.dsaavedra.

creole oh ok. never heard that term before.

metal. wth is zeydeco???????? :-?

i made this shad because one of my friends said he had an automotive clearcoat and he wanted to see how good it would work on a lure. so he told me to make a lure with simple paintjob that i will be able to fish a lot and give the clearcoat a thorough test. he also will not tell me what clearcoat he sprayed until i have tested the crap out of this lure.....its frustrating lol. as for the actual clearcoat, its not very glossy at all, which i'm kinda disappointed in. its more of a semi-gloss or maybe even a satin finish. its also not hard to the touch like epoxy, but he said it won't be fully cured for a few days. after that he said it should be hard as a rock. so i'll give this clearcoat a shot, see how it works, and if i end up liking it after its all said and done, he can get it for me at a good price and i can either have him spray it or i can dip it myself. here's the bait: this little guy crawled up next to me when i was taking those photos: another friend told me to make him a 1" junebug popper. i said ok, i should have it done by tomorrow. so i whipped this up out of pvc and painted it with nailpolish, as close to junebug as i could get: showed him the picture today and it turns out he wanted a popper that imitates a junebug (the insect), not a junebug colored popper ;D so i'm keeping the popper for myself and i'll carve him up a floating beetle with a popping face. thus concludes the past week in my lure making escapades....

looks pretty good. let us know how that spray on clear holds up for you.

i know the song you're talking about...i think it was a Queen song but i can't remember which one!

i peg the weight when i want my worm to quickly make it to the bottom (sometimes if i don't peg it, the weight will slide down the line on the fall and make it to the bottom before the worm). when the cover is thick i will peg the weight so it won't slide down the line and get caught up in crap. also, when i want to impart DIRECT action to the worm, i will peg it. i did this with the rage tail anacondas because of the big tail on them, i thought that if i didn't peg the relatively small weight, that when the worm fell it wouldn't get that tail wagging. but with the weight pegged, it really pulled the worm through the water and gave it a different action. basically, in short, pegging the weight amplifies its effect on the action of your bait. when i'm fishing sparse cover and smaller baits, i won't peg the weight. when i'm fishing heavy cover and bigger baits, i will peg the weight.

i dunno whats up but i'd tie a crank on a UL rod and quit complaining

yeah this year's was a bummer... :-/

LMAO the Onion is great! ;D

i just saw a segment on the local news a few days ago about criminals stealing GPS's out of peoples cars, and then clicking the "home" button on the GPS to find directions to the owners house, and then robbing the house....

which songs? or do you mean the song Black Sabbath? and Tin, i'm suprised you haven't heard of this until now... i've never played them in sync but i should sometime...

lookin' good.

you're not going to do this at your lathe, i can assure you if you want to catch fish, you gotta fish for them. but if you don't feel like fishing, thats ok too, nobody's forcing you. don't burn youself out by fishing a lot when you don't really feel like it, and when you're not "in your game". take a break and the urge to go fishing again will come to you.

Oreo-O's cereal and the Nestle NesQuick cereal.

this is a good point. its something i overlooked, but makes perfect sense now! great tips guys, thanks!

nice

cool, thanks guys. bassn, i saw that link earlier today, it was that article (and a recent trip on the potomac river) that got me wanting to start punching. i've got a 7' HF swimbait rod, rated 1-4oz (with 50lb power pro) from bass pro that i'm sure will handle punching no problem. its just that that rod is very heavy and tiresom to use.... to me its really heavy but i've never used a rod of that class before (other than this one), so it might be just as heavy as the others. thanks for the tips guys, keep em comin!

did a brief search and didn't come up with much, other than a few people mentioning that they punch grass to get to fish. i'd like to know more about this technique. what gear do you use (rod, reel, line) what line, what hooks and weights, and what baits. where do you use this technique, and in what type of cover (grass, lily pads, etc) what exactly do you do while punching grass? i'm not sure if my 7' M power F action st. croix avid will be able to handle punching grass.

are you going to put any green into that paintjob? also, not sure how the spray clear will hold up as a topcoat.... let us know how the bait ends up working!

rapalas are great and if you ask me the best quality for the money. bandits are good too, but i don't like the action on my bandit cranks as much as the action on my rapalas.

holy crap that first one has a huge head! those are reallllly nice fish. congrats. ps. second pic is funny ;D

i don't think plecos are considered an invasive species, they're just exotics....

Sonny, it looks like you will forever be PeeWee ;D

just be cool about it all and don't make any assumptions. just ask him where it is or if he sent it.

the odd time when i'm at school and we're doing something in the computer lab i'm usually either already done, or doing it at home, and i'll get on bass resource sometimes.