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SLUGGO'S WORK THE BEST IN NEWPORT AND H.B. ALSO LONG BEACH, ORANGE BELLIES GET BIT A LITTLE BETTER, PLEASE DON'T USE LURES WITH TREBLE HOOKS OR BARBS. IVE ALSO FOUND BOUNCING THE BOTTOM WORKS BETTER THAN DRAGGING THE BOTTOM.

NICE PAINT JOB, I MAKE HUNDREDS OF 5-8in. TROUT PATTERN PLUGS WITH LOTS OF SPOTS AND HAVE FOUND THAT A MAGIC MARKER WITH A SQUARED TIP MAKES A SPOT PATTERN SIMILAR TO A CRAPPIE.

AFTER ALL MY HOURS OF DAYDREAMING OF FISHING DURING THE SAME MATH CLASS I HAVE COME UP WITH SOME OVERLOOKED FACTS THAT NOT MANY FISHERMEN SEEM TO CONSIDER. WITHOUT PUTTING MY 'LIGHTLY' PATENTED 'NEW PLUG' UP FOR GRABS I WILL SUGGEST A FEW SENSICAL QUESTIONS OUT THERE. HOW MANY FISH DO YOU CATCH ON THE BACK HOOK ? NOT MANY ? WELL, THE GREATEST HINDERENCE TO GOOD SWIMMING ACTION IS ADDING A BACK HOOK TO ANY PLUG. TRY TAKING THE BACK HOOK AND SPLITRING OFF ANY STOREBOUGHT CRANKBAIT THEN WATCH THE ACTION IMPROVE!!! IVE DONE A FEW HOURS OF UNDERWATER VIDEOS OF MY OWN CREATIONS, AND TRIED AND TRUE STOREBOUGHT MASS PRODUCED PLUGS.

Krylon Fusion Spraypaint Makes A Metallic Shimmer In A Pearl Ivory Color That I Like To Use, It Bonds To Plastic , Metal, Wood, And Shows A Little Depth, And Works O.k. With A Resin Overcoat. Ace Hardware Brand Makes A Cheap, Good, Lighter Color Enamel Spraypaint Thats Also Ivory, Also An Artists Supply Called 'pearls' (nationwide) Will Have Every In In The World To Make Or Buy Bone Or Any Other Color. Good Luck !!

now i think its a walleye jig, try looking in walleye cats, mags.

ITS KIND OF CLOSE TO A BERKLEY POWERBAIT 'BLADEDANCER' OR A VINTAGE SCROUNGER THAT HAS A CLEAR RUBBER HEAD FEATURING A 'PATENTED OSCILLATING ACTION " THEY WERE MADE FROM 1/16 TO 2oz. AND REQUIRED A SNAP OR SWIVEL TO LINE TIE, I FOUND 3 STILL IN THE PACKAGE- OVER 20 YEARS OLD 1/8 OZ WITH TWO 2 IN MOTOR OIL GRUBS ENCLOSED. INTERESTED? THEY WERE MOSTLY SALTWATER WEST COAST CALICO BASS, JIGS BUT I WOULD USE THESE LITTLE ONES FOR BIG SURFPERCH UP TO 3 POUNDS. TOO MUCH TACKLE TOO LITTLE TIME !!!!!!!!

I Don't Like 'crappy' Colored Lures But, The Ties Are There For A Deeper Or Shallower Running Bait, Play With Both To See Where Each Gives The Best Presentation !!!!

I Really Like The Looks Of A Jointed Minnow But I Don't Have As Much Sucess As With Em As I Do The One Piece Models. My Favorite Is The Sinking Countdown Model With A Slight Twitch (disorented) Action. I Can Keep Them Up Out Of The Weeds By Raising My Rod Tip. I Still Get Alot Of Action And Slow Retreive By Twitching It Like Crazy With Pauses. Don't Forget That Action Is Not Only Side To Side But Up And Down As Well !!! I Remember About 15 Years Ago When They Started Making Bomber Long 'a' S Jointed. A Bunch Of Guys Thought It Was Going To Make A Great Lure Even Better. After About A Year Most Of Us Went Back To The One Piece Model Because The Fish Liked Them More !! They Barely Float And We Had Thd The Most Sucess Using What We Called The Non Retreive Which Was Cranking It Soooo Sloww It Took 2 Minutes To Cover 30 Yards In A Good Strike Zone !!! Good Luck !!!! Experiment Alot And Us Know Your Secrets That Are Sucessful. (not The One That Are So Secret That The Fish Don't Understand Em !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha, Ha, Ha,...............

Hey , I Just Thought Of 2 Old Lures That Kind Remind Me Of Yours, One Is A Heddon 'headdhunter' The Other Is A Buck Perry 'spoonplug'. I Used To Fish Both Of Those Back In The 70,s For Bass, When I Was A Kid .

