Who invented the modern day PLUG?

[SoCalGuy7]

He is a little History lesson for "some" of you.....

While there has been some mild finger pointing or claims. I've done some research online as to who "invented" the modern day fishing BIG BAIT PLUG.

And although jointed and solid body plugs have been around for over 50 years, there are a couple of people that are credited with producing the modern plug that many people and companies use today...

SO THE QUESTION IS....WHO IS THE ORIGINAL ? ? ? ? ? ?

Here is an article that I found that sums it up.


Danny Plug
Originally made and sold by Danny Pinchney in the early 1960s, this flat-face metal-lipped wood swimmer is a striper fisherman's dream. While debate rages if Pinchney or plug-maker Donny Musso came up with the original shape, the Danny Plug is the name everyone knows it by regardless of who makes it. Worked slowly, it has a seductive side-to-side roll and stays right on the surface where big stripers find it irresistible. Today, Gibbs Lures makes them true to the original design in their Rhode Island facility and interpretations abound by custom plug makers too numerous to name.



Here are some Donny Musso lures from the 60's, NOTICE the flat shaped head.




A quote from the previously mentioned Gibbs, website:

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Gibbs Surface Danny -

A true classic, the Danny plug has been around longer than most of us ;-)

I thought it was interesting and I'm sure "some" of you will too!

SCG7