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Old 06-29-2008, 06:26 PM   #1
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Hab's Stubby's - estimated value?

I have just purchased these two Hab's Stubby's 3.5 ounce models. Any ideas on the estimated value - I think I got a good deal on these - purchased for a private collection, not to use.
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Old 06-29-2008, 06:44 PM   #2
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About 5 bucks each, but I'd be willing to offer 10

Considering they'd retail for 20-25 I'd think they would be worth 30-35 bucks in a rational sense. But considering what goes on on Ebay who really knows. Aside from being a really nice plug there's nothing all that special about them.

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Old 06-29-2008, 07:29 PM   #3
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you confirmed what I felt they were worth and what I paid - to me the value is really about a nice plug not the money.
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Old 06-29-2008, 07:38 PM   #4
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I'd fish 'em.

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Old 06-29-2008, 08:54 PM   #5
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they go for around $45 to $50 each if new
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Old 06-30-2008, 12:04 PM   #6
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Me too Spence

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I'd fish 'em.

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Heck, I'm fishing one I paid $75 for. Hab's would want it that way I bet.

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Old 06-30-2008, 08:22 PM   #7
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Damn...
75.00 buys a lot of eels

Bryan

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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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Old 06-30-2008, 08:25 PM   #8
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Heck, I'm fishing one I paid $75 for. Hab's would want it that way I bet.

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Well, that's my opinion. Like I indicated, market value may be higher...and I agree. They be meant to be fished.

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Old 07-01-2008, 08:19 AM   #9
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Damn...
75.00 buys a lot of eels
$75 used to buy a lot of gas for fishing, I admit - I paid around $25 for each of these and cant see myself buying $75 plugs - purely because my wife would kill me for spending that kind of coin with a newborn in the house.
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Old 07-01-2008, 09:00 AM   #10
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Old 07-01-2008, 09:48 AM   #11
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Damn...
75.00 buys a lot of eels
Hey not to break balls and I like fishing eels too,,, but,,,

There is no way of casting an eel into a strong headwind but you sure can cast those needles,,,,,and they catch,,,,

Sometimes catching a nice fish on a windy night can have a big price tag,,,,, it also is better that not fishing in those conditions at all,,,,,, JMHO

I just hope they get fished,,,
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:28 AM   #12
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so does a 5.00 hopkins with a white tube tail.
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so does a 5.00 hopkins with a white tube tail.
Or a black Pt Jude Wobblehead with a black tube...

Or Joe's Black Knight Butterfish with a teaser up front

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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Old 07-29-2008, 07:58 AM   #14
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Fish them

Used hard and put away dirty....
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:05 AM   #15
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Fish them


That's why the Habanero made 'em.

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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Old 08-14-2008, 01:16 PM   #16
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Funny this post is here. I had picked up 3 of these, 2 black and purp and one blue a couple weeks before Hab's passed. I had been fishing two of them with good sucess. (These are a great lure for rough conditions) I broke the last one out of the package yesterday fished it.

I am making a mold of something similar and will make some out of hard plastic since the wood ones are a pia to get.
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