Big Danny Help

[capesams]

used to be when 4/0's were min.. sometimes 5/0.....reason being the hook would lay up against the belly so only one barb[arm] was hanging down..they wanted that barb large cause the fish they were catching were large,,maybe the thought on this has gotten lost in these days of new.

[steelhead]

Thanks CS. I find that my hooks are getting bigger the more I get into this. I think somehow they also stablize the plug, especially when there's some current or wave action.

[steelhead]

Numbskull. Thanks to you, too! Those dimensions are almot exactly what I had come up with by making the 6" Pinchney plug 1.25 times bigger to get the 7 1/2" dimension. The lip is a bit different. The lip I found mimics the square profile that is on the 6" Pinchey plug at
1 1/8" wide. The lip slot, the lip and the size of the lip between the two breaks were dead on. The lip in your picture looks more pikie like or lefty like in profile.

[steelhead]

A 1/2" slug in the belly? That's a chunk of Lead!

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by steelhead

A 1/2" slug in the belly? That's a chunk of Lead!

I'll try to xray one for you to see at the plugfest. When Beachmasters were hard to find, I would drill out the weight on a Gibbs and put in a 1/2" x 1/2" slug. You can pour em yourself if you drill out a piece of maple.

[steelhead]

That would be awesome! I don't pour lead, so I'll have to come up with some other solution on that end of things.... Also know what color this first one is going to be :-) Can't wait to hammer Large from the Yak! I assume at night they were black?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by steelhead

That would be awesome! I don't pour lead, so I'll have to come up with some other solution on that end of things....

John, Take a ride up to the Kittery trading Post....They have Muzzleloader balls in Various sizes that are perfect for weighting. No F.I.D. needed to buy...hell its Maine they didn't even ask for a Drivers license.....

I picked up a 100 of the .40 cal. at about $6 that weigh in about 1/5 of an ounce. Plenty of sizes to choose from.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by steelhead

That would be awesome! I don't pour lead, so I'll have to come up with some other solution on that end of things.... Also know what color this first one is going to be :-) Can't wait to hammer Large from the Yak! I assume at night they were black?

Go with yellow back/white belly, if you've got to pick one. Also, you might find these plugs a bit heavy to cast from a kayak, on the end of a rod they have some heft.

[numbskull]

It is also crimped up on the edges. I don't know if the original big Dannys were. I've had Beachmasters both ways, and the big Gibbs copy (which is underweighted) had a flat lip but swam fine. These big Dannys are wonderful night-time plugs. I suspect they've taken more big bass, at least along rocky coastlines, than any other plug made. If I had to choose just one plug to own, it would be a big yellow Danny.