works every time.
johnny ducketts is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-12-2008, 07:34 PM   #13
saltydog
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
saltydog's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: some where on the water
Posts: 2,313
just beautiful Ill take one of each
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN

saltydog is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:33 AM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Please use all necessary and proper safety precautions. STAY SAFE Striper Talk Forums
Copyright 1998-20012 Striped-Bass.com