View Poll Results: How many plugs do you carry (bring in your surf bag(s)) when you head to the water?

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  • Under 5

    1 3.57%
  • 6 to 10

    8 28.57%
  • 11 to 15

    10 35.71%
  • 16 to 20

    5 17.86%
  • 21 to 25

    1 3.57%
  • More than 25

    3 10.71%
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Thread: Plugs in the surf bag Poll

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    Default Plugs in the surf bag Poll

    How many plugs do you carry?
    I take between 20 and 25.
    This pic is from early last year.
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    6 to 10. My answer might skew your results, as I fish more in a boat than from the surf. On the rare occasions I do some sand clomping, my truck is never too far behind so my fat azz doesn't have to walk too far. :

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monty View Post
    How many plugs do you carry?
    I take between 20 and 25.
    This pic is from early last year.
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    I voted 11-15, and I was going to say I like variety, but Monty you take the cake. Remember the scene in jaws where they say..."We're gonna need a bigger boat"? I think you need someone to design you a bigger plug bag Monty!

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    I sense a slight addiction, but I guess we're all addicted to this sport we love one way or another. One guy has all the latest electronics on his boat, another has countless rods for different situations, another has a few dozen reels. We all have the things that we obsess over, what's the harm in carrying a few extra plugs? I bring six to ten plugs, I like to keep it simple. In addition to the plugs I always have one or two metals, a few shads and a bucktail or three. I guess that puts me over the range I voted on.

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    I use a different bag now (will post pic tomorrow).
    What a fifference a year makes, looking at that bag picture, almost 1/2 the plugs in it I either sold or traded away based on what I used and what was succesful last year. I thought that pic was pretty awsome though (I jammed that puppy) .

    Quote Originally Posted by nitestrikes View Post
    I voted 11-15, and I was going to say I like variety, but Monty you take the cake. Remember the scene in jaws where they say..."We're gonna need a bigger boat"? I think you need someone to design you a bigger plug bag Monty!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monty View Post
    How many plugs do you carry?
    I take between 20 and 25.
    This pic is from early last year.
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    dude you are obsessed! you have way too many, lemme take some off your hands!

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    I take my 7 or 8 go to plugs, producers, plus doubles of them because of the toothy guys or my tremendous knot tying abilities. Plus I'll lend you one if you don't have it and it's producing. My downfall is carrying too many poppers, addicted to those things. Add in all the rubber stuff and my bag looks like it has a beer gut.

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    I carry about 20. They all need attention. Just bought VMC hook and split rings to replace the old hooks.

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    My name says it all.

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    I go through phases.
    Carry lots of plugs.
    Carry a few plugs (10-12).
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    It seems if you compare the first set of pics with the last set, Monty, you are now carrying more of Ripplugger's plugs. Would you call that Evolution, or Enlightenment?

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    I will go with enlightentment.
    I hardly caught any fish on metal lips until I started using his plugs late August.
    With his plugs and his advice I started catching more bass.
    I am sure the other plugs work great, but the confidence I had/have in his plugs made me fish harder/smarter and I was a lot more succesful.
    The plugs I carry now are:
    Rip-Pluggers
    Hahns
    PlugCaster Pencils
    A few misc.
    Teasers (tube and bucktail)
    Metal

    So I was enlightened, I have either sold or traded away every plug I paid $20.00 or over for. And had my best 3 months fishing after I started using his plugs (and listening to his advice).


    Quote Originally Posted by CharlieTuna View Post
    It seems if you compare the first set of pics with the last set, Monty, you are now carrying more of Ripplugger's plugs. Would you call that Evolution, or Enlightenment?
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    Don't complicate things, 11-15, but I have more in the truck.

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    I'm a fly rodder. Don't own but one plug: a blue over white yozuri slider (which I lost one night down at Robert Moses; must have a guardian angel though--about twenty minutes later it washed back up on the beach). I do have a handful of bucktails and a jar of uncle josh to tail'em up with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monty View Post
    I go through phases.
    Carry lots of plugs.
    Carry a few plugs (10-12).
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    Wow it looks like you are a real big fan of the metal lips.

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    That's my favorite way of fishing, metal lips.
    I ended the year carrying between 11 and 14 plugs the last two months. Started fishing Hogys and Slug-gos this year and liked that a lot. But without a doubt, catching on metal lips is my favorite and most rewarding way of fooling Stripers.


    Quote Originally Posted by seamonkey View Post
    Wow it looks like you are a real big fan of the metal lips.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monty View Post
    I go through phases.
    Carry lots of plugs.
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    Looks normal to me!!!! let me guess u walk the beach or stand on a jetty for hours and hours? P.S. i voted over 25.(sometimes u don't know whats going to work till u show them all of em')

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    for me its more than 25 i carry a backpack and it has three boxes with lures in them so i carry a lot of stuff

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    VPASS. What size hooks and rings do you replace the old stuff with?

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    Hey Rip it depends on the plugs some you can change up to a larger VMC but some a larger hook will change the balance of the plug.

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