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11-25-2023, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Yarmouth, MA
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Why "Plug"
My fellow writers asked me why is a lure called a plug? What's a plugbag? I couldn't give them a definitive answer. I saw some educated guesses online.
Does anyone know for sure where the term "plug" came from?
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Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. ~Herbert Hoover
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11-25-2023, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
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I always thought it was because they were made out of "plugs" of wood, scraps, cutoffs.
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11-25-2023, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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That sounds about as reasonable of an exclamation and as I could think of.
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11-25-2023, 05:39 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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I know a guy who should know.... I will text him a pic of the OP. Vineyardblues and Capesams are my first two to ask.
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11-26-2023, 02:55 PM
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Location: South Shore
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11-27-2023, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishgolf
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Good stuff. Like the article mentions I'm pretty sure the term began in freshwater fishing. I have an old copy of Tackle Craft by C. Bord Pfeiffer and it has a very expansive chapter about plugs, even carving your own with a pocket knife. |
DZ
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11-29-2023, 11:42 AM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,547
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Once had a sharpie fresh water guy tell me in no uncertain terms "rods" are used to fish in fresh water and "poles" are used to fish in salt water. I was thinking plugs v lures might have been the same sort of thing.
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11-29-2023, 02:33 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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I think it might be safe to say that it is an universally accepted and used term, but none of us 'really" know!
I had someone ask me that years ago, and the best I could come up with was " usually a large lure made of wood, from big scraps of wood or broom handles"
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