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LURES
Deep
diving crankbait lures that are in this category are deep
thunderstick, reef runner deep diver, luhr jensen powerdive
minnow and the hotlips trolling model. These lures will all dive
to 20ft plus deep. I mainly use them for fishing with 3 way
rig’s, with a flutter spoon above them. I will also use them
on their own when flatline trolling. One point to note is that
you cannot use them with a dipsy diver, as the back pull from
the lure will pull against the dipsy and make it difficult to
control.
Above lures are Luhr jensen power
dive minnow, Hot lips troller and deep jnr thunder stick.
KYNOCH KILLER OR CUT
PLUG
Black and Gold and Pink and Blue Rainbow homemade plugs
Many people wrongly attribute the
invention of this lure to the late Ian Kynoch from the river Tay.
He introduced this deadly lure from the USA/Canada where it is
was sold under many names e.g.: Lucky Louie, Tillicum , J Plug,
Martin plugs and many others, with patterns and names being the
subject of US patents, some dating back to the 1920’s.
Gibbs Martin commercial 6 pack
Original Lucky Louie plug
These
old plugs command high prices in the tackle collecting markets,
with boxed examples in mint condition selling for $200 to £300
each.
Cut
plugs started off in the west coast of the USA from California
to British Columbia in Canada where they were used by commercial
fishermen trolling for salmon in the sea. The main bait of
choice was the Plug cut herring, this was a dead herring cut at
an precise angle at the head so it would wobble and roll like an
injured fish, but as with many natural baits they were time
consuming to mount and prepare for fishing so an artificial lure
was made and this was called the “Cut Plug” because it
mimicked the action of the natural Plug cut herring. They were
sold by the lure manufacturing companies in two versions, the
commercial version in 6 packs and sport versions available
singly, some of the commercial versions had interesting
variations with multi hooks and one version that when a fish
took it, the lure spun round and a large single hook gaffed it
under the chin!.
Plug Cut herring and the Plastic imitation a Silver Red head
"J" Plug.
Modern
versions of the lure in the UK are sold as The Tay Lure, Killer
Plugs and Kynochs, they mainly carry one treble hook and are
sold in the popular Salmon colours: Yellow belly, Black and Red,
Black and Gold and the usual “Salmon” colours.
In
the USA there are many company’s who make Cut Plugs, Luhr
Jensen, Silver Horde R&R Plugs, Lyman, North Point Nailer
and quite a few more. They offer the plugs in a vast
range of sizes and colours, Luhr Jensen alone have 37 colours
and 4 different sizes from 3 ¼” to 5 ½” long. They are
also available in rattling and non rattling versions and one
company makes a plug that holds a chemical light stick for
fishing in the dark or low light conditions. Nearly all the
plugs sold in the US have a hook harness that has two treble
hooks, this extends the rear treble to or just beyond the tail
of the lure and this hook arrangement does a good job on hooking
those tail nipping fish and I have had fish that have
been lip hooked on the trailing treble.
Above
is a selection from my plug collection they are :
Top row. Tomic 7". Ace Hi 6"
Second row. Lucky Louie 4" &5" sizes
Third row. Silver Horde sizes 3, 4 and 5
Forth row. Luhr Jensen J-Plugs 4" 5" and6" sizes.
The 2 top row plugs are commercial plugs with large siwash
hooks.
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