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10-14-2010, 03:38 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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Boone needlefish. I don't believe they're made anymore, but if you see them anywhere, don't bother.
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10-14-2010, 04:41 PM
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Always a Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: South Shore Long Island, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
Boone needlefish. I don't believe they're made anymore, but if you see them anywhere, don't bother.
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They are still around, mostly I have seen them in Sports Authority and other stores like that. Thank God they threw that POS on clearance for like 5 bucks when I was first starting out to surfcast.
No, I cannot be nice about it, those things are useless. |
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10-14-2010, 04:48 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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I never used one but those interchangable plastic plugs where you could take the head off and switch it from a popper to a swimmer never seemed like a good plug to me. Cool idea but I would say they suck.
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10-14-2010, 04:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
I never used one but those interchangable plastic plugs where you could take the head off and switch it from a popper to a swimmer never seemed like a good plug to me. Cool idea but I would say they suck.
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You mean you fish with Lego's???? |
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10-14-2010, 06:16 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redlite
You mean you fish with Lego's????
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Pretty much Mike |
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10-14-2010, 07:11 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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went to a slammer infomericial a few years back
i'm sure they have their place, but the gags slammer i believe is what they are. no good, acts like a sail. casts 10 feet. i think it's more of a boat plug.
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10-18-2010, 03:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by american spirit
i'm sure they have their place, but the gags slammer i believe is what they are. no good, acts like a sail. casts 10 feet. i think it's more of a boat plug.
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I agree, they constant line catch, and tumble. I dont trust them at all for holding up to fish... BUT I know a guy that has taken two 50"+ fish on these lures from the shore. They work in a handful of unique circumstances. |
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10-15-2010, 08:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
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They all suck. No wait a minute... it is I who suck.
I am zero on all plugs this year. (not for lack of trying) I'm just going to stick to bait.
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"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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10-15-2010, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
Boone needlefish. I don't believe they're made anymore, but if you see them anywhere, don't bother.
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Not that I use them anymore but more than a few guys have mounts on the wall taken with a Boone needlefish. Don't sell them short...
DZ |
DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
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10-15-2010, 01:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Not that I use them anymore but more than a few guys have mounts on the wall taken with a Boone needlefish. Don't sell them short...
DZ
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I'm sure they were fine plugs back in the day, but over the years I think the quality may have slipped. I have one that's probably 10 years old and from the get go, the paint looked terrible and the screw eyes for the hooks had to be tightened after being used. I can't even figure out how they would become loose from normal fishing. As you know, there are some really great needlefish plugs being made today. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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10-19-2010, 06:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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so the plastic plugs according to Woody's comment
only differ in density
correct?
which allows them to be a slimmer profile
which might explain why wooden pencils are more consistent
fish catchers.... 
just trying to get behind the "science" of shape and density here.  |
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10-19-2010, 07:03 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Joe - the northbars work, haven't used them too often this year but I have caught on them.
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10-19-2010, 02:56 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Joe - the northbars work, haven't used them too often this year but I have caught on them.
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With our luck John maybe we should try them more |
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10-19-2010, 03:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,974
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I tried the plastic Northbar bottledarter this year and it caught fish for me under the right conditions. Dropping tide at an inlet with current and whitewater.
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