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Old 05-14-2014, 06:13 AM   #1
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Its About the Plug 2014

Big, small, who cares? Lets see what your (or someone else's) custom plug can do. We all learn from it.

To start here is a 26" bass (it looked huge compared to what I have been catching so I measured it ) that ate a 4" Musso small darter clone. The plug has done well for me, which is a pleasant surprise since I was not impressed when I swam the prototypes. Interestingly, the plug swims better with larger hooks than I tested with. The forward hook position seems to balance things out well.
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Old 05-14-2014, 07:39 AM   #2
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George, your darters catch great. The medium Musso did me very well. Love to have a small one. LOL

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Old 05-14-2014, 09:36 AM   #3
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I love darters nice work.
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Old 05-16-2014, 08:13 AM   #4
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Caught this one few weeks back on a Billy DeLizio "redfin".

I had been throwing plastic with no takes and switched to Billy's plug which offered a larger profile, tuned the line tie down to keep it on top w/ wake. The fish cooperated. Thanks Billy for saving what was turning into a frustrating night. 36.5" released
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:37 AM   #5
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Thats great Matt. Thats a gary 2 version. great tail waggle. no tail weighting.

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Old 05-17-2014, 04:52 AM   #6
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Nice plug, nice fish.
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Old 05-22-2014, 01:09 PM   #7
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Got this high teen fish on a skinny pencil made by some irish guy who used to live in Franklin. Good hit too.
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Old 05-22-2014, 02:55 PM   #8
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Good idea filming it so you can remember how to do it as you get older.
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Old 05-22-2014, 03:03 PM   #9
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Good idea filming it so you can remember how to do it as you get older.
Sounds like porn to me

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Old 05-22-2014, 07:13 PM   #10
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Got this high teen fish on a skinny pencil made by some irish guy who used to live in Franklin. Good hit too.
how come I can't catch any fish on those. Must be the fisherman and not the plug.

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Old 05-23-2014, 10:28 AM   #11
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This 37" fish came from the spot some Irish guy who used to live in Franklin should be fishing but isn't.

Ate a little bottle I built this winter.
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Old 05-23-2014, 04:28 PM   #12
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Nice 1 George, cool lookin plug

something clever and related to fishing
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Old 05-23-2014, 07:09 PM   #13
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Hey George,
Love that old style Gibbs bottle mouth!
Great picture!
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Old 05-23-2014, 07:55 PM   #14
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Make more of those bottles, very productive plug and one of my favorites!

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Old 05-23-2014, 08:11 PM   #15
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nice picture.
That Irish guy must be pretty stupid.

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Old 05-26-2014, 11:17 AM   #16
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Throwing a Blonde Terror yellow pencil this morning, the bass went 15 lbs on the boga, it hit as i was just lazily finishing a retrieve in about 4 inches of water, certainly wasn't expecting that.

The blue went 6 lbs, caught another blue that went 6 lbs on a 24/7 blue mackerel pencil which snapped a one treble off the front hook, has anyone ever had that happen to a vmc before??, all fish released to swim again and they did. Not a bad first morning out, considering there were quite a few people there this morning.
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Old 06-08-2014, 01:25 PM   #17
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Natural color

Natural color hardwood. First catch this year on own wood. It's a jr. variant, weighs about 1.85 oz.
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Old 06-08-2014, 04:29 PM   #18
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[QUOTE=johnny ducketts;1043061]Throwing a Blonde Terror yellow pencil this morning, the bass went 15 lbs on the boga, it hit as i was just lazily finishing a retrieve in about 4 inches of water, certainly wasn't expecting that.

Nice fish.... i need to make some more yellow pencils for Cutty... morning sessions at the Barges beach.

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Old 06-09-2014, 06:04 AM   #19
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Throwing a Blonde Terror yellow pencil this morning, the bass went 15 lbs on the boga, it hit as i was just lazily finishing a retrieve in about 4 inches of water, certainly wasn't expecting that.

Nice fish.... i need to make some more yellow pencils for Cutty... morning sessions at the Barges beach.
Awww, man I can't believe I am missing it again!.. I love the action on that plug!

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Old 06-16-2014, 03:19 PM   #20
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When your fishing partner ask "Do you even know how to catch fish on plugs anymore?" (I fish a lot of eels/he fishes a lot of plugs) I had to put on a needle, land a fish and make him take a photo of it.

Sin: fishing eels
Ultimate Sin: fishing numbskull's plugs with a eel jug over my shoulder. (Sorry)
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Old 06-17-2014, 07:38 AM   #21
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at least you recognized your mistake
stick to plugs to catch fish, it makes the few big ones well worth it
now where did I put my eel jug?


was that on a Numbskull needle?

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Old 06-17-2014, 02:10 PM   #22
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I can't leave the eels alone.

It's a hab's clone from numbskull. Birch or Maple I'm guessing. Fish hit it as it tagged bottom and I'm guessing that is why it was not he siwash.

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Nice one Frank
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not wood but metal counts too

2 straight days of these things will put a hurtin on you and this lure was automatic
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Nice Paul, I had fish on that small green darter the other night but couldn't get pics. Next time.
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Nice Paul, I think I have one of your wooden needles in that shape.
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Old 06-22-2014, 10:03 AM   #27
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Daytime pic

Not often that I fish in the day. Nice to see the colors instead of black and gray.

Lure is a chunky needle made over the winter.
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this is one of christians aka chrisjoes metal lips he gave me. its a atm jr hybrid of sorts, cast decent considering too.

i threw it the second night at cutty, slow waking it on the top and the fish were just blowing it out of the water left and right, was a blast to watch,must have happened 10-12 casts in a row, then finally hooked up with 2 decent fish on it.

have the fish pics on the camera, ill upload later on

took a nice chunk on my buddies white darter in the pitch black too
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this is a clone of the 2 oz musso darter in lobsta paint ... black over orange and well used.... this and my parrot version are my go to night plugs... this was a 32" fish from the barges area on thursday night at Cutty
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this is a clone of the 2 oz musso darter in lobsta paint ... orange over black and well used.... this and my parrot version are my go to night plugs... this was a 32" fish from the barges area on thursday night at Cutty
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