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02-15-2005, 02:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Anyone see this plug at the Worcester Show?"
Did anyone see this plug at the worcester show. It looked pretty cool in the water. IT was actually the only decent looking plug i saw at the whole place. Way too many hooks on it right now. Its plastic, thru wired, and sinks a foot a secong, but doesnt dive when retreived, keeps level in the water. What kinda hooks and how many would you guys put on it?
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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02-15-2005, 02:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Its called a Ratke Pike Minnow. Moslty used for muskies but has caught some nice bass as well.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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02-15-2005, 02:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Go to page 13 of the "Some Plugs" thread link.  |
Why even try......... 
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02-15-2005, 02:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Thanks Flaptail. I have dial up, it would took me a week to find that plug.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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02-15-2005, 02:49 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Ratke has been doing these shows for as long as I remember.
It won't cast very well, but in places like inlets/breachways, or beaches with a sharp drop-off near shore, it'll get results. I don't think I'd have much use for it along the south beaches of LI--they're shelving beaches for the most part, and most times I'm faced with a SW wind.
How'd you like to get all 4 sets of hooks out of a muskie, BTW?   |
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02-15-2005, 08:08 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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How about his little infomercial. His description was hilarious, it was the same monotone voice every minute. Then he gets his wife to describe the colors. She would go like this  .
I thought she told me it was wood. It is not through wired but has 2 or 3 x VMC. It did have good action and the muskies he caught with it are amazing. |
Go Ugly Early 
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02-17-2005, 02:49 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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It is a good plug but does not hold up. I caught a decent bass on it last year at Carpenters. About 20 + lbs. By the time I landed the bass and took the plug off I noticed that it had split on the seam and that the screws holding the middle hook on were coming out. It is NOT thru wired.
Last edited by piemma; 02-17-2005 at 04:09 PM..
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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02-17-2005, 03:54 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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Makes you wonder how he caught those huge Muskies, with those monster teeth.
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Go Ugly Early
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02-17-2005, 05:56 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Yeah, but it looks damned good swimming in that galvanized wash-tub he has at the booth 
I bought one of those some years back...and it casts like a bag of feathers... |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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