Hmmm... what is it?

[MasterJigBuilder]

Weight = exactly 3.1 oz. Length is exactly 4 & 3/4" long. Diameter is just under 3/4" and is through wired with 316 heavy duty stainless.

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[icehole69]

[green] Looks to me like an old fashioned weighted float to me.[]
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[davetclown]

I know exactly what that is, I got two of them,

it's a billy club for knocking out monster 18 inch blue gills befor you bring them in the boat.[sly]

I gotta have two on hand at all times, cause some times I catch gills two at a time. lol
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[davetclown]

I forget what the name of them are, but I am guessing that they are line markers, used for trolling, you let out a spool of line, you hook this to your line giving it a visible spool marker when it is time to add a new spool when fighting a big-un as it takes line, and marker shows where the line joints but together when retreiving it so you can make accomidations to change to an empty spool upon reaching this point.
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[MasterJigBuilder]

Way too short for a Billy club Dave. Remember it is only 4 and 3/4" long.
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[tubeN2]

It looks like some kind of device for salt water jigging.
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[patches]

looks to me like a old slidin sinker, looks awful big fer a freshwater, but seems could be used fer both fresh and salt???? huh?? haha [][]
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[tubeN2]

Hey there MJB, It looks like a tuna plug that has been stripped down. No hook, no feathers.
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[MasterJigBuilder]

It probably could be used in freshwater Patches and yet was designed for saltwater use many years ago before cedar plugs came on the scene.

It is a replica and the Andrus plug. First designed for tuna on your east coast and then taken up by Striper/Bluefish anglers over their. A regular client of ours asked if we could make some up for him given they are no longer available in this size and weight.

4& 3/4" long, 3/4"diameter and they do their own rigging. We just wire them through with SS spring wire.
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[tubeN2]

Yeah, Burnin thumbs mate. I just saw a larger version of that in the tackle store. They had some of them bare and some with feathers.

Good job there. Do you have any more of these puzzles to figure out???

They are pretty cool.
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[MasterJigBuilder]

Hmmm. I don't have another puzzle right now but you may have seen something like this in the tackle store, but these are different.

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Most plugs are made from cedar and weigh around 3 oz. These custom ones are 5 oz, have a Tasmanian Oak (bone coloured) tail and the head is recessed so they give off a hot little bubble trail when trolled.

At this weight they also make the perfect casting plug into the surf. If necessary (and on windy days), just reverse the body, put the weighted end at the rear, anbd slide the hook in behind it....Perfect.
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[tubeN2]

I've seen some like that at the stores. Some with the wire insert like your previous one and som with nothing at all. I was wondering how those were used. Thanks for the tip.

Do you have any special tips for bonito, opaleyes and macks?? I would enjoy reading your expert advice.
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[JapanRon]

Hey there MasterJigBuilder,

Here in southern California, we call that little devil a 'ceder plug' because it is or used to be made of...............

I believe they originated on the East Coast to catch stripers and bluefish.

They are absolute killers for the albacore and other tuna here on the west coast.

JapanRon
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[lonehunter]

well with the loops on both ends i'ts a in line item .

made of wood to float (pre dating foam ), so it's old . the rounded head and tapered to the end shows that it was used while trolling .

if it's old , must have been used on stainless steel fishing line and it's size meens it was used for big game fish (pre dating mono and other plastic lines ).

big game fish , hey , must have been using a downrigger . the float kept the ssline from sinking and snagging the bottom .

put it all together and you got a o;d inline float for trolling after the big boys !

am i close ?
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[patches]

HAHA SO WHATS THAT MEAN, I,M RIGHT! HAHAfer once haha! THAT,S COOL! HAHA that,s before they made em like now, huh, it just reminded me of one. guess i,m smrter than what i figured. haha later i haven,t looked at this one in a while huh. haha later [][]
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[patches]

hey bud, i bet they work pretty good though don,t they?? you used one>?? and what the cedar one look like?? nearly the same??what,s that andrus plug?? if it,s a plug must be a lure right?? see i thought of the slidin sinker cause thats what i use when i go doin my trout fishin in the lake out deep from shore. i like the slidin sinkers cause ya can feel it on the line better than the split shots on the line. anybody else notice this with em?? actually thats the only time i use sinkers less its spring and got high water i,m fishin in my brook. and then i use splits, i don,t use slides in my brook dont need to . ain,t that deep or wide. not like the lake. but thats the only times i use any sinkers. later[][]
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[patches]

that cedar one is nice. there,s alot of work in those, that s just like the old days though, that,s when they made houses, jigs, what ever. they put that extrie in what ever they did. it was craftsmanship back then. and look how many years they last. no different than anythin else they use to do. can,t find too many of those ol boys anymore. thre may be some that do cause it went down thru the line, but some of these prefabs i wouldn,t give a nickle fer. later[][]
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