bottle cap fishing lures?

[storminsteve]

This guy started his own company. Check it out. If he gets $5 each for those things, I'm jealous. Maybe I should start making them, I bet they would be great for small bluefish or albacore and bonito?

[surfstix1963]

Good one Steve I 've also seen somewhere can't rmember but take the handles of old butter knives and you can reshape the handles or use them as is.you will have a stainless tin same premise two holes one for the hooks and one for a line tie.Don't go stealing all the knives in the drawers when the blues show up.

[DarkSkies]

^^Surf, I have a friend that grew up fishing the Brooklyn area.

2 of the guys he used to fish with were named "Frankie Trebles" and "Jimmy Spoons". These were old timers who used to fish the bridges and piers at night, so they may no longer be alive.

Jimmy Spoons had that nickname because he was known for taking old spoons, cutting off the round part, drilling holes and putting hooks on them. Then he would catch bluefish and whatever else would smash them. I imagine the thin profile would even work for inshore pelagics. Creative stuff, plain and simple, and it worked. Good thread Steve.

[surfstix1963]

Something like these Rich Time to hit the dollar stores

[williehookem]

Pretty cool surfstix, did you make those?
Ever throw them, how do they work?

[surfstix1963]

No Willie not me but someone was thinking out of the box with hopkins and kastmasters @ $8 or $9 bucks might not be a bad idea.Especially for tossing at blues.

[storminsteve]

^^Surf, I have a friend that grew up fishing the Brooklyn area.

2 of the guys he used to fish with were named "Frankie Trebles" and "Jimmy Spoons". These were old timers who used to fish the bridges and piers at night, so they may no longer be alive.

Jimmy Spoons had that nickname because he was known for taking old spoons, cutting off the round part, drilling holes and putting hooks on them. Then he would catch bluefish and whatever else would smash them. I imagine the thin profile would even work for inshore pelagics. Creative stuff, plain and simple, and it worked. Good thread Steve.

Something like these Rich Time to hit the dollar stores

Awesome metal and tins. I wonder if those guys are still alive. Would love to hear how they got some big fish on them.