Best place to buy plugs ?

[onecastmike2003]

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

[ilovetwofish]

Well now that I know what kind of a jerk and troublemaker this guy is i'll ignore him thanks for the info and the support.

[1dozenraw]

I like supporting locals so I check capt. Don's first. He stocks Afterhours and I use them a lot. Second choice would be buying direct from the maker's website if there is one and it's possible. The makers who are sponsors here make nice stuff and I can't see ever NEEDING any more than is offered by them in the way off better quality semi customs. SWE is a ride for me but it certainly is a nice store. Be warned that if you go there to meet someone to pick up a rod you bought in the classifieds and you get there early to look around and Steve McKenna is there all alone and you ask to see a few of those reels that everyone likes so much (VS) and he shows you several... you may be scraping around for several hundred $$$ in the next week or two.

[BigBo]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

None ruder than you RHM.
That fish is not even close to 46"/38#
You're not hoisting a 38# fish with a couple of fingers wrapped around the top of your plug.
Do us a favor. Buy a scale and learn how to use a tape measure. Oh, and leave your crap over at the other place.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

OCM - There is no flippin' way that fish is 38 pounds - no way, no chance. I think you need to dial up the truthi-meter and dial back the bully and attitude. Or you will be the first "voted off the island" this year

[fish4striper]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Or you will be the first "voted off the island" this year

Isn't the primary today, let's vote


danno, support the sponsors here, great shops with guys that give awesome advice and they carry quality gear for however you fish.

[Andy D]

38#s? Where do you buy your scale. Or are you figureing approx. 10#s for every finger you have holding the plug.

[gone fishin]

Originally Posted by Andy D

38#s? Where do you buy your scale. Or are you figureing approx. 10#s for every finger you have holding the plug.

[ThrowingTimber]

49 inch 21 inch girth measured and released taken on a black mambo dunno the weight hope shes still swimming. Its funny because I remember when I bought that lure, it was the last show msba had at the mall basement, when you went in the guy was setup midway through the floor on the left-hand-side, they were 2 for the price of 1. I think he was asking 6$ for two.

All lures have a place in the bag, whether its something that nasa made the clear coat for or a mambo minnow they all take fish, when presented the right way in the right conditions.

As far as customs go, salty here a sponsor does sales for members, saltwater edge has a notification system, in case a product comes in that you're looking for comes into their shop and Mike Thomas at M&D's has a great selection of customs.

Also think of hitting up some shows coming up and try and get there early you can usually score a bargain or two.

[Vogt]

[QUOTE=ThrowingTimber;544027]

All lures have a place in the bag, whether its something that nasa made the clear coat for or a mambo minnow they all take fish, when presented the right way in the right conditions. QUOTE]

Amen to that! I had some great times this year with Mambos. Some nice fish fell to them.
Sometimes that $6 plug will out-fish custom wood!

[piemma]

[QUOTE=Vogt;544030]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

All lures have a place in the bag, whether its something that nasa made the clear coat for or a mambo minnow they all take fish, when presented the right way in the right conditions. QUOTE]

Amen to that! I had some great times this year with Mambos. Some nice fish fell to them.
Sometimes that $6 plug will out-fish custom wood!

Back in the early 90's when the mambo Minnow first came out, it was the "go to" lure on the Back beaches. I can't tell you how many 30 and 40 # fish I took on the Black and Silver and the Parrot color. Killer lure.

[Fishpart]

Surfcasting-Rhode Island is often overlooked; Joe has a good selection of often very hard to get plugs and great service and the same good advice you get from our other sponsors...

[2na]

Basswipe's comment says it all and OCM's last post proves him to be a troublemaker and/or a clown. Shame. Danno, OCM's arrogance and malignant narcism should neither dissuade you from asking questions on this site, nor should it stop you from purchasing any and all plugs that, for whatever reason, catch your attention. Be forewarned that plugs are designed to catch fishermen first, then hopefully fish. Your BTW indicates to me that you don’t really know much about the Afterhours plug that you bought, but you didn’t let that stop you from buying it.

I choose to patronize smaller local tackle shops because these are the people who are closest to the action in the area I fish, and they will have a better idea if a specific type of plug, be it a brand name or a certain style, is working in the area, so striking up a relationship with a local owner(s) is important. If they don't stock a certain type of plug it may not work in that area like it works in others.

