Big Plugs!!

[Big Water]

I will get my feet wet here!

I like to fish "Big Plugs" 4oz. and bigger. I was wondering who else likes to fish big plugs and if you do "Why"?

[BigFish]

Hi Gary! How are you! Having casted a few Big Water Lures I can attest to their beautiful swimming action.......love them! I do however prefer a plug in the 2.5 oz.-3 oz. range. Having a bad back is the number one reason. I can cast more easily without having to heave a larger plug. If I throw anything bigger than 3 oz. my back goes south quickly and can only hold up for about 2 hours. However....given certain locations I would like to try something on the larger size! At least for a couple hours!

Nice to see you post Gary!

[stripercrazy]

had a ball throwing huge plugs with my conv lami and tica w 7000....pikies to 9oz....spooks to 6.50z...pencils to about 5oz poppers to 5oz.....I found that the over sized plugs held there own vs the smaller plugs....theres nothing like loading a conv and blasting a plug out for distance

[Big Water]

Originally Posted by stripercrazy

had a ball throwing huge plugs with my conv lami and tica w 7000....pikies to 9oz....spooks to 6.50z...pencils to about 5oz poppers to 5oz.....I found that the over sized plugs held there own vs the smaller plugs....theres nothing like loading a conv and blasting a plug out for distance

I just picked up two used Abu 7000 with bushing instead of bearings(easier to clean I am told) to use wetsuiting. I have not use conventional as much as I would like because of the swimming. So we will see how this works out. I like the conventional for the big plugs Pikes 4 to 8 1/2 oz. This should be fun! Anybody swim with their conventionals?

[Rocco34520]

Hi Gary!

I like big plugs, because big plugs mean big fish! So i am told.

[Big Water]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Hi Gary! How are you! Having casted a few Big Water Lures I can attest to their beautiful swimming action.......love them! I do however prefer a plug in the 2.5 oz.-3 oz. range. Having a bad back is the number one reason. I can cast more easily without having to heave a larger plug. If I throw anything bigger than 3 oz. my back goes south quickly and can only hold up for about 2 hours. However....given certain locations I would like to try something on the larger size! At least for a couple hours!

Nice to see you post Gary!

Hey Larry, Don asked me to hunt up a picture from Cutty, I came across a pic of you holding a nice striper, You weren't using a Big Water than, might have been a Big Fish!

[afterhours]

hi gary, i like the big stuff too, 4 - 5.5oz i think that there is a time and place for all sizes..

[steve]

Gary, 2 years ago you were kind enough to give me 2 of you plugs to use. I use them and can tell you the action is excellent but wish you would make smaller versions to meet the needs of regular or common surf tackle , say 1 to 31/2 oz. Your standard plugs are huge and lend themselves to conv. tackle which I use when throwing your plugs. Also,How can I get one of your jointed Pikies. Keep up the good work? Thanks , Steve

[Big Water]

Originally Posted by steve

Gary, 2 years ago you were kind enough to give me 2 of you plugs to use. I use them and can tell you the action is excellent but wish you would make smaller versions to meet the needs of regular or common surf tackle , say 1 to 31/2 oz. Your standard plugs are huge and lend themselves to conv. tackle which I use when throwing your plugs. Also,How can I get one of your jointed Pikies. Keep up the good work? Thanks , Steve

I do make a Junior at 6 1/2" 2 1/2 oz. but in keeping with the mindset of "Big Plugs" I use it in freshwater. I have two spinning outfits that I throw the big Pikes with. My favorite is a custom graphite 10' from the 80's that use to be my eeling outfit so it has some feel to it. I am getting it refinished and just found out the blank is a 1321m. It throws the Giants and the Divers (4oz to 61/2 oz) just fine and I can even lob the Trollers (71/2oz to 8 1/2oz) with it. I have a VS 250 on it. I love that rod!! The other outfit is a 11 1/2'
lami that will throw a small car, I can lay into the Trollers with that one, have an old Crack 300 on that one. When I came into surfcasting in the early 80's everybody used big rods.

[Big Water]

Originally Posted by afterhours

hi gary, i like the big stuff too, 4 - 5.5oz i think that there is a time and place for all sizes..

If you are looking for bigger fish I think any time or place is good for big plugs! That is my philosophy around fishing and plug building. The one exception to that thinking you were witness to. It was at Cutty two years ago and there were some big fish around. The night we fished by each other the fish were keyed in on sandeels. I determined this by the amount of big fish caught that night on needlefish. At dusk you got a 39lber on one of your needles or pencils. All I managed that night was a 20 on medium diver(8" 5 1/2oz.). I could not buy a fish on a big plug, while big fish were landed on each side of me. I felt fish pulling on my plug, but they were just after the tied tail. That also happened to me at Block this spring. Three sides of the island were covered with small sand eels. I had to move away from the sandeels to catch fish I big plugs. If you catch a fish on a plug 4oz. or better 9 times out of ten it is worth the effort! Stripers are very aggressive, you can catch small stripers on big plugs its just harder.

[Tagger]

Hi Gary ... good to see you here.. I fish everything and most everybodys plugs .. Yea .. Thats tough in June when they're on those pin head sand eels . I think a 4" blue back sluggo rules then . If I swam I could probably get them out there ..

[Rocco34520]

Jointed pikies

[saltydog]

OK I built a couple BIGGIES but need HOOKS anyone have a few I can BUY llooking for 4 trebles about 9 or 10/0 if so Ill will POST
when I GET THEM.

ALSO could you PLEASE POST PIC'S of your BIG PLUGS w/ weights
would like to build some more.
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN

[ThrowingTimber]

Love throwing the big plugs 5oz+

must be tough casting conventional with sideplates full of water....

[Big Water]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

Love throwing the big plugs 5oz+

must be tough casting conventional with sideplates full of water....

I may have the first "drilled" Abu 7000!!

[reebok]

Originally Posted by Big Water

I may have the first "drilled" Abu 7000!!

Let us know how that works out.

[fumifish]

Originally Posted by Big Water

I may have the first "drilled" Abu 7000!!

When i was younger during the summer we would swim to fishing spots with one arm and keep the pole out of the water with the other... what a pain in the a$$

worked out 10% of the time

[Rocco34520]

Trust me you wont be dissapoint if you get one of Gary's giant. They truly are a great plug and catch too!