HEY THOSE ARE NICE !!! I LIKE THE STYLE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I REALLY LIKE THAT OVAL OR TRIANGULAR SHAPE. THAT LIP AND ANGLE ARE NOTORIOUS FOR A GOOD TIGHT WOBBLE. CAN YOU RETREIVE THEM FAST ? LOOKS LIKE THEY RUN ABOUT 4-8 FEET DEEP. I'M GOING TO TRY TO COPY THAT SPLATTER TECHNIQUE ON THE GREEN/YELLOW ONE. ILL SEND PHOTOS THIS WEEK OF SOME OF MY STUFF. IM STILL FOOLING WITH FINISHES, RIGHT NOW IM USING 2 PART 50/50 FLEXCOAT TYPE RESIN WITH 2 THICK COATS, BUT MY PLUGS ARE FAT 4-1/2---7 INCHES.

hey hazmail, im new here but ive been making big striper/ bass plugs, gliders, spooks, j-plugs and wood swimbaits in so. cal. for about 20 years. what kind of baits do you make ?

I Have Blanks Turned 1000 At A Time Out Of Pine And Get A Few With Knots And Grain Then I Finish It 1/2 Natural With Paint Only On The Top 1/2 (the Knot In The Wood Is Always On The Bottom For Balance) Ive Even Tried Different Color Stains For A Trout Pattern, The Right Piece Of Wood Comes Out Beautiful!! I Coat Them 2x With A Heavy 50/50 Resin. I Had A Machine Made With 98 Wood Screws That Spins At 30 Rpm And Dries Them For 8 Hours. Some Are So Nice Im Afraid To Use Them , Much Less Sell Them To An Unworthy Waterbeater..... Question} How Did That Mahogany Popper Work On The Water?

I FISH STRIPERS MOSTLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAKES THAT HAVE HUGE LARGEMOUTH BASS ALSO. THERES ABOUT 20 OF US LOCALS THAT FISH AROUND TROUT PLANTS AND FEW DAYS AFTER. ALOT OF TIME WE BUMP INTO BASS TOURNEYS (CASTIAC IS A ZOO) FISHING POINTS WITH BIG HOMEADE PLUGS, AND ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET A BIG LARGEMOUTH AND YELL TO FRIENDS ACROSS THE LAKE 'DARN ANOTHER LARGEMOUTH, WHERE ARE THE REAL FISH IN THIS LAKE?) WE DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT, BUT IT GETS ALOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE BASS BOAT TOURNEY GUYS. AND WHEN YOU HOLD UP A 10+ TO THROW BACK YOUR FRIEND YELLS BACK ' YA, I ALWAYS JUST JERK IT AWAY FROM THOSE LITTLE ONES.... I KNOW ITS CHEAP FUN... BUT...

The Easier Woods I Have Found To Be Are Pine, Cedar, Birch, And Popular, Ive Made Many Salmon Plugs, A/c Type Plugs, Or J-plugs Out Of Old Canoe Paddles, I Really Like That Oval Shape To Start With For A Tuned Plug.

I Just Made 3 Beautiful Jointed J-plugs Out Of Hickory Hammer Handles. They Have A Good Taper And Oval Shape To Balance Better In The Water. I Wanted A Heavy Barely Floating Slowww Wobble That Takes Over 3 Minutes To Retrive On A Long Cast!!! I Have Plenty Of Lighter Pine Plugs That Swim As Fast As I Want. Any Way.. I Filed, Sanded, Hachsawed, Painted, And Finished Them . I Even Bought Out The 20 Remaining Hammer Handles From The Discount Store !!! I Think Im Such A Great Luremaker I Did'nt Bother To Test Them For Bouancy Until I Was Done. (i Did't Want To Waste The Time!!) When I Tested Them They All Sank And Would't Swim At Allll!!!!!!!! Im Going To Make Hand Gaffs Out Of The Remaining Handles...... Be Careful Heavy Woods Work On Some Designs, But Balence Becomes An Issue, Adding Lead Weights Doesn't Always Help, And Testing As You Go Saves Alot Of Firewood !!!!

That One's Beautiful !!! If You Want To Try Somthing Different You Could Put A Single Trailer Hook Pointing Up For The Back Hook, With A Bucktail Or Flash Like You Have. I Rarely Catch Fish On The Back Hook If Its A Treble, And Almost Never On A Single Hook Pointing Down. When The Single Hook Points Up I Catch Much More On The Back!! Much Like On A Leadhead Swimbait Minnow. Your Lure Looks Perfect !!!!!