All plugs, expensive or inexpensive, will more than likely work, but time has to be invested in learning how to make said plug move just right and presenting it in an area that fish, for whatever reason, are attracted to. It took me a couple of years for me to learn how to get the first custom (as you put it, a “professional”) plug that I found success with, George Carlezon’s pencil popper, to dance just right, but once I did... And I’ve had great success with the aforementioned $6 plastic swimmer, the mambo minnow – worked for me straight out of the box. (A shout out to PIEMMA - silver/black still rule out back.)

I specifically use the least expensive plug or tin that I can find success with because I lose a large quantity of lures every year - I believe that if you are not losing tackle you're not doing it right, not putting yourself in a risky but productive situation (in my case, bluefish, seals or snapping it off, but for you it may be pilings, rocks or other structure). With all due respect to all of the craftsmen who sponsor and contribute to this site, it makes little/no sense to me to spend high dollars for a beautiful custom lure that, in my hands, would have an extremely limited life expectancy. But that is just me Danno, you may/will be different. Hopefully you won’t lose as much gear as I.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Fishpart

Surfcasting-Rhode Island is often overlooked; Joe has a good selection of often very hard to get plugs and great service and the same good advice you get from our other sponsors...

yep, Joe is top notch. he's very forthcoming with info and has even been to known to take repeat customers fishing on occasion. not many places go above and beyond like he will. i learned a ton sitting around shooting the bull with Joe. I took my PB from a spot he reccommended when I was first starting out...

and ummm assdawg, i think vic's fish was a little bigger than 29#s.

Eben that was hilarious hahahaa

[riverrat2]

Bassdawg claims that a 49" fish weighs 29# than in the other thread he says his seasons best was 43" 33.5#????Most fish that length will way somewhere between 22-28# at the high end

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

49 inch 21 inch girth measured and released taken on a black mambo dunno the weight hope shes still swimming. Its funny because I remember when I bought that lure, it was the last show msba had at the mall basement, when you went in the guy was setup midway through the floor on the left-hand-side, they were 2 for the price of 1. I think he was asking 6$ for two.

Nice ONE, Vic.......................
And I'll do the math.
21 x 21 x 49/800= 27.01 lbs.

She must've been a racer, still a very nice feesh on a $3.00 plug!!!
I've had a coupla takers on them bombers, nuthin' THAT big ~but they do brang tha fish .

And it is all about the confidence level and recognizing the right plug for the right conditions.
So far, I'm "fluent" with darters, danny's, AH sr spooks, and El Sluggo.
Loose stinking needles too fast to have landed anything on them!!
Must mean i'm fishing them right, right??? Have yet to fish a HABS, though!
That's prolly, why................

[gone fishin]

FYI----

[fumifish]

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in

Must be using an Irish Yardstick........

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Karl F

Thanks for the laugh...

ive been off my seat for the past five minutes reading these posts.

[cheferson]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

Looks like 50" 50lbs to me

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

sounds like your just a weekend kinda guy... some of us are hunting the bigest Bass we can find... Not just casting a 6 $ plug ...
the pic is why we dont fish Atom plugs...

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

This thread was about custom plugs and where the guy can find them cheaper, then you come along and RUDELY insult him by figuring him as just a weekend kinda guy, like that makes any difference at all when he fishes and you have to make a lookeeme post by adding fish pictures like you are the greatest fisherman of all because you make your own custom plugs. Give us a break It doesn't even matter how big the fish is, it's your attention craving that sidetracks the thread that gets peoples' dander up and raises the BS meter.
Does that spell it out for you now Mike?
Do us a favor and go make your one cast.

I don't know why I even bother, you seem like you will never change

[flyben24]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs

sure your not confusing it with 38oz.???

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

well bob the fish is 46 in and 38 lbs on my custom... and a far cry from 20lb dink...!
rude people over here...

Merry Xmass Team S- Bass

Please, that fish is 38LB's no more than your other fraudulent fish was 46", 47", or whatever you claimed - OH wait a minute - you even lied about being the one to catch the fish to screw Jimmy out of a whole lot of plugs. Enough with the lies...

[onecastmike2003]

joe thats not true... I didn't try to screw anyone..
next year I will throw eels and not just pencils...untill I land another monster...