e bay beachmaster danny bid @ $91 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

tattoobob · 01-09-2007, 06:45 PM

Welcome to the site

Guess what, paying anything more than 30 bucks for a plug to fish with is just ridiculous, and nobody should encourage these ebay price gougers, by bidding up these plugs and paying that much. in the long run it is just going to get the prices to go up over the board.

DZ · 01-09-2007, 06:59 PM

Thank God for plastic Redfins and Superstrikes.

DZ

numbskull · 01-09-2007, 07:28 PM

Caumset, with all due respect, you didn't spend $91 on a beachmaster danny to fish it. You spent it because you thought you needed the plug to be happy. Nothing wrong with that, we've all done something similar (or worse). By the way, the Gibbs dannys work every bit as well, even if the beachmasters are nicer (and marginally heavier). Good luck, enjoy your plugs,.... but not as much as your family,...... and welcome to the site.

luds · 01-09-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull

Caumset, with all due respect, you didn't spend $91 on a beachmaster danny to fish it. You spent it because you thought you needed the plug to be happy. Nothing wrong with that, we've all done something similar (or worse). By the way, the Gibbs dannys work every bit as well, even if the beachmasters are nicer (and marginally heavier). Good luck, enjoy your plugs,.... but not as much as your family,...... and welcome to the site.

never mind.

numbskull · 01-09-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by luds48

Do you have any confidence in the Gibbs dannies that are on the shelves these days?

Can't say I've bought any recently, but I doubt they have changed them. Actually, the Gibbs danny and pre-eyes beachmasters were the same body and same lip (the beachmasters with eyes are fatter which I don't like though some people do). The only meaningful difference was in the belly weight (though the original beachmasters had a poorer quality thin lip with sharp edges and the gibbs hooks are a few mm closer together). Gibbs used a 10/32" round lead shot that was smaller than the weight in an original danny or beachmaster (the original had a 3/8 x 7/16 slug, the beachmaster a 5/16 x 1/2" slug). For a while I used to drill out the weight on a gibbs and replace it with a danny sized slug...., but gave this up when I was repeatedly outfished by a friend using a stock white Gibbs Danny. I also often upsized the hooks on my medium Dannys from 2/0 to 3/0, partly because I like the slower action even if the fish don't neccessarily always agree. But the bottomline is that after close to a thousand hours fishing Beachmasters, Lupos, and Gibbs side by side I'm convinced there is more variation plug to plug within the same brand, than there are major variations brand to brand. I won't pretend to be the final authority on anything, but I have learned that with any wooden metal lip plug, it is much more about how you set it up, tune it, and work it, than it is about which brand you buy.

caumsett · 01-09-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull

Caumset, with all due respect, you didn't spend $91 on a beachmaster danny to fish it. You spent it because you thought you needed the plug to be happy. Nothing wrong with that, we've all done something similar (or worse). By the way, the Gibbs dannys work every bit as well, even if the beachmasters are nicer (and marginally heavier). Good luck, enjoy your plugs,.... but not as much as your family,...... and welcome to the site.

First: don't tell me why I spent that much. That's my business and I have my reasons.
Second: Keep your lecturing about how I should treat my family to yourself.

OK, now that we understand each other, I look forward to fishing with you this spring as I cast that yellow Danny plug out...

numbskull · 01-10-2007, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by caumsett

First: don't tell me why I spent that much. That's my business and I have my reasons.
Second: Keep your lecturing about how I should treat my family to yourself.

OK, now that we understand each other, I look forward to fishing with you this spring as I cast that yellow Danny plug out...

Some ugly stuff going on there. Whatever......goodbye.

cow tamer · 01-10-2007, 07:10 AM

I guess the bottom line is that e Bay is all about what the buyer and seller personally feel something is worth and therefore what one is willing to pay or accept. When suprised by this, let's still remain mindfull of this.

Joe · 01-10-2007, 07:51 AM

Beachmaster prices will go up in the short run. There's bound to be at least one vendor who will use an agent to sell them on Ebay....Or a tackle shop employee will buy them all up and sell them on Ebay. (And no, I'm not alluding to the Saltwater Edge - just to be clear.)

Over the medium run, prices will go down because at the going rate more sellers will enter the market.

There are too many builders these days for prices to go up across the board.

I would not get on the new dude too badly...

caumsett · 01-10-2007, 04:39 PM

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...I would not get on the new dude too badly...

Too late...

Hi Joe,

Thanks for rooting for me, like I said, there is good on this site, then there is.....

NIB · 01-10-2007, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by caumsett

First: don't tell me why I spent that much. That's my business and I have my reasons.
Second: Keep your lecturing about how I should treat my family to yourself.

OK, now that we understand each other, I look forward to fishing with you this spring as I cast that yellow Danny plug out...

Was this really necessary??
George is one of the nicer guys on this website..
I hope u where just joking..
Frances.

caumsett · 01-10-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NIB

Was this really necessary??
George is one of the nicer guys on this website..
I hope u where just joking..
Frances.

So was I....

PS - Can I call you "Psycho"?

NIGHT STRIKES · 01-10-2007, 04:56 PM

Keep Saying To YourSelf - I Do Not Need Another Black over Gold
I Do Not Need Another Black over Gold

caumsett · 01-10-2007, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by NIGHT STRIKES

Keep Saying To YourSelf - I Do Not Need Another Black over Gold
I Do Not Need Another Black over Gold

You know what? Maybe I really don't........

stay tuned my friend!!

caumsett · 01-09-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tattoobob

Welcome to the site

Guess what, paying anything more than 30 bucks for a plug to fish with is just ridiculous, and nobody should encourage these ebay price gougers, by bidding up these plugs and paying that much. in the long run it is just going to get the prices to go up over the board.

Tell that to the ones who have bid against me, some of who are on this board...

Skitterpop · 01-09-2007, 10:09 PM

Black silver gray red orange yellow to cream

capesams · 01-09-2007, 10:26 PM

skidder o buddy o pal o friend....dang purrty ultra pissa hot plug u got there.

Skitterpop · 01-09-2007, 10:38 PM

she is sweet