Studs and Duds...lets see em and hear the stories

[O.D. Mike]

Originally Posted by BigFish

You need a duplicator Mike....I see continuity issues with your hand turned bodies!

You still want that grommetizer??

If you don't mind me asking, what is a Grommetizer?

[BigFish]

Its basically just a device a couple of talented guys on here make used to round over belly grommets to fit the contour of the plugs belly!

[O.D. Mike]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Its basically just a device a couple of talented guys on here make used to round over belly grommets to fit the contour of the plugs belly!

Thanks Larry!

[Rockfish9]

I didnt fish plugs as much this season... when I did it was spooks and small ( 6") dannys.. mostly in June in the river, day break highs ...for the most part this year they were fusy little @*&%^%$ and wanted meat... September brought some hungry fish that keyed in on sand eels on the beach ( when the wind allowed) .. that thin Pinkney ispired sand eel was hot for the second year in a row... I need to make more, i gave away most, my second to last trip found large (high twenty to low 30lb) bass hanging behind the moored sail boats on the drop, the trick was to cast the plug tight to the stern, you knew with in 3 casts weather they were there or to move to the next boat, well one particular fish streaked off running up current. in and out of the "fleet" of moored boats... a managed to free her from a few of them, but in the end.. she swims with my last sand eel plug...

as far as the duds... the only one is the small Gibbs inspired darter that the Professor brought by my house...I copied things pretty close... some swim better than others, some play turttle... I've had pretty good luck with darters, but this aint one of them, i need to relive this one a bit..

[GooGoo Man]

Hey Joe,

I was lucky enough to get one of your mackerel sandeels at plugbash & I did quite well on it a few weeks ago in SoCo.

We were getting beat up good by the surf, so pics were impossible.

That plug is definitely a stud!

[chrisjoe13]

These all worked for me this year. I'm not sure I'd call any of them studs, but they're definitely not duds.

[chrisjoe13]

One more that was an accident. I had these two pieces that were turned a few years ago (didn't remember my original intentions, but you can see where I had made awl marks for belly hole & weight on rear piece). Decided to weigh and rig as a jointed needle (sinking). The thing moved like a snake when twitched. Got one decent fish on it and then lost it to the bottom forever. Definitely making some jointed, sinking needles for next year.