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09-13-2010, 07:07 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Originally Posted by ProfessorM
thank god someone believes me. I could just feel the speculation in Georges post  |
Just teasing, Paul. Your word is almost as good as your plugs with me. |
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09-13-2010, 08:36 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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A few recent catches on the pichney stuff
Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock...  The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours.  No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.
Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun... 
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-13-2010 at 08:45 AM..
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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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09-13-2010, 08:44 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there!   |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-13-2010, 09:01 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
More fun and more challenging than eels!!!! There....I said it...its out there! |
 Considering they wouldn't take an eel one night, it was actually easier with plugs...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. I did get one about 35# on an eel the first night though...everything else came on wood.
Here's the musso sr...it held up real well, but a large bluefish took a big chunk out of it.
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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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09-13-2010, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Tagger took this for me
Bless him
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09-13-2010, 06:53 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
...unhooking a thrashing fish while you're in a precarious position ain't easy though...in that situation I'd prefer an eel or single hook offering as you need not worry about the trebles. .
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Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice. |
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09-14-2010, 11:18 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Just teasing, Paul. Your word is almost as good as your plugs with me.
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LOL. I was just kidding too
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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09-14-2010, 11:20 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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nice plugs and fish mike, you could use tags on the rear ends to eliminate a few of the points.
Last edited by ProfessorM; 09-14-2010 at 05:33 PM..
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09-14-2010, 11:45 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Lose the barbs, Mike. I mean it, seriously. You don't need them, particularly on large fish. You'll drop a few fish when they switch directions in close, but it beats hell out of having to go to an ER from where you sometimes fish. Also, if you are out on a rock, try a small lip gaff. Makes life much simpler. Nice plug, by the way, very nice.
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I actually have a sinister plan in mind next to crushing the barbs. 
An old comrade of mine used to hand line commercially for striped bass way back off the Nantucket and Monomoy rips. One time he showed me a bunch of his plugs rigged up with 5/0 and 6/0 siwash hooks...he said the trebles would straighten out under the strain of the 600# hand line, so he put big singles on and the problem was solved. You'll miss a few more fish I'm sure, but a real large fish would have no problem taking everything down and unhooking would be much easier and safer. Landing a big fish in current would be much more likely too as you can apply much more pressure to the siwash hooks. You would likely cull out the smaller fish as they wouldn't be hooked as easily and damaged, which brings up a problem:
Despite the fun I had recently I put back a lot of real small fish that were severely damaged due to the treble hooks. There were punctured eyes, gills, and open gashes on many of them after the battle which I regret...there is a lot to be said for single hook fishing(eels, jigs, shads, etc.) in terms of releasing fish in good shape as one single penetration in the mouth area has to be better than mulitple site punctures inflicted by trebles...just a thought.
Gonna re-rig the big swimmers this week with singles and see what happens.
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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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09-14-2010, 12:07 PM
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#130
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Had some good outings in the last week. I put the mack colored pichney sand eel on and the fish couldn't keep off it... I eventually lost the plug on a RI rock... The white worked well also.
Next night I fished the 8" musso sr. slopehead and caught fish practically every cast for two hours. No pics of the fish, but had close to 20 fish up to 20# on it. Funny thing was I couldn't get a touch with an eel and went to the plug...I then hit paydirt.
Can't believe what I was missing until I started building and fishing my own plugs...I'm gonna piss myself If I have any more fun... |
Not if you're in your wetsuit  |
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09-14-2010, 12:43 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Dave,
You're a very consciencious observer.
Last edited by Back Beach; 09-14-2010 at 02:00 PM..
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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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09-15-2010, 09:40 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
nice plugs and fish mike, you could use tags on the rear ends to eliminate a few of the points.
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Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly. |
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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09-15-2010, 05:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Alloway NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly.
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They look better that way..
Nice fish and pluggage! |
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09-15-2010, 09:27 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Does it seem unusual for the amount of paint to come off that's shown in my picture? Seems like the VMC's are so sharp they just pluck the paint right off and puncture the sys3 pretty easily. I got about 20 fish on that plug, so I figured the damage wasn't too bad given the number of fish I took on it. Plus, a giant bluefish mangled the thing pretty badly.
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No, they don't look bad to me for twenty fish. |
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09-28-2010, 02:43 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Here's one from a few weeks ago (when I still knew how to fish) that ate a Tagger needle......... the best needle I've ever fished (although his large ones are damn good, too).
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09-28-2010, 02:49 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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A similar sized fish from the summer (one of only a few I found) that ate one of those parrot musso clone darters I carry on about.
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09-29-2010, 04:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Nice fish
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10-02-2010, 04:51 PM
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#138
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Good day today. Best fish came on one of BigFish Larry's early pencils. 24#. Thanks Larry (and Matt, who gave it to me).
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10-03-2010, 01:11 PM
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#139
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Bad today. But the one fish I found was decent. Yellow large Donny clone surface swimmer.
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10-04-2010, 04:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 135
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Nice fish, You earned those especially with H pressure right on top of us and NNW wind, nice job
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10-04-2010, 06:29 AM
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#141
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Great stuff George!
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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10-04-2010, 08:13 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Bad today. But the one fish I found was decent. Yellow large Donny clone surface swimmer.
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Poor dog looks like he has to go to the bathroom and you're caught up taking pictures... |
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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10-04-2010, 01:01 PM
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#143
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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Yup,tail position gives it away.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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10-06-2010, 06:59 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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nice job George. Was that the day Art was over there too? He told me you got a good one.
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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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10-09-2010, 01:37 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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well not all lures are made of wood. Friend and MV resident just sent me this pic from today.
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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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10-10-2010, 01:13 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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You left too soon  |
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10-10-2010, 01:16 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Just for interest. Note the color of the plug and time of day.
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10-10-2010, 02:20 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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neat. funny as I had my best luck trolling tubes this year using black, which I always use at nite, but did real good during daylight hours too.
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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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10-10-2010, 09:26 PM
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#149
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South Central
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its nice when you come back from somewhere havent fished in 2 weeks and get hit by this little guy the first cast. all were about that size tonight. same Rickski metal lip. sweet paint job. olive pink scale to white belly and red chin splash 
Last edited by JohnnySaxatilis; 10-10-2010 at 09:41 PM..
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10-11-2010, 09:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Harmony, Rhode Island
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Here's the plug that was working the other night. (fish pics in habs tally thread).
These little plugs have broken many a skunk. Weighs about 1.6oz, made of maple, casts a mile, and will reach the bottom. Affectionately called: stubby squid needle.
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