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Lure Making / Re: Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by metz12 on January 14, 2021, 11:26:42 AM »

You may see me throw it around CT a bit at the night tourneys, but I think as soon as I catch a fish on it, I will retire it. Id love to get a replica made someday and I would hang it from its mouth. I am waiting for that fish 7lb or over for a replica though!

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Ice Conditions / Re: Ice Conditions 2020-2021

« Last post by Curt - RI on January 14, 2021, 11:11:37 AM »

Small, shallow lakes and swampy areas are 100% iced in as of yesterday. Today and tomorrow will be cloudy and in the 40s, so not sure how that will affect it. But it's safe to say that the water temps are cold 

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Lure Making / Re: Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by Curt - RI on January 14, 2021, 11:06:07 AM »

I cant wait to get that creeper/crawler. I dont know if I want to throw it though   

LOL.. I can't say that I blame you. 

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Lure Making / Re: Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by metz12 on January 10, 2021, 09:07:28 PM »

Pretty cool, I thought you guys would like it. Hes actually a fishing youtuber worth watching! I cant wait to get that creeper/crawler. I dont know if I want to throw it though 

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Lure Making / Re: Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by Curt - RI on January 10, 2021, 07:52:33 PM »

@metz12 The bait he's sending you looks great!

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Northeast US Lake Conditions / Re: Lake Water Levels

« Last post by Curt - RI on January 10, 2021, 02:18:13 PM »

It took a while for the fall rains to happen. But when they did, things turned around pretty quickly.

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Northeast US Lake Conditions / Re: Lake Water Levels

« Last post by Cranstonfisher92 on January 10, 2021, 02:08:43 PM »

Yep, everywhere is in much better shape now, there's a submerged shopping cart sitting handle-side down in Angell Pond that is a good indicator. In August the whole thing was exposed nearly down to the folding part. Recently I walked by there and metal of the end of the basket is visible glinting in the sun under a few inches of water. That's a good few feet gained after a nice rainy fall.

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Lure Making / Re: Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by Joe P on January 10, 2021, 10:28:04 AM »

That's some pretty cool baits he makes. Nice work

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Northeast US Lake Conditions / Re: Lake Water Levels

« Last post by metz12 on January 09, 2021, 03:03:19 PM »

Just catching up here on some of the forum topics from my busy Christmas season.

As of now most of the local bodies of water are way up. Actually a lot of the rivers are above the Norm! But its crazy, we had such a dry summer, and fall really that all the rain we got ran right off into the bodies of water. A local guy who buys hay from my uncle, was telling me he dug an 8' hole in a customers yard for a sewer line, and it was pure powder after about 3' of depth. Crazy!! And that was about 2 weeks ago he told me about it.

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Lure Making / Obnoxiously priced baits!

« Last post by metz12 on January 09, 2021, 02:45:49 PM »

So, I follow a guy on Youtube, and instagram, and his name is Nate Marling. Or Marling baits. He makes some awesome swimbaits, and some wacky stuff for his youtube channel. I actually have a mutual friend of his that lives in RI, that has bought some spinnerbaits and a big Jitterbug style bait I make called the Skitterwake from me, and fish with on occasion. Anyways, he drove out to Iowa where Marling lives, and gave him a few pieces of cool wood I have stashed being a woodworker and all. Marling started making baits again for sale, and he is charging some insane prices for these, and people are buying them!! He recently sold a few baits he made from a piece of Butternut, and spanish cedar that sold for $400 

Him and I talk a little over instagram, and he sent me a link to his new listing on his website. http://www.marlingbaits.com/

2 baits at $550 and one at $900!! Absolutely nuts. And one sold as he just put them on the site this morning.

Thought it would be pretty interesting to you guys to check out. Here is a video where he actually shouts me out, and says I am going to get a bait that he made for me!

He does make some crazy nice stuff. Maybe someday I will get that good!