A LONG LONG TIME AGO, WHEN PLASTIC WORMS WERE MADE ONLY BY A COMPANY CALLED 'CREME' WE USE TO USE A 2' LEADER AND A A WEIGHT CALLED A 'BASS CASTING WEIGHT' NOW CALLED AN 'EGG SINKER' WITH A SWIVEL. I LIKE TO WATCH MY WORM IN SHALLOW WATER AND MANY TIMES WATCHED 1-5 POUND LARGEMOUTH SLAMMING THE WEIGHT ALL THE WAY TO MY FEET. IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING GET HIT AS MUCH. IF YOU JERKED THE WEIGHT AWAY FROM THE BASS TO DROP THE WORM IN FRONT OR TO THE SIDE OF IT THE BASS ALWAYS SWAM AWAY DISINTERESTED. I USED TO JOKE THAT THE BEST PLASTIC WORM GOT BIT ABOUT HALF AS MUCH AS THE WEIGHT:eek:

THE SMALLIES IN SOCAL. ARE SUCKERS FOR BRIGHT COLORS WHILE THE STRIPERS AND LARGEMOUTH SEEM TO LIKE MORE NATURAL SHAD/ PEARL WHITE COLORS. I THROW MOSTLY TOPWATER UPTO DOWNTO 3' . I COMPROMISE BY PAINTING A PEARL/ SHAD WITH BRIGHT RED GILLS AND BRIGHT RED ON TOP WHERE THE BASS DON'T NORMALLY SEE ANYHOW, BUT I CAN SEE MY LURE BETTER AND WATCH FOR STRIKES AND SWIRLS. I THINK THE TRADITIONAL BROWN, GREY, BLACK, NATURAL IS NO BETTER THAN BRIGHT RED WHEN THE FISH ARE LOOKING UP AT THE LURE WITH A BRIGHT SKY AS A BACKROUND, I THINK A BIG DEEP (TO THE BELLY OF THE PLUG) RED GILL ATTRACTS MORE STRIKES, GIVES THE FISH SOMETHING TO AIM AT. AND DISTRACTS FROM THE HOOK. I THINK RED HOOKS HELP A LITTLE TOO.

IM 48 NOW AND CAN'T THROW A 7'9'' ROD ALL DAY ANY MORE, I HAVE BAD ARTHRITUS IN MY SHOULDERS, HANDS, AND WRISTS. THE QUANTUM I DESCRIBED IS ONLY 7'0'' WITH AN OVERSIZED CORK HANDLE . I WISH I COULD STILL TOSS THE BIG SMIRKPLUGS WITH AN 8' OR 9' STICK FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN IN A DRIFTING RENTAL BOAT AT PYRAMID OR CASTIAC LAKES:yes: THE ROD DESCRIBED ABOVE BY NORCAL BASSER SOUNDS ABOUT PERFECT, IF I DID'NT FEEL SO LAME:( $100 IS A GREAT PRICE ON THAT LENGTH AND QUALITY ROD:yay:

I Don't Use Okuma !!!!! But I Have Tried The Bass Pro 6'3'' Graphite Series Gs63xht 5/8-- 4-oz. 14--40 Lb. Line. It Works Good But Is A Little Too Stiff And Have Lost Big Fish Shaking Their Heads And Tearing Out The Hooks. My Favorite Inexpensive (on Sale At Walmart Now $15.00) Is Quantum Saltwater Grade Qsc70mh . 15--30 Pound Line 1--2 Oz Lure (3--4 Oz Is O.k. Too) Medium Heavy, It Has Enough Backbone To Cast Well But Isnt Too Stiff To Keep A Constant Pressure To The Hook With A Big Fat Headshaker Thats Going Balastic Trying To Get Away !!!! Although I Can't Blame My Rod As Much Anymore ???

I Used Flourocarbon In 45 Degree River Water And Had Alot Of Breakoffs At The Knot. It Seems More Brittle Especially On Colder Water. ( I Tie A Loop Knot To My Rapala Type Lure After Removing Any Splitring) I Also Skindive For Lures In Popular Rivers To Retrive My Snagged Lures And Everyone Elses, (their Mine Now!!!) Anyhow, When I Swim Into Braded Line Ive Almost Cut My Head Off. I Know Ive Had Good Fish Cut Off By Discarded Braded Line When They Run For Cover After Being Hooked !! I Think We Should Burn Old Braded Line, Even At The Dump I Bet Its Catching Birds. I Only Use It In Saltwater With A Heavy Flourocarbon 3 Ft Leader To Have A 300 Yard Capacity Of Line On A Smaller Reel

Hey !! I Want To Fish With You, Or At Least Hear How It Works, Sounds Great For Trolling, Build It, And Tell Us About It. Good Luck !!!