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poppers, jitterbugs, and torpedo's are my favorite topwaters. brush hogs aren't topwater lures but they do crush some bass

small businesses for the win!

make you own. you can use the wire out of those twist ties that come with garbage bags. just melt the plastic off the twist tie and there you have a nice little wire. bent it in half, put the bent end on the barb how you want it, and tie the loose ends to the shank of the hook with thread and coat it in superglue. i used to make weedguards for my flies like this.

that is a really big bait

C is a bluegill, not a red ear. look at the soft dorsal and you can see the dark "thumbprint" that is the tell-tale sign of bluegills.

snakeheads.

um, try two and a half years... ;D

w00t! Pantera! ;D

yeah it totally sucks when a finish is ruined. i got lucky that a few extra coats made this one pretty salvagable. i have no idea what model this crank is, i found it in a bag of mixed cranks that someone sent me. i'm not up to speed on my Mann's crankbait models

no, yours. yup, already did. decided to give up on the reference photos and just painted it the way i thought it should look. turned out alright.

if anyone has any clear, side-profile pictures of small bluegills, could you please post them? i need them for painting reference. thanks

i remember seeing these. nice baits

his baits look great.

do what the pond dictates.

is flex coat 1 or 2 parts?

nope, but that looks like it would be great on fishing lures too!

i was eager to use my new finish so i repainted this old crank. i dropped the bait on the towel right after the first coat of clear after 3 more coats the finish turned out alright. could be better. there are some specks of debris on top of the head but oh well...

LOL GUYS!!!! it is a water-borne polyurethane

LOVE THIS SONG!!!

from the sticky at the top of the page: http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1221880921

i switched to a new finish from epoxy (hallelujah, i HATE epoxy with a PASSION). i didn't make this bait, or even repaint it, its just a rapala taildancer in hot chub, but i did put 3 coats of my new finish on it and AIN'T SHE SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH!!!!

cast for a cause is nice because its not limited to cancer, gives you the option to expand. cast for a cure is also good if you're going to stick with cancer benefits.

good tip ^

don't seal the hole or air won't be able to escape and the bait won't compress when a bass bites.

if the popper is small enough then go ahead and use head cement. it will work but its not very practical as you're covering a lot of area with head cement, and you'll use a lot of head cement, and its not very cheap. try using polyurethane to seal baits.