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03-29-2008, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Originally Posted by wahlie
nice... gotta try that one out.... I take it you have to remove the hooks and cut slits into the eelskin and then re-attach the hooks?
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Why even try......... 
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03-29-2008, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i have often wondered
why...eel-skinned plugs are so effective over a non skinned plug
and what it is about them that triggers fish to strike....
is all about what the bass see.....
or could it be that the lateral line along a bass picks up
that subtle difference of two layers... a soft one on the outside
especially... so it thinks or reacts to the bait more favorably.
any thoughts on this phenomenon? oh and nice diagram Flaptail.
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03-29-2008, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Wolf in a sheep's skin theory. Looks like food but isn't. Thanks Flap.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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03-29-2008, 02:57 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
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I fished next to Stan with his skin plug years ago in front of the lights. Needless to say i felt kinda stupid after watching him empty the ocean standing near me.
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03-29-2008, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
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OK so it looks good.. but the way that plug is set up..with the weights an all.How does it fish??
Does a SKIN tail give u enough pull to get the head of the lure up..
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FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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03-30-2008, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NIB
OK so it looks good.. but the way that plug is set up..with the weights an all.How does it fish??
Does a SKIN tail give u enough pull to get the head of the lure up..
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With 3 inches of tail at the end it wobbles ever so slightly side to side and sinks with a tiny degree of head up attitude but it is not( which is different for me, just ask Numbskull) a surface type needle plug. Its meant to cruise just under AND VERY VERY VERY S-L-O-W-L-Y. |
Why even try.........
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03-30-2008, 09:18 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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cool plug
I have one of those capesams gave me, it is just a dowel with weights front and rear, I guess an early model. I'll be getting more creative with my needles this year also. I hope to fish where the fish are too.
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