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09-20-2010, 06:07 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Prices of Surf Bags
I have to say that paying up to $600.00 for a surf bag is way to much for me, the way I beat the crap out of stuff.
I had a hard time paying $95.00 for a single row Aqua Skinz.
what are the great advantages of having a bag that costs that much?
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
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09-20-2010, 06:10 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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You won't have any more money to waste!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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09-20-2010, 06:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Connecticut/Rhody Shore
Posts: 280
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
You won't have any more money to waste! |
yup, one stop shop,once and for all.  |
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09-20-2010, 06:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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[QUOTE=tattoobob;796311
what are the great advantages of having a bag that costs that much?[/QUOTE]
Not having to constantly cut hooks out of the material and not having the seams rip when your trying to climb on a rock spilling all your plugs out.
I have a commando 3 tube bag and will be getting a 4 tube. They'll be the last bags I ever get.
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09-20-2010, 06:19 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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i agree with paul, i have hunter and mak bags- no worries....
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09-20-2010, 06:23 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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The pricing is hilarious.
Dacron is about as cheap as you can get.  |
Ski Quicks Hole
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09-25-2010, 11:07 AM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
The pricing is hilarious.
Dacron is about as cheap as you can get. |
You forgot to mention the overseas labor..  |
Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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09-20-2010, 07:42 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afterhours
i agree with paul, i have hunter and mak bags- no worries....
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Not for nothing, but if the guys here start spending the kind of money necessary to buy Hunter/Mak bags they wont have a dime left to buy your plugs, or anyone elses Don. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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09-20-2010, 07:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: N. H. Seacoast
Posts: 368
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The only problem with those high price bags is you have to fish in the day light so everyone can see you with it.  |
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09-20-2010, 07:51 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeToole
The only problem with those high price bags is you have to fish in the day light so everyone can see you with it. |
They stick out like a sore thumb just after sundown amongst the MTK rocks. |
Ski Quicks Hole
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09-20-2010, 06:44 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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I'd have to guess you could get an upholsterer to make you one for a lot less.
Even less if pretty does'nt count.
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09-20-2010, 06:52 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete F.
I'd have to guess you could get an upholsterer to make you one for a lot less.
Even less if pretty does'nt count.
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Upholsterer, sailmaker, canvas maker, anyone that uses heavy duty sewing machines. |
Ski Quicks Hole
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09-20-2010, 07:09 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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300 bucks is a lot of money for something you're going to forget in a parking lot one night at 3am!
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09-20-2010, 07:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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I think Numbskull made one last winter just to spite those who procrastinate.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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09-23-2010, 03:57 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 388
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Numbskull Bags
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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
I think Numbskull made one last winter just to spite those who procrastinate.
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He made at least two bags...I got one! |
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09-20-2010, 07:42 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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I'm a cheap bastard...I can't see spending that much for a "Surf Purse"...I'll wait for the Knock-offs to hit the streets
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-20-2010, 07:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: On the ocean
Posts: 209
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Who is selling $600 plug bags???
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09-20-2010, 09:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FISHING_FOOL
Who is selling $600 plug bags???
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There was one in the classified. I was shocked it went so quickly. Could never rationalize spending that kind of money on something I'll beat the crap out of and, more than likely, lose. |
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09-21-2010, 04:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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sort of reminds me of
the latest rage in Ladies purses Like TDF calls them 
i got a bunch of nice off white canvas and i enjoy big nasty curved stitching needles
so i will take pride in designing and making my own.
over the winter.
That way if it ever gets ripped off the thief won't get to use it.
Hey George? you have the plan? |
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09-21-2010, 06:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 512
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In all reality, get a zipper soft sided cooler. Throw 8 -10 eels in it with some lure tubes. 6 lures should be plenty. Each spot you fish should have one or two lures that perform the best there. If you're constantly changing lures, you're missing fishing time. There is really no need to carry 100 lures on you.
