RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week,
nicco,
Dec 10th 2007, #1
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Urban,
Dec 10th 2007, #2
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RIPDLIP,
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swimbait,
Dec 10th 2007, #8
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deepsessions,
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magmaster,
Dec 10th 2007, #5
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Mitch,
Dec 10th 2007, #6
RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week,
offduty,
Dec 10th 2007, #7
Hardware Comparison,
swimbait,
Dec 10th 2007, #9
RE: Hardware Comparison,
TTCal,
Dec 11th 2007, #10
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woodchucker,
Dec 11th 2007, #11
RE: Hardware Comparison,
Matt Peters,
Dec 11th 2007, #12
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kidfisher 8 7,
Dec 11th 2007, #13
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Jeffj,
Dec 12th 2007, #14
RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week,
bassindon69,
Dec 12th 2007, #15
RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week,
swimbait,
Dec 12th 2007, #16
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niKKo | Mon Dec-10-07 06:03 AM |
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#9992, "RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week"
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Being very new to big swimbait fishing and searching everything I can get my hands on. I have to listen to an accomplshed big swimbait fisherman as the auther of this thread. Thanks
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Matt Peters | Tue Dec-11-07 09:56 AM |
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#10007, "RE: Hardware Comparison"
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I don't want to add unnecessary fuel to a fire, but there are a few take-aways from this thread. First, Rob Belloni and Calfishing.com are the shiz. How refreshing to see straight talk, and calling out something that clearly needs to be called out.
Castaic Bait Company should wake up and smell the coffee. It needs to be said. Rob said it, everyone else replied with simliar validation of the issue, and I'm raising my hand to validate the issue as well. Between having some of the worst QA and R&D teams in the space, these guys aren't getting any better. Castaic is OLD SCHOOl/OG on the big bait scene, and making hurrendous mistakes, and if anything taking steps backwards. You'd think these guys would have mastered pouring perfect baits, getting the majority to run straight out of the package, and making baits that can survive a real strike by a fish of consequence.
Besides serious errors in design, testing, QA, R&D, and basically having a second rate, at best product....Castaic further buried themselves in my mind, with this Rago deal. I have 15 Rago Real Trout that don't have a belly ring to attach a trap hook. How is that possible? These guys go way way way back in the swimbait game. This wasn't an oversight, this was sabotage. I didn't even know that Castaic Baits was behind the Rago thing until recently. That was a revelation to say the least.
I'm not big on posting controversial/pointed topics. That's what swimbaitnation is for!
:P
It needs to be said, and hence my allegiance and alignment to calfishing.com and Rob Belloni. Zero tolerance for any BS, and certainly not going to let a company like Castaic who likely has one of the most recognized brand names in the swimbait space, across the country, get away with this crap unnoticed.
MP
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swimbait | Wed Dec-12-07 10:32 AM |
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#10012, "RE: Threw the Platinum Rock Hard last week"
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hm, I guess there is some confusion about how I took that bait apart.
I used my hands to wiggle the halves apart (that's why the screw eyes are opened up). Then I took a pair of pliers and backed out all the screws. I was interested to see if the screw section of the eye was any beefier than the eye. I was also curious to see if the same screw eyes were used in the joints, hook hangers, and line tie. They are all the same.
From the picture, you can see how long the screws are and how wide the threading is. You can also see that some of the screws broke off inside the bait, which may be a function of them being molded inside the lure. Based on how the screw eyes are recessed, I would guess that they are molded in.
This brings up an interesting point regarding screw eyes... For a fishing lure, the idea screw eye would have a very small eye, and a beefy screw section. I've looked at a lot of lures and trolled the aisles of more than a couple hardware stores and found that the ideal screw eye does not exist because the eyes always match the screw. If you want a strong screw eye, you have to buy big ones.
This may seem like a small detail, but wouldn't it be cool to downsize the screw eyes on your hard baits? Some day a lure company will make them, it just hasn't happened yet to my knowledge. Just like Castaic came up with the Treble Claw hook, or Lucky Craft started using the oval shaped split rings. Funny when you think about how many things we use tackle wise are just a function of what was available at the hardware store for some entirely non-fishing purpose.
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