| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| StriperTalk! All things Striper |
 |
12-12-2008, 11:22 AM
|
#1
|
|
Steve "Van Staal"
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranston
Posts: 544
|
That's why I bought one, and posed the original question? The bottle plug has always been a very situational plug for me , but on the rare occasion when I've clipped one on, I've done pretty well. Believe it or not I have taken 3 very big fish on them over the years. I always liked the Gibbs 3 oz. mackerel bottle and more recently, the Supersrike in parrot , yellow or black/yellow. I just wanted to know if anyone out there was more aware of these new bottles by North bar.
Last edited by steve; 12-12-2008 at 11:27 AM..
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 11:26 AM
|
#2
|
|
Steve "Van Staal"
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranston
Posts: 544
|
By the way, Numbskull. I fished on BI in the 80's alot and ran into Steve Campo on occasion. He was always using needlfish or 7 inch loaded redfins most likely because they worked and because it was always blowing a gale which made live eel fishing extremely difficult. Steve used to say that the guys from RI were lousy fisherman because they used yellow Stren line. He was just busting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 11:31 AM
|
#3
|
|
Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
By the way, Numbskull. I fished on BI in the 80's alot and ran into Steve Campo on occasion. He was always using needlfish or 7 inch loaded redfins most likely because they worked and because it was always blowing a gale which made live eel fishing extremely difficult. Steve used to say that the guys from RI were lousy fisherman because they used yellow Stren line. He was just busting.
|
Wouldn't Block Island have a downwind side?
Why would he accumulate special metal lip plugs as mentioned above to throw into a gale?
None of this seems to make sense. We all know eels work better. So why did all these good fishermen go to plugs?
Anybody? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 03:56 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,694
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
We all know eels work better. So why did all these good fishermen go to plugs?
Anybody?
|
I dont think that you could get eels on block island in the 80's...and as a result, plugs were used. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 04:18 PM
|
#5
|
|
Steve "Van Staal"
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranston
Posts: 544
|
Nebe, Twin Maples used to carry them sporadically and Joe Mollica, then owner of The top of the Dock in Gansett, , used to "ship" them over to us and the other guys, even the Islanders. But because of the very large sand eels ever present the 7 " redfin and the like, then the needlefish plugs, perfectly mimicked that bait.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 04:54 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,694
|
ah. well there you have it. I wish I could have partook in some of that action back then..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 05:45 PM
|
#7
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
. We all know eels work better. So why did all these good fishermen go to plugs?
Anybody?
|
because nobody wants to find an EEL in their Christmas stocking !! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 06:31 PM
|
#8
|
|
Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
because nobody wants to find an EEL in their Christmas stocking !!
|
I dunno, I wouldn't go that far, Rav... 
Maybe I'm just a funny guy  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
|
|
|
|
|
12-12-2008, 07:13 PM
|
#9
|
|
Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
because nobody wants to find an EEL in their Christmas stocking !!
|
Isn't eel a traditional Italian Christmas dinner? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:26 PM.
|
| |
Hybrid Mode