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09-21-2010, 07:44 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rizzo
In all reality, get a zipper soft sided cooler. Throw 8 -10 eels in it with some lure tubes. 6 lures should be plenty. Each spot you fish should have one or two lures that perform the best there. If you're constantly changing lures, you're missing fishing time. There is really no need to carry 100 lures on you.
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did that for years with no problem. had my lures and leaders in heavy duty zip locks. I think the cooler cost me 6 bucks at walmart, plastic zipper never rusted and it had holes already on the bottom to drain water. |
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09-23-2010, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FISHING_FOOL
Who is selling $600 plug bags???
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Can you get it monogrammed?
Does it come with matching boots?
How about a vanity mirror and measuring tape with gold-plated tab?
Just how many plugs can it carry, and will I need to get a new one when next season comes around? |
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09-23-2010, 04:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: orange ct
Posts: 2,992
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Nick with Ken at EbbPoint make top of the line bags which I think are better made then Jimmy's bags were.
I have an early prototype 3 tube bag from Ken that I had made to my design with a large pocket in front for sluggos and rigged eels- and a pork rind pocket and bucktail holders and a pocket in the flap for leaders. I don't like all of this excessive velcro which drives me nuts so I had just an inch and a half of velcro put on the flap with a one handed buckle to keep the main flap closed and a buckle for the front pocket. In the spring, the front pocket was designed to hold a plano box for small rubber- instead of the rigged eels.
So the moral of the story is that it is worth paying some money if you can get the bag custom designed with everything you want for how you fish.
And it cost 14 percent of the Louis Vuitton hand bag I got my loving wife last Christmas.
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09-23-2010, 04:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: N.K.
Posts: 1,330
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Just packed my AS small/tall.The fabric around the top that catches hooks is almost torn right off.The flap has been cut multiple times on the inside.It still holds plugs and sits on my belt just fine.Beat...but I think I bought it for under 50 bucks a couple years back.I have backups but that one fits my belt and holds the right amount of plugs for me.I haven't seen a 3 tube bag with a reasonable price tag on it.May just get another of the same and customize the spots that rip apart and collect hooks.Can't see spending big bucks on a bag to hold fishing lures that will never get washed cleaned or rinsed.Eel and bunker potion will seep into it ,fish slime and guts will help decorate the exterior.  |
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09-21-2010, 07:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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Trying to dig a hook out of material on a pitch black night while standing on a rock getting pushed around will show you the value of spending $ for a bag that doesn't get hooks on it. Fishing from the sand or a boat, its not necessary.
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09-21-2010, 08:28 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Its highway robbery! I thought $150 was alot for a bag not too long ago.......but I bought one along with alot of other people......now because we did they raise the bar and people buy the "must have" bags! And in this economy no less!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-21-2010, 08:36 AM
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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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Van Staal bags are great - lightweight, alot of velcro, don't retain water or hooks. Not outrageously priced either,
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09-21-2010, 08:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 260
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris in Mass
Van Staal bags are great - lightweight, alot of velcro, don't retain water or hooks. Not outrageously priced either,
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Yep, I love my Van Staal single row bag... better than I like my aquaskinz large back.
Think its a great products for $100 (relative to the price of other bags). However, some of those commando bags are nice! |
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09-21-2010, 08:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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I went through 3 bags in less than 2 years because I couldn't rationalize spending a lot on a plug bag, and I'm pretty good about taking care of my stuff. I started this year off with a Precision Pak Ocean Shield 2 and it made it through 3 trips before it started falling apart. Then I got the single row Aquaskinz and it's done fine for me. It fits enough plugs and tins and is small enough that it doesn't get heavy after a long night. There's no sign of wear and tear or seams coming apart. My only gripe is that it doesn't have a holder for a water bottle. That bag cost me $86 and I had to convince myself that it was worth it.
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09-21-2010, 09:13 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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I finally decided on the AS smal and small tall bags on a belt. Often only need to take one, or the other. Much of the decision was to take any weight and wear off my shoulders. Works for me. They have held up well, and I can move them around to always feel balanced. $400-600 makes me think more than twice, even for a reel, which I consider one of the most critical pieces of equipment. Would not even consider that kind of price tag for a bag....
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