plug prices

[Skitterpop]

Plugs have been collected long before all of us were born and I`m 54 now.

How can you take advantage of fellow fishermen when its their decision to buy a plug?

Don`t want them don`t buy them .

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

How can you take advantage of fellow fishermen when its their decision to buy a plug?

Don`t want them don`t buy them .

Exactly, most guys that pay ass-tronomical prices for plugs are either DEVOTE plug collectors or pretend fishermen. They fish alot ONLINE but hardly ever wet their reel line
Is there alot of money in "flipping" plugs? NO, you ain't retiring or buying real estate with your profits that's fer sure, you're just making a little bit of money to cycle on something else. I don't fault people who do that, but I also don't consider them serious fishermen, they are not people I'd want to spend the night chasing fish with, all they'd do is talk about "their" plugs or deals...
It probably pissses off the builders, but what can they do? MOst builders care about other fishermen in general and wouldn't let that effect how they price their tackle. Eventuallly it's the buyer who pays the big ticket who will end up being the fool.

I cringe at $20 a plug. I am not a builder, however in knowing a few of them personally...I understand the price. I've seen the hard work and TIME SPENT perfecting the action as well as the TIME SPENT in production...but I still cringe at $20 a plug because I've caught the same size and bigger fish on production line plastics. There's obviously a difference in quality, but my intent is to CATCH the FISH, not impress the FISH with a higher quality, prettier painted plug. Fish don't care what it's made of. As long as I have confidence in the construction of the plug, I'm satisfied. Whether it cost me $17.99 or $5.99 -

I have a lot of respect for most of the builders out there today. Building plugs takes away from their fishing time, their families as well as other hobbies they used to enjoy. They have FULL time jobs other than plug-building, (at least the few that I know personally)...they enjoy making the plugs and enjoy it even more when they hear of people catching with them.

If I made plugs and sold my plugs, I would feel disrespected by some of these clowns who are in it just to make a few extra dollars at my expense and labor....but it's a FREE America, so what do I know.

I just wish Mac still turned wood and not just carved it.

[Clogston29]

supply and demand

if there were more of the "in demand" plugs out there, there'd be less demand and the price would go down. BM and Habs have been around a long time, have stood the test of time and are therefore in high demand - higher than either could/can maintain. Also, the fact that they're in demand, makes them more in demand because those that don't know why they are so in demand want to get some to find out. I hope that some of the newer builders have equal success over time. That will bring the market back down to reason. Example, if someone makes a danny that fishes and holds up like a BM (hopefully the bigfish) and is readily available (that will be the tough part), the demand for the BM danny will decrease. The problem is, that its almost impossible for a small, custom builder to keep up with demand when he comes up with something that everyone wants. whenever something is done in a limited run (plugs, baseball cards, sneakers, etc.) they're worth more.

[riverrat2]

[QUOTE=Clogston29;542848]supply and demand

The demand for plugs is more a demand to add something to a collectiom not a demand for something to strictly catch fish with. I am willing to bet that a black gibbs danny will catch just as many fish as all these pretty black silver purple green, scales, floreascent with glow in the dark eye plugs will. BUt for some reason people have an obssesion with theses peices of wood that are supposed to be used to catch fish. Now they are looked at as artwork and collectors items. If the demand was purely fishing related you would not see prices so high. Do you think a fish can tell the difference between a Beachmaster danny that is black or one that is black with scales??

[BigFish]

Yup! The scales might add a bit of visibility, a bit more action as it would appear in the water as opposed to a "just black" of the same model. Everyone has their own beliefs as far as what plugs work for them, what colors, sizes, action, etc. So there is a few good reasons to have such diversity in all plugs.....its what puts the fisherman in his comfort zone! Having what he/she likes at any given moment on the water. Just my .02 cents Max.

[riverrat2]

Confidence is one thing, I feel more confident with my conventional compared to my spinner, do the fish care?NO but i still insist on using my conventional. Is the fish not going to eat a plug that doesnt have scales or all the bells and whistles? No. But if it helps you feel more confident than use it, because confidence does help.

[BigFish]

Yes but your fishing rod is not in the water with the fish thinking whether they should inhale it or not. That one little thing that the plug might or might not have might make all the difference in the world.....problem is you will never know....but the fish will.....if it takes!

[Clogston29]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

Do you think a fish can tell the difference between a Beachmaster danny that is black or one that is black with scales??

not in the least. but i'm pretty sure that the fact that a bm swims much more consistantly than a gibbs makes a difference. and by that, I'm not saying that no gibbs dannys swim, but they are less consistant out of the package and often take on water resulting in variations in how they swim in my experience.

give me black, yellow/white, blue/pink/white and white and I'm happy - no scales or eyes necessary - but make it swim right