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how big are the washers you use in this game?

been a while i know, but this is a 4" swimbaitbait i built over a month ago and just got around to painting/finishing yesterday. pretty simple design and paintjob but i like it. i'm excited to try it out. i made the joints really close together and epoxy got in there and i had a helluva time clearing that out with the dremel, so inside the joints is pretty nasty looking haha ;D anyway here it is:

looks great, that should catch them for sