What's your best experience with a Hab's plug?

[luds]

This is just one of many but Clogston and I were fishing on an outer cape beach one night maybe 4 years ago when we were really new to the sport of striped bass fishing. I don't think we had ever experienced a blitz at the point nevermind caught a fish on wooden plug. Anyway we were fishing eel and black 2 oz. Hab's needles because that what we knew you were supposed to do. I think we both hooked up on our first cast and it continued cast after cast for maybe 45 minutes. I don't think we broke 30 inches but for a couple guys new to catching it was great.

I went to the same spot the next night and hooked up with a cow that nearly spooled me and I ultimately lost it due to a sticky drag and poor angling skills. I think loosing that fish was it for me. There was no turning back after that. Since then there have been alot of good fish on those needles.

[capecodkid]

All I'll say is RISAA won't be the same without him.

[onsetangler]

I was fishing Buzzards Bay with my father mid July this year. It was a very slow day, it was mostly blues and believe it or not, they were being incredibly selective! They weren't hitting tins or anything! I tied on a pink night n' gale, and cast it out and wham on the first cast i have an 8 pound blue! Took the skunk off the trip.

Prior to that though, I had spent part of the ride out telling my father that I had met my favorite plug builder the day before. That was John, and I had been calling Mike at M&D's all week waiting for a shipment of tally's to arrive. Finally I called and he said that they had just come in. I rushed to the shop to get one! As I walked in, John was still there. I introduced myself and selected a tally and as I was walking out, he said " Once you get tallywhacked you never go back". I thought that was a riot, and man is it true. I guess what I am trying to say is to me he was a man that's product was second to none, as was his character. His work could always help you catch fish, and the way he was as a person even though i only met him a few times, could always put a smile on your face.

[LeCounts1099]

Many many fish caught on Habs here... but most memorable right now to me was one encounter last late Nov...


There were some fish at M., but few & they were picky-- the bait population was in a lull pre- Herring arrival... Most weren't catching anything bigger than 3 lbs.-- I'd have 8- 15 per session none bigger than that! Was "it" over we wondered?

Strong wind- in- face this Dawn, I went with the 2.5 Night- N- Gale in pink. Took two teen fish that drew a crowd... then had a strong surface smash that set a record for the highest any plug of mine was ever knocked into the air by a Bass! This fish hit so savagely, that he missed the (single) hook & launched the heavy- ish plug at least 12 feet high out of the water-- to the delight of two nearby onlookers... & my frustration!


True I missed that fish... but she didn't just want to eat that sexy pink N n G... she wanted to destroy it to pieces!