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04-25-2008, 06:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Jointed bottle eel
I posted awhile back that I had one more plug I was working on other than that I was done for the season... well I'm officialy done..
I've been working on this for two seasons now and finaly have it where I want it... I wanted a slim eel like plug that cast well, was large(of coarse) could be fished fast or slow high on top or down deep...
My soloution was a bottle type plug, I like the action of jointeds, especialy when retrieved slowly...bottle dont roll out and cast well, so the bottle seemed to fit the bill to perfection....
the plug is 10" long less the bucktail and feather teaser tail, made of WRC,it weighs 3 ounces, the rear section has been grooved for an eels skin, a pair of 3/0 VMC trebles gaurd the fort,in testing yesteday afternoon, I caught 3 largemout bass and about a 3lb pickerel on the test subjects...I'm sure the stripers will like it equaly as well..
Ultra slow retrieve allows the plug to snake it's away along the surfce, IMHO very eel like leaving a nice V wake, faster retrieve seems to tighten up the wiggle, again IMHO it looks like a baitfish fleeing danger, but the plug holds fast even if fast water.. I'm pleased... trial by fire will be in a few weeks....
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04-25-2008, 07:06 AM
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GENIUS!!!  |
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04-25-2008, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: on a rock
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excellent!
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Go Bears!
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04-25-2008, 08:11 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
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WOW!
I like it!
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04-25-2008, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
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Those are awesome Rock. Great work!! |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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04-25-2008, 08:23 AM
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eh! What do you mean?
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Super Sweet!!!!!
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04-25-2008, 09:54 AM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
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thats awesome  |
60 % of the time, it works every time.
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04-25-2008, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Fork
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Nice plug.  |
"What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
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04-25-2008, 11:43 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Nice joe
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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04-25-2008, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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Nice work Joe it looks great i have been working on something along those lines too.
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04-25-2008, 01:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
Why even try......... 
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04-25-2008, 02:47 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Lord have Mercy .. you can even put a skin on the back ... thats too much .. |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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04-25-2008, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Very sweet ....
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04-25-2008, 07:58 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Terrific stuff. Those got large written all over them.
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04-25-2008, 08:09 PM
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Addicted to plugs
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Byfield,MA
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You are the man!  Awesome, Clean work, nice job! |
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04-25-2008, 08:09 PM
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thats one of the sweetest plugs i have seen in a long time.  |
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04-25-2008, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Something completely new using a whole bunch of tech from back in the day. Excellant, just excellant! I'm gonna try some of those. Love them!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-25-2008, 08:46 PM
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Location: Vineyard Haven
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Nice job!
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04-25-2008, 09:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: North Branford,Ct.
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Those are the "BOMB". I can see that eelskin tail kicking butt. I was looking for a change of pace. Gets monotonous turning the same old standards. I just want to ask how do you shape the lip and If you don't mind where did weight it?
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Billy D.
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04-25-2008, 09:28 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Just fantastic,,,,, I have a proto with a bottle front and a RonZ tail in the works,,,,, But I really like your idea,,,,
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04-26-2008, 05:51 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Holy crap Joe 
They definately have large written all over them.
You absolutely don't fish for schoolies for sure.
Great plugs you have there.
You just ended your plugmaking for the year and I have not begun 
I did drag the lathe over to it's spot though, been too busy making boxes to make plugs. Fishin soon. |
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04-26-2008, 06:44 AM
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Sweet 
VB |
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04-26-2008, 08:11 AM
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I keep coming back to this thread for another peek. I just can't believe it. So wicked awesome...
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-26-2008, 11:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: some where on the water
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VERY NICE  love the colors
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN  |
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04-26-2008, 08:09 PM
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04-27-2008, 05:11 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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WoW!
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04-27-2008, 05:48 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Looks great and well thought out Joe!  |
Domination takes full concentration..
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04-27-2008, 09:32 PM
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Registered Papa
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: "Da Cape"
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Great work Joe, really nice.
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"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles"
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04-27-2008, 10:37 PM
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Master of Ceremonies
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rhodie
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I see a lot of Cow's gettin released from mine this June!
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"Cause you can't starve us out, and you can't make us run" Hank Jr.
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04-27-2008, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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thank god he's done !
making most of us look silly
with his fantastic creations...
i second the Genius
now maybe he'll get some other stuff done.
But i do predict as others have envisioned
that Joe is gonna catch more than his share
of huge bass... on those grand plugs of his |
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