More on Plugs

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Now I'm really confused. So if Steve Campo was such a good fisherman, what did he and his friends want the plugs for? Wouldn't eels do instead?

Tony C. knew and knows Campo very well. We have talked at length about him. Campo was a rabid bass fisherman and just like when we fished eels and bait we (at least I) still had to have every plug that came down the pike. It's an obsession. You think you had to have it because it might be that one thing that gets you better catches than the next guy.

Tony told me that when his shop (Bass Run)was out of Pichneys or Musso's wooden creations that he could always ge a bunch from Steve C. because it was unbelievable that someone could carry that many plugs on a fishing trip plus the eel live and rigged. He was simply obsessed, aren't we all when it comes to Striper fishing in some sort of way?

Tony said Mr. Campo lives in Canada now looking for better bass grounds as far as he knew.

I'd love to meet him.

[Grapenuts]

there is a word for all that plug buying, and it's a real sickness treated only by a doctor..I know someone just like steve c. who lives in orleans..he was telling me he has a basement full of thousands still in their pkging from back in the sixties..you name it he has them..evert color and size...he told me that he'd spend 3/4 of his pay check every week buying stuff he knew he'd never use, had to get his fix.For years he kept this up untill he was treated for this sickness....and to this day he still won't part with one.Said his wife and kids will be very well taken care of when he passes and they have a yardsale.

[flyvice11787]

Originally Posted by Grapenuts

there is a word for all that plug buying, and it's a real sickness treated only by a doctor..I know someone just like steve c. who lives in orleans..he was telling me he has a basement full of thousands still in their pkging from back in the sixties..you name it he has them..evert color and size...he told me that he'd spend 3/4 of his pay check every week buying stuff he knew he'd never use, had to get his fix.For years he kept this up untill he was treated for this sickness....and to this day he still won't part with one.Said his wife and kids will be very well taken care of when he passes and they have a yardsale.

Hopefully, his wife and kids will know what the plugs are actually worth before they sell it off .