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05-31-2008, 06:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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Well someone had to do it 
The good news is an hour after I took that blue, I took a 38" bass on that needle. Thats the twin to the needle in the picture I took of my dad with his fish.
And if I had my camera with me, I'd have a bunch of pictures of fish I took this am on a white pencil, all in the 32-38" range. Man I needed that.... |
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05-31-2008, 11:16 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Eddy put the stink-o-skunk on me, so I'm reduced to posting other people's fish. This is Art, aka Earlybird.....but he's just a lurker. No one alive has spent more time plugging and flyfishing the Elizabeth's than this guy. The most enthusiastic fisherman I know. First cast ever with a skinny danny he ho'd off me this winter. Should have given him something else instead.
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05-31-2008, 06:27 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Geez George your plugs are hot. Nice.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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05-31-2008, 09:18 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Just been fishing a lot, Paul. Here's another I took tonight on a bottle darter after Sauerkraut spent himself trying to catch a 12" bass and left. Not trying to show off. Had five fishless nights this week. Just trying to keep the thread going and encourage other people to get out there and post their successes. People like you, you lurker.
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06-01-2008, 02:11 AM
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fish til ya drop
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Burrillville R.I.
Posts: 172
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Just been fishing a lot, Paul. Here's another I took tonight on a bottle darter after Sauerkraut spent himself trying to catch a 12" bass and left. Not trying to show off. Had five fishless nights this week. Just trying to keep the thread going and encourage other people to get out there and post their successes. People like you, you lurker.
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Way to go!! Nice fat fish!  |
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06-01-2008, 07:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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I've been trying to learn to fish needles, and last night thats all I could throw into that wind. I took a few low teen fish on a black maple needle but i eventually broke off, I then switched to one of Numbskulls Hab's clones and took a few decent fish on that during false dawn....
Then it was time for the white pencil....
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06-01-2008, 07:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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And my best pencil fish so far. 42" 29lbs, 1 lb short of that magic # ... I told that one to go eat a pogie and to come back tomorrow 
The one in the first pic was 26#. All fish were released...
I spent all winter turning offcenter stuff and getting the lips, hook placement and weighting right so they swim just right, and here I am catching on needles and a simple white pencil...
I guess I'll be keeping it simple next year.... |
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06-01-2008, 03:13 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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I just have not got anything worthy of the post. I am in the minor leagues this year and you are in the majors. All those fish are very fat and healthy. Breaking tides this week in the canal are usually my favorite for the year. Maybe I can get to a few of them and catch something on a plug.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-02-2008, 11:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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A teen fish on a 'Scotty' ballerina from the mini swap 2 years ago. I'd been saving that one. It's real big and I thought it might take a big fish to take it... I'd never used a ballerina before but I guess if you can walk it, it works.
And complete heartbreak on one of my herring pencils... That's a 6/0mustad stainless siwash and a 6X 3/0 vmc . Looks like I get to join PNG  That fish followed and swiped at that pencil from the point that it landed to within 40 feet of shore. Pushing water with that big head all the way. Must have hit it 10 -12 times before it finally took it. I almost wish I hadn't got to see the fish... |
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06-02-2008, 04:44 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
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And complete heartbreak on one of my herring pencils... That's a 6/0mustad stainless siwash and a 6X 3/0 vmc . I almost wish I hadn't got to see the fish...
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 That will break your heart.....particularly when you think you got it covered using a 6x. Sometimes I think the tail hook is the problem. It pins the tail and creates a fulcrum where the leverage can pull the belly hook apart. How big do you reckon she was, and did she head my way by any chance? |
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06-02-2008, 05:11 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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Monster pike
Even pike will try and eat something nearly half their size. That's a 7" darter, and it's yellow in the daytime.
I tied the fly I caught the trout on. It was one of a half a dozen that size I caught this wknd.
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06-02-2008, 05:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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George,
It looked 4 or 5 " longer than the the low 30 # fish I had last week. I've never had a 40, but I have a feeling that was my first real shot at one.
