I was rummaging through an old box of fishing junk that I bought from an old-timer back in the 80's at a yard sale. In the mix, I found four of these lures, all brand new, Charlie Pasquale "Made only by Diamond Feather Lures".
Google searches have turned up absolutely nothing at all about them. Can somebody tell me how they are used? Maybe I'll give one a try.
https://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/501156-diamond-feather-lures-block-tins/#comment-7642804
https://www.manta.com/c/mmstsm8/diamond-feather-lure-co
There are saltwater versions that are longer. Made for Needlfish and Barracuda.
Keith
Wompus, thanks, but I too found plenty of info about the company and their metal lures, however I was asking about this lure in particular, haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. Seems their metal lures were a big hit back in the day.
Quote from: handi2 on April 19, 2022, 07:57:32 PMThere are saltwater versions that are longer. Made for Needlfish and Barracuda.
Keith, from the package's graphics this one's intended for striped bass, I just wonder how it's used. Is it trolled? Cast? Perhaps fished with a bait like an eel attached?
Btw, the cuda lures are surgical tubes, this one is hard plastic.
Are you certain that the lure goes with the product card? Diamond jigs with feathers are common enough.
Are you even sure it's a lure? It doesn't look like you could cast it very far from the surf, and it doesn't look like you could troll it absent a plane or downrigger weight.
Maybe the old timer just used the tube to keep the braided wire from getting kinked up and the tube isn't intended to be fished. It looks like something that you could rig up with a dead eel and some rigging floss.
I have four of these rigs, all identical, they look factory made, and one in sealed bag.
Certainly not castable, (too light) and the leader is very heavy mono. I'm really thinking this goes with a bait like an eel, which is a favorite striper bait.
You can use it to rig your eel skin. You do keep your eel skins. Right? Water flowing through the tube when it is retrieved makes the eel skin billow up and look even more eel-like. It's a Northeast striper thing.
Quote from: oc1 on April 20, 2022, 05:29:11 AMYou can use it to rig your eel skin. You do keep your eel skins. Right? Water flowing through the tube when it is retrieved makes the eel skin billow up and look even more eel-like. It's a Northeast striper thing.
Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner! :d
This sounds totally feasable and is no doubt correct. Have you lived on the Northeast at some time?
I've never fished eels or eelskins in any way shape or form, and here in the Souththeast never seen it done either. But I'm sure I'll McGiver sumptin' outta this rig! :fish Thanks man.
looks cool... might it also prevent delay live eels from getting wrapped up?
Quote from: nelz on April 20, 2022, 02:58:30 PMQuote from: oc1 on April 20, 2022, 05:29:11 AMYou can use it to rig your eel skin. You do keep your eel skins. Right? Water flowing through the tube when it is retrieved makes the eel skin billow up and look even more eel-like. It's a Northeast striper thing.
Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner! :d
This sounds totally feasable and is no doubt correct. Have you lived on the Northeast at some time?
I've never fished eels or eelskins in any way shape or form, and here in the Souththeast never seen it done either. But I'm sure I'll McGiver sumptin' outta this rig! :fish Thanks man.
Here's a video of a guy rigging eel skins on a plug:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tOmS8GbAFE
Eel fishing (that is, fishing with live eels) is something else. There are dozens of tips, fishermen's wives' tales, and superstitions about fishing them.
Quote from: nelz on April 20, 2022, 02:58:30 PMHave you lived on the Northeast at some time?
We used to spend part of the summer on Cape Cod when I was a kid. Fishing for cobia in the Southeast we would change out an eel if it died. If it isn't tangling up everything then it's not as attractive to the cobia.
Quote from: philaroman on April 20, 2022, 03:52:27 PMlooks cool... might it also prevent delay live eels from getting wrapped up?
Quote from: philaroman on April 20, 2022, 03:52:27 PMlooks cool... might it also prevent delay live eels from getting wrapped up?
We just keep them on ice.
Hi Neiz,
I just saw this old post and thought I'd weigh in. I believe it is a plastic version of a "turkey bone lure". That was a trolling lure made from a turkey leg bone that was used for bluefish going as far back as sailing catboats that used to troll bluefish for market in the 19th century. I had heard that
'modern' ones were made from plastic. It looks similar to an eel skin rig, except an eel skin rig would probably be made from lead or brass and have some type of a flange to allow you to tie off the skin, and having the hooks attached with toilet chain for weight and flexibility. I don't know anybody who uses them anymore, but rigged eels and eel skin plugs are still a favorite of sharpies and trophy hunters.
John
My guess would have been a top water drag bait like a cigar.
Must have bigger Stripers on the east coast then we do on the left coast, that mono leader looks like 100 pound test or more.
Good thing Stripers aren't leader shy.
Quote from: Finest Kind on July 14, 2023, 02:00:42 PMHi Neiz,
I just saw this old post and thought I'd weigh in. I believe it is a plastic version of a "turkey bone lure". That was a trolling lure made from a turkey leg bone that was used for bluefish going as far back as sailing catboats that used to troll bluefish for market in the 19th century.
Thanks John. So it's designed to be trolled as is then, no eelskin? I would guess maybe an egg weight would be needed though.
Quote from: Crab Pot on July 14, 2023, 03:25:25 PMMust have bigger Stripers on the east coast then we do on the left coast, that mono leader looks like 100 pound test or more.
Yeah, they get real big. My first big fish was a 34lb striper off a NY beach, that's just a middle-weight for those parts. Made my little Penn 712 scream real good though!
This is my dad's eelskin rigging box, he fished Cuttyhunk for stripers in the 50's, moved there and was a guide from the early 60's for 20 years. The tackle was all home made the rigid tube was much shorter than the first one pictured. They cut down copper or PVC to about an inch drilled across it, then took an old style bead swivel, drilled thru the center of the bead and ran a brass pin thru the tube then the swivel in the center and out the other side of the tube.
Back in the day they were fished dead slow with wire or lead-line, the boats then were running the straight sixes and some had converted to a manual spork advance so they could retard the timing to a few hundred rpm. You pumped the rod slow, lift til you felt the skin pop like a parachute filled up, then drop the tip for a swirling swimming action as the rig fell. The boys kept the rigs in covered bean pots filled with brine in the back corner of the cockpits.DSC02580.JPGDSC02581.JPGDSC02582.JPG
Thank you for that description Cuttyhunker! I had only seen a few lead or brass commercially made heads. Your knowledge and description is definitive. It's good to know how the real Cuttyhunk guides made them. I am going to make some rigs up when I trap some big eels. I like fishing with vintage tackle, at least the reels and lures. The rods and line, not so much! This is my best so far this season, 43 lbs on a Surfmaster.
John
John,
The surfcasters fished dead rigged eels at night off the beaches with the similar slow retrieve. Nice striper :d