Stomach contents of a 17# fish - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

rob-s · 10-18-2005, 06:22 AM

vermonter, the discripsion of the package fits to a T.
it has been a decade since i held it in my hand. what did he discribe the lure to look like? im surprized he would remeber it

Vermonter · 11-14-2005, 07:45 PM

Rob.......had to go back and find this....went back to Sams(the army navy you mentioned) and reminded the sales guy I was the one who has stopped in before, interested in the clobster they used to sell....after a minute he then came out of the back room with one they had on the shelf collecting dust. Its approixmately 4 ounces, length is roughly 6 1/2 inches when fished since the tail curls around the help hide the lead weight and hook( plus im guessing the tail would give some nice lifelike movement when the lure was raised off the bottom on a slow retrieve). The overall color is a really dark green with some orange highlights along the edges of the main claws and straight orange only for the legs. Pics are so so since I took them at night and the camera is an early digital I use for onsite carpentry/woodworking projects.
The maker of the lure was Petri as others mentioned, tho instead of the Cape Cod address the label states NY.

Mr. Sandman · 11-14-2005, 07:59 PM

Is that an item you would like to trade? I have a couple things you might like...how about a habs 1 foot needle or some other custom plug? PM if interested. I would love to see it.

Vermonter · 11-14-2005, 08:00 PM

Here are a couple pics after resizing

Vermonter · 11-14-2005, 08:06 PM

Sand, havent got a clue at the moment about trading it, I was suprised enough to be handed one the other day since I went in hoping to get some mailing info at best. I can see where it would catch some fish around rocky structure. I know from reading old fishing diaries while living on the Vineyard that lobster tails were the go-to bait years ago, we've all seen lobsters in stomachs of stripers.

Vermonter · 11-14-2005, 08:07 PM

yeah FishVt.......left the damn label on the truck dash but pretty sure it was "Copiague, NY"......it definately was Petri as others had guessed a while back.

Mr. Sandman · 11-14-2005, 08:10 PM

Is there an address on the bag that you can contact? It might be worth asking him if he would be interested in producing a bunch for us? Should you ever want to trade it let me know. (I would seek to have something like it cloned or made in a similar fashion)

libassboy · 11-14-2005, 08:40 PM

An older guy i run into fishing once and a blue moon knew or knows petri, the younger one, the one who nailed a 69 and 3/4....cant even imagine a bass that big!!!
If i run into him netime soon i will relay this thread to him, see what i can come up with.

That clobster is awesome, i would love a few of those. On the north fork of LI there are alot more lobsters than people think, esp in bass stomaches...

Vermonter · 11-14-2005, 08:41 PM

Yeah I looked at it with the same thought in mind Sand, making a plaster cast for pouring that is. Done some plaster casts for renovating, tho I've never worked in soft rubber. Theres no street address, all it says is Copiague, NY. I'll try a google search with the idea of tracking it down, would hate to copy something that someone else is still making.
As for trading, tell you what, if I ever do decide to trade it, you'd be second in line after Rob. Id feel honor bound to offer it in trade to him first since he started this whole investigation by mentioning where he bought it, without that we wouldnt even have these pics to look at. Thats if mind you.

Mr. Sandman · 11-15-2005, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Vermonter

Yeah I looked at it with the same thought in mind Sand, making a plaster cast for pouring that is. Done some plaster casts for renovating, tho I've never worked in soft rubber. Theres no street address, all it says is Copiague, NY. I'll try a google search with the idea of tracking it down, would hate to copy something that someone else is still making.
As for trading, tell you what, if I ever do decide to trade it, you'd be second in line after Rob. Id feel honor bound to offer it in trade to him first since he started this whole investigation by mentioning where he bought it, without that we wouldnt even have these pics to look at. Thats if mind you.

If you ever get in contact with the fellow, I would be interested in a couple dozen to try. With regards to my trade offer, no problem. I think I could make that pretty easy but I would like to see it first hand if I could. If not, no big deal.

l.i.fish.in.vt · 11-14-2005, 08:00 PM

i think the maker was Steve Petri,he lives on LI , it might have been his father,i know he makes or made custom rods also