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07-25-2008, 06:31 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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BM 2.75
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07-25-2008, 07:37 PM
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Didn't vote for Obozo
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 261
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Hab's 2oz in yellow or black, Salty's are very good in the 2.5oz just got a few more.
I dying to try my new RM Smith
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07-25-2008, 09:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,692
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salty's olive/silver stubby- no belly hook.. tuna hook with hackles on the tail..
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07-26-2008, 04:45 AM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
Posts: 3,605
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2 oz. white hab's if i could only have one.
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07-26-2008, 09:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 149
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The 1.5 oz. Habs in yellow is sweet. Salty's 2.5oz. are awesome too, and the Gag's Chubby needle is pretty nice too.
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07-26-2008, 10:16 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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My Gag's, blueback-rustsides,white belly and a flouro yellow shot on the arse.
I mostly fish needles these days, and catch on a few others SS, Saltys and Habs etc.
Last edited by reelecstasy; 07-26-2008 at 10:46 AM..
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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07-26-2008, 10:23 AM
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Who says there's no fish in CT
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Milford, CT
Posts: 333
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Billy D's fat stubby
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07-26-2008, 10:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 946
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Salty's olive over white  |
Fly & Light Tackle Fishing
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07-26-2008, 02:08 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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habs 1.5oz
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boat fish dont count
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07-26-2008, 02:23 PM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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Habs Blurple (so pyched to have this plug), Salty's bananna (u can't go wrong), Choopy's in sand eel color (see the video, ha ha), Stetzko's also in yella, and just recieved my first RM Smith in pink/white, haven't fished it yet but will not be shy about it. Would of thought this guy was a hockey player stitching himself up and all then going to the hospital. Nice work there.
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07-26-2008, 08:08 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
thanks woody. I mean I will get to a spot, conditions look good for a needle. Ill toss one out sllloooowwwllly reeeling it in, couple twitches here and there. 6 casts later, im switching to a plug I have more confidence in. Its just a mental thing I guess.
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Stick with it
It is mental... It does not feel like it is working so you switch,,,, I have to say that Salty's, Hab's or afterhours are the way to go,,,, Personally,,, It took me a long time to catch my first fish on a needle,,,, and fortunately enough I was given a needle by the Hab-man himself and told how to work it,,, I have never looked back,,, I have the most confidence in needlefish out of any type plug in my bag,,,, |
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07-26-2008, 08:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Haven County, CT
Posts: 3,884
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The Charlie Gargano magic stubby, hands-down favorite. Hear that Charlie, gotta get me a few more for September.
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07-26-2008, 09:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Manhattan
Posts: 305
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Favorite Needle for what? 
Tell me the tide/ depth/ current/ wind direction & speed, bottom structure/ stickiness (or not)... bait present, etc., etc., & I'll choose my favorite Needle for THAT situation! (I fish 10 makes & more sizes/ styles frequently! 
There are nights a 2 oz. Habs will sink like a stone to bottom & get stuck... & there are nights it will be tossed about ineffective... then the 3.5 or "Night- N- Gale" needed! 
My "emotionally" favorite Needle? Just which make me happiest when I acquire? BM all three sizes/ styles, Parrot esp.... & Blurple Habs!  |
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07-26-2008, 09:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
Posts: 2,007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by baldwin
The Charlie Gargano magic stubby, hands-down favorite. Hear that Charlie, gotta get me a few more for September.
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Amen George, that thin stubby Charlie gave to me has quite a few battle scars now! |
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07-27-2008, 09:27 AM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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I love Salty's bannanna!  |
seals + plovers = 
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07-27-2008, 03:17 PM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,547
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But why?
Not to sound like a two year old, but why are these your favorites? Or better yet per LeCounts, why which one when (conditions, where in the water column...etc.)?
Oh and, Marc Z comes out of nowhere and posts! High Z! How was weakie fishing this spring? Seemed kind of quiet, but I was tied up coaching boys lacrosse and did not participate.
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07-27-2008, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay!
Posts: 505
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Hab's fat stubby has saved me from more than one skunking. If I ever lose' em I will  I got two and fish them hard. Name escapes me though - 3 oz I think with belly hook. |
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07-27-2008, 08:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Plymouth, Ma
Posts: 1,405
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One for two on 150 - 200 lb Bluefin yesterday. Thanks Salty.  |
The beatings will continue until morale improves
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07-28-2008, 01:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 25
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A year ago it woulda been a white Habs 2ozr..but im running low and switched to the AH..JUST AS GOOD IMHO!!
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07-28-2008, 01:52 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris in Mass
Hab's fat stubby has saved me from more than one skunking. If I ever lose' em I will I got two and fish them hard. Name escapes me though - 3 oz I think with belly hook. |
Lost a brandy new one last nice on my first cast str8 outta the bag 
anyone finds a florescent yellow at the Gurnett I will reward ya... |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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07-28-2008, 02:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 1,073
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
if you could only use one needlefish plug, which one would it be?
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The one that has a slob attached to it  |
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07-28-2008, 03:43 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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boogerboogerboogerbooger
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Ski Quicks Hole
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07-28-2008, 03:56 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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mine.
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07-28-2008, 04:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boston
Posts: 387
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always have a fishdoc in my bag
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09-28-2008, 06:06 AM
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Frank Capone
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
Posts: 2,229
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great post...just want to keep it alive
wondering if you are using trebles or dressed siwash on the tail end ?
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09-28-2008, 08:25 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Mine, Hab's, Afterhours, Salty's...in no specific order,,, Can't go wrong with any of them,,,,,
I am going to be the farm on an AH skin needle it is only a matter of time....  |
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09-28-2008, 01:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: On The Water, Cape May to Cape Cod
Posts: 90
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It depends on the conditions, but if it was just one to cover all conditions, I'd go with Super Strike in black or Chartreuse.
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09-28-2008, 03:24 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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My own 2.5 oz yellow over white with a red throat.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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09-28-2008, 04:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,395
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nice that this thread was re-opened. as stated earlier this season my goal was to really build some confidence in the plug and I definitley have. I was out at cutty, and was tossing an afterhours black over red 2oz and had 5 fish on 5 casts. Really built up my confidence in the plug, and its become a good "fish finding" plus when I first come to spot.
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09-28-2008, 07:35 PM
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here fishy fishy
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: westport,ma.
Posts: 3,111
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
I havent had alot of success with needle fish. I own a variety of afterhours, gibbs, SS, ect but lack of confidents keeps it in the plug bag. I want to make it a point for the rest of the year to really fish these more and gain some confidence in them.
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Recently caught my first fish on a white needle. I will always have an assortment in my bag from now on. |
redcrbbr
of all the things i've lost...i miss my mind the most!!
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