New Gibbs lures - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

capesams · 08-20-2006, 11:01 AM

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" The Gibbs guys bought and run the company so that it would not go out of business, they will tell you that. "

this one I need to reply to....Jimmy had a buyer waiting in the corner to pick-up the co......me......6 time's he was reminded of that too. but the RI guy's somehow snuck in the back door without me knowing it....money was not a problem for the purchase....guess Jimmy just forgot to call...I'm very much sad to see what has happened to the co. now.

NIB....what I was saying about the wire is when the gibbs co. was still here on the cape, they were using 304 aniled[sp] wire 1/16" thick..I have 2 roll's of it and a lrg. bundle of pre-bent.....bm is the same as gibb's USED to be.

NIB · 08-20-2006, 11:08 AM

Got it.

JHABS · 08-20-2006, 12:07 PM

capesams, If you are going to Plug Night will bring the plastic you were looking for before...................

Joe · 08-20-2006, 12:53 PM

Why can't Habs just put himself on the duplicator and make some more of himself?

DaveS · 08-20-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe

Why can't Habs just put himself on the duplicator and make some more of himself?

I'll call up the Goverments secret cloning lab and get the ball rolling

A new genetically superior Habs

, able to spin out needle fish by the thousands! MUAHAHAHAAHAAAA!

capesams · 08-20-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JHABS

capesams, If you are going to Plug Night will bring the plastic you were looking for before...................

I won't be,,but Mac will pick-up the items for me.....txs

Joe · 08-20-2006, 03:02 PM

Habs has a following so big that he can't keep up. He'll never be able to keep up given the size of the operation. There is a lot of money left on the table from vendors who can't get Habs, or not enough Habs.

So somebody was bound to try and capture that overflow of demand - any vacum in the marketplace gets filled eventually. But you can't just style the body a little diiferently and put on VMC's and say it's as good as Habs.

As so many people here have said - the new Gibbs owners did not need the money. They bought the company so it would not go under. It's a noble gesture, but tackle shops and fishing companies run by dilettantes who don't need the money are usually substandard enterprises. Sooner or later the luster of continuing a legacy will wear off and they'll go back the golf course. Personally, I'd rather the company was run by people who needed the money.

Flaptail · 08-20-2006, 04:19 PM

John this is stupid, all of it. I know you know where I am coming from in my defense of Gibbs. No Joe, the Gibbs Hab's-a-Like needles aren't as good they don't fish like a Habs but they do work.

As a customer I am frustrated by not being able to go to the local tackle shop and pick up one of John's when I need them. Last three weeks I would have killed for a purple black Habs needle and an Olive HAB'S Needle. I went to M&D's ask Mike, Powderhorn ask Andy, CMS ask Eric and Falmouth Bait and Tackle. All of these shops had Hab's plugs of some kind. NitenGales, some pencils and a few small needles in the colors I don't need ( which I would have bought if the were in the larger sizes and repainted).( I even prodded Don S. at Red Top why he doesn't stock them)

It totally frustrating. I have taken in the last 3 weeks more mid twenty pound to low 30 pound bass than I have had all year. They want needles and they want purple black or eel colored. Who makes the best needle, Habs. I got to get some, nope don't have any of those. I don't want pencils or nightengales or whatever I want needles and so do a lot of others.

I am sorry John. I have always respected you and I am and will still continue to be a fan of your stuff, which I will still gladly mention in anything I write that has anything to do with a needlefish being employed to take bass. Just need your best product and there ain't any.

(I still think that Hab's and Gibbs merger with John running the whole show and D&D as the backing would bring back Gibbs overall quality and give Hab's Plugs the means to satisfy demand and still put out the Mur-eels, Atom 40's and other classics. That would be the ultimate in a plug company.)

This is ended, peace out.

NIB · 08-20-2006, 04:23 PM

Nice one Steeve.
Is it 15 degrees out there today???

Slipknot · 08-20-2006, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JHABS

capesams, If you are going to Plug Night will bring the plastic you were looking for before...................

John, can you bring me a Cinto signed goo-goo please, I have my 35 bucks

Slipknot · 08-20-2006, 04:42 PM

I like Dennis too, he's a real good guy.

I like Bud too, my favorite beer

Slipknot · 08-20-2006, 04:52 PM

Flap, I understand your frustration about not being able to get what you need and want. I have not had a bass over 20 pounds in more than 6 weeks, I can easily barter some of those needles you mentioned for just one phone call invite you remember right?

weather permiting of course.

Slipknot · 08-20-2006, 04:53 PM

Wow, this thread took a long time to read