Surfstix' Teasers and the fish they catch.......

[DarkSkies]

Surfstix heard that I love throwing needles in the fall. He sent me 2 custom needles for Pebbles and I. He also threw in a few of these hand tied flys.

Peanut bunker pattern
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Spearing, rainfish/bay anchovy
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Peanut bunker again
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Spearing, grass shrimp, etc

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His skill set is way up there now...
the level of detail and the way these swim, they're just awesome and the perfect presentation for fall forage fish.

Thanks so much, bro, hope to have some fish hangin on em soon!

[thaistick]

Nice bro those surf candy is just in time for th albeeess

[surfstix1963]

just in time and just what I had in mind for Rich

[Monty]

Had to much to do this weekend so had to get some sleep last night, so only fished 4:45-7:30 this morning out front. Wish I could have done the normal 8-9 hour outing as water was great and bait was all over the place (missed most of the rain....darn). Got one bass on a teaser in front of a plug Surfstix painted. Missed a few fish as usual for me, had a bass hit the plug in the pic as I brought it through some mullet, had a bass blow up on a white sluggo. Missed a few other hits too (its amazing I got the one fish). Got home by 10:00 and saw step-grandson score his first goal playing soccer, was awesome. Next Sunday can't come soon enough....

[DarkSkies]

One of those people is Surfstix.....

He sent me a package a few weeks ago.....
What is most compelling to me,,,is that despite all the health and other problems he has had in the last 3 years, he is still able to make these great plugs and teasers....and most generous in sending them on to be tested by the jaws of death, aggressive bass and angry bluefish.....

Finally got time to post the pics.....
thanks again Surfstix!

Hope Pebbles and I can beat some of these up by showing the "after" pics......


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These are the "before" pics....


the 2 above are shots of the biggest pencil I've seen in a while...this pencil I think weighs in at 4.5oz......

The teaser below is one of Surfstix's hand-made teasers.
He's been making them for awhile now and the craftsmanship really shows......
(Note the good quality epoxy heads on the teasers/tails and the heavy duty split rings......)



Some of Rip Plugger's plugs, and the ones Surfstix has sent me, are usually dressed up now with these teasers at the end.

They make a real difference in getting a fish to hit when they are sluggish or the water is colder.

[DarkSkies]

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Nice well made ML Swimmer, Pebbles was so happy when she saw it.....

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Check out the custom metal lip on this thing, for a little more action in the water........


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Check out the awesome teaser....again a viable part of the reasons why surfstix plugs catch fish.......
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...surfstix+plugs


Thanks again Surfstix!

[DarkSkies]

Over the years I have known Surfstix., he's been very generous with his teasers......
More and more of the guys on the site who are building plugs, are using his teasers or bucktail dressed siwashes to dress up the tails of their plugs.....

I was thinking about this and a few things occurred to me.........


1. He makes some awesome teasers.
2. He only makes a few at a time.
3. With not many of his teasers in the hands of surf guys, most don't know how nice they are....
4. Since Surfstix has some serious health issues....he can't get out there and fish at this point in time ...it's possible he will live his whole life, without folks out there ever knowing about his work....
5. Him being a Crabby Old Basstard (COB) probably ensures that, too.

[DarkSkies]

I realized that most fishermen out there, only get stimulated to think about a plug as "proven fish catcher"...when they are hanging in the mouth of a fish....

I'm posting this for anyone who is lucky enough to have one of his teasers, and wants to post pics of fish they got on them.

[DarkSkies]

There is already a thread here about his plugs......
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ish-They-Catch



Anyone else who catches fish on his teasers,,,,feel free to post the pics here......

[ledhead36]

Nice fish there guys. Question would you want to use teasers when the blues come in the bay or will they just destroy them?

[surfstix1963]

They will tear them up, but that just proves they like it.The teasers drawback is when they nail it and bite through your leader and you lose your plug with it but they work well.

[speedy]

bin a bit so here they are ....
the swimmer is 2.5 oz.
THE SS COPY IS 2.0 OZ.IMA BEST ONES YET!!!!!!

[DarkSkies]

Nice work, who's the goog that tied those tails?

[speedy]

Nice work, who's the goog that tied those tails?

A GUY FROM LI NY THAT WILL KICK UR A$$...

[DarkSkies]

A GUY FROM LI NY THAT WILL KICK UR A$$...

You know I had to say that just to bring attention to those tails.
His work is clean and tight. Remember he got into a "discussion".. with the guy at Surf Day selling teasers because Surfstix thought the finishing work on them was sloppy? One thing about surfstix is his honesty. He won't turn out something that he feels is sloppy or doesn't look the best that it can.

fattso it swims about 6 to 8 inches from top the more u reel the deeper she go s she will go 12 inches max at that highspeed she got DWI....lol

I was looking at some of the plugs you made 3 years ago and the ones you're making now....each new batch it seems you set out to do something a little different, and a little better......For example, some guys will only make pencils, because they're relatively easier to make, or some stick with poppers, etc....I think at one time or another you have made almost all styles of wood out there....Your attention to swimming every plug you make to test how it swims is something not everyone does either......
Even though the only times you fish lately is to test your plugs.....I gotta say your plugs are really looking sweet .........very nice work, bro.

[DarkSkies]

^ I copied the above post from the ones where speedy shows his latest plugs.....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...?8923-new-ones

It seems that a lot of plugs around here are now being built with Surfstix' teasers and tails.......


We will eventually start hanging fish on them. As it's still cold out and not many fish are active, you'll have to be content to just look at the good-looking teasers for now.....
stay tuned........

[cowherder]

Sweet! I have a question for you surfstix will post it in the other thread

[speedy]

Sweet! I have a question for you surfstix will post it in the other thread

yes he knows dark is lost lol..

[Monty]

I think I post a thread about teasers each year....time for Teasers 2013

How about posting thoughts and experiences on fishing teasers? Like them, hate them, why? Don’t need them? Biggest fish on a teaser, like doubles, don’t like doubles? Favorite teasers, favorite teaser rigs.

The past year I tried to cut down on the amount of time I fished with teasers, to see if I noticed any difference in fish caught. So I think I fished 50% with them compared with the past few years at least 75% of the time. Looking back at the year fishing with teasers increased the Stripers caught.
One night I met up with Dark and Mike O this past year, we caught a few Bass, they seemed to only want black teasers a certain size.
For teasers I use Deceivers and the small rubber tails for Avas.
If there are blues around I take the teaser off, but I have had times when it seems the teaser is all a blue would want. Here is an Island Beach Blue that hit a green/white teaser late May this past year. It was the biggest of the morning.

[Monty]

Some teasers for 2013
Going to fish some of Surfstix teasers this year. He is an incredible tyer (quality and creativity).