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11-09-2006, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Capt. Frank Sabatowski, who captained Charlie Cinto on the night of his world record (unofficial to the IGFA but still official to me) with a Blue Goo Goo Eye used to wire them through himself and he also grooved his for eelskins. Capt Ron Murphy of the Stray Cat out of Hyannis and who is an old friend of mine got a bunch of Sabby's plugs from his widow when Sabby died. 99% of them were Goo Goos only a few Atom 40's in the pile.
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Why even try......... 
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11-09-2006, 06:50 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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No need to bandsaw ... I've stripped some down bare naked and re-finished,,,and reassembled ,, No Weighting
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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11-09-2006, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Paul, go to page 6 of the Some Plugs thread.
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Why even try.........
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11-10-2006, 05:29 AM
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Westcoaster
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Goo Goo Eyes
I've have a few Goo Goos and they changed the eyes at one point, but I don't know which one came first - I suspect the eye using the big headed brad was first.
Here are a few closeups of the eyes. I took some apart awhile ago to refinish them and don't have the parts with me. I can take a picture of the removed eye if you want, but I remember the eyes being almost completely round with a hole drilled thru with a counterbore for the brad head.
The first 2 pictures show the eye with the recessed brad head (black pupil).
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11-10-2006, 05:34 AM
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Westcoaster
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Goo Goo Eyes part 2
Here are 2 pictures of the other Goo Goo eyes - solid plastic. I haven't taken any apart to refinish that have these eyes so I don't know what is below the wood. The eye diameter is 1cm.
The big Goo Goos and the Husky Dudes that I sanded down didn't have any weights in them.
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11-10-2006, 05:55 AM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
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1...solid yellow bead eye was first
2...see through bead was second
3..stick on yellow was third
3...brown teddy bear stick on came forth in line
what their using now I havn't a clue...cooper's are still being made today by some co.
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BOAT fish do count.
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11-09-2006, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I also do not think the big ones were weighted. The poppers have a little bit of weight you can see on the bottom. I've never cut one open yet though. Don't have one that is enough of a beater.
The big ones don't cast very well I have found. My grandfather however caught a 60 lb'er on a blue goo goo swimmer off scituate many years ago, so they do cast well enough to catch fish.
I've caught a good amount of bluefish on the little 4" swimmers. They hold up pretty well I think with the screw eyes and being made out of a softer wood.
Here is a link to some pics I posted a while back.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=30022 |
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