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06-03-2008, 10:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
George,
It looked 4 or 5 " longer than the the low 30 # fish I had last week. I've never had a 40, but I have a feeling that was my first real shot at one.
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That's why we keep coming back, we're such suckers..... |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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06-05-2008, 10:04 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Got a 40 inch fish on a beautiful "Johnny" off center turned plug I got at plugfest, in canal today. Sorry G. no camera. Took a lot to throw that plug but it swims so beautiful I couldn't resist. I threw it at a deer first but it wouldn't touch it.  It was too busy swimming for its life against the current. He needs to get a tide chart. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-05-2008, 11:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Fork
Posts: 72
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Got a 24-LB on my 5" needle tonight.
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"What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
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06-06-2008, 06:33 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Nice, another cool fish on a light rod, probably shallow water as well. Love seeing this stuff, helps keep the motivation up even when the skunk smell gets strong.
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06-06-2008, 06:52 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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I don't have pictures but I have done well on my customs. 2 weeks ago had lots of fish on several plugs including a nice pikie I made a few of. Yesterday AM I got 4- 20 pound fish on topwater at daybreak on a mackeral pattern pencil I made.
I love plugs but I still catch plenty on rubba(atleast rubba is not alive)
if I get some pics, I'll put one up someday, but it's the moments I live for.
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06-06-2008, 07:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Fork
Posts: 72
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Sounds like you have had some nice fishing.
Al,
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"What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
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06-07-2008, 07:38 PM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 358
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Good catch Al...maybe I should take you up on your offer!!!! Congrats!!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by cutchogue
Got a 24-LB on my 5" needle tonight.
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06-06-2008, 07:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
Got a 40 inch fish on a beautiful "Johnny" off center turned plug I got at plugfest, in canal today. Sorry G. no camera. Took a lot to throw that plug but it swims so beautiful I couldn't resist. I threw it at a deer first but it wouldn't touch it. It was too busy swimming for its life against the current. He needs to get a tide chart. |
That's GREAT news!! I'm 7 hours away renovating a 170yr old farm house. No chance for salt or plugs until fall for me. Thanks for throwing it. If you lose it,... there can be more ! |
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06-06-2008, 08:01 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Thanks. I would really like one in a lighter color someday. The one I have is burple, but still worked in the daytime. Really nice realistic swimming action. I'd give it a 10. Good luck with the house |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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This Guy Makes Some Great Plugs!
And he can flat out fish! Prof Moriarty and his Canal Style Pencils! It was a pleasure Paul!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-06-2008, 08:15 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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This one he let swim another day! 30 pounds all day long on his sweet pink mac flattie!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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06-06-2008, 02:38 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
We need a thread to show and tell, credit other builders, and brag a bit about your own stuff. If you get a decent fish on your own or someone else's plug, lets see it.
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Nice pics. What are you using for a camera George?
Lots of nice fish this week on artificials. Homemade stuff,vintage, and rubber too. Still no eels for me yet.Its a record.
I had bunch of mid to high 20# fish on an old gibbs pencil, plus some 30's on rubber.Was a blast.
Here's a couple shots I took of Bart with a high 20# class fish just before it was released. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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06-06-2008, 03:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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I'M DIGGIN THAT JIGGIN' ( NO PUN INTENDED)
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Why even try......... 
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06-06-2008, 03:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Sauerkraut got 3 his biggest was 32.9 lbs as well. No pics though all fish we took this morning were released after being weighed measured.
Got some with Basic Patrick earlier in the week like this one below. photo by Patrick w/ my cam.
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Why even try.........
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06-06-2008, 04:45 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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WOW Flap, that's a BIG ...ass, I mean Bass.
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06-06-2008, 08:43 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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It was a pleasure fishing with you and Matt. I had a ball. You didn't miss anything on the afternoon tide. I need a make over. George can I borrow your bag.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-06-2008, 09:30 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Scratching and scratching 7 days to find this. Like an idiot I didn't look in the canal. The dog was about to dump me. Yellow jointed.
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06-07-2008, 10:10 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Sorry George I didn't know you liked the canal or I would have called you. Figured your buddy flap would have clued you in.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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