Musso Senior Surface Swimmer- FYI

[go4broke44]

Tagger,

according to bassdozer's article, theres 4 different plugs of the same shape.

Surface swimmer uses a lefty2 midslot, stays on top
"Pine" swims 3-6ft, uses a pikie3
"Maple" swims deeper, claims as deep as a conrad, also uses pikie3

not sure about the "troller" lip, its the same body shape just with a planed head, probably a pikie3 too.

Bassdozer said most people wrote a "P" or an "M" on the lips to distinguish between the Pine and the Maple, because they were exactly the same except for wood type (and weight).

[Tagger]

Thanks guys ,,, next question .. I wonder wich maple he used ? hard ,, soft .. Hard maple is a beotch .. I can fart and split a hard maple plug ... Numby don't carry that quote pleeez.

[chumbucket]

Thanks Numby. Good stuff.
The plug stuff...not the farting.

[numbskull]

Turns out the weight in the surface swimmer is the same as in the Pine.........3/8 x a shade under 3/4....drilled through. The difference in weight of the unrigged plugs must just be variation in the density of the wood.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by go4broke44

Tagger,

according to bassdozer's article, theres 4 different plugs of the same shape.

Surface swimmer uses a lefty2 midslot, stays on top
"Pine" swims 3-6ft, uses a pikie3

It just seems odd to me that the 2 plugs above ,, The Sub-Surface wood choice is pine and the Surface lure is made of maple .. I know Numby is just copying Musso .. Unless I'm reading this all wrong .. Just questioning use of wood ?? If I was going for Sub surface I'd choose maple .. Or Surface I'd choose pine .. Less work for the lip and weighting considerations .. Doesn't seem backaswards to anyone eles ? I know this is blasfomy questioning Musso thought process .. Maybe he'll chime in ..

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Tagger

It just seems odd to me that the 2 plugs above ,, The Sub-Surface wood choice is pine and the Surface lure is made of maple .. I know Numby is just copying Musso .. Unless I'm reading this all wrong .. Just questioning use of wood ?? If I was going for Sub surface I'd choose maple .. Or Surface I'd choose pine .. Less work for the lip and weighting considerations .. Doesn't seem backaswards to anyone eles ? I know this is blasfomy questioning Musso thought process .. Maybe he'll chime in ..

The way I read it Bass Dozer never tells what woods are used other than pine and maple for the "Pine" and "Maple". I have some doubts that that is correct, the maple could have been birch.
I think the surface swimmer and the pine are both lighter wood, The maple and possibly the troller could be denser.
I made some maple trollers this winter that go pretty deep, I have a certain place in mind.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Tagger

.. Unless I'm reading this all wrong .. Just questioning use of wood ?

Eddy

The Surface Swimmer and Pine are made from pine
The maple, presumably is maple (whether weighted or not I don't know).
The Pine and Maple use the same lip (Pikie 3)
The surface swimmer uses the Mid slot Lefty 2 lip

[Flaptail]

If the U.S government and NASA put as much thought and discussion into the space program as you guys have about building Musso swimmers we would be on Mars by now.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

If the U.S government and NASA put as much thought and discussion into the space program as you guys have about building Musso swimmers we would be on Mars by now.

If Albert Einstien felt the same as you,, we'd never have the light bulb. Next discusion was on the small electrical charge that all living beings make ,setting up magnetic fields . Some of us have already discovered this can easily be duplicated by installing magnets in lures and these lures far outfish all others..Now , not going to tell you ..

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Tagger

If Albert Einstien felt the same as you,, we'd never have the light bulb. Next discusion was on the small electrical charge that all living beings make ,setting up magnetic fields . Some of us have already discovered this can easily be duplicated by installing magnets in lures and these lures far outfish all others..Now , not going to tell you ..

Have you been reading Striper

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Have you been reading Striper

not sure .. may be .. Go4 those plugs look great .. were you inspired to build from musso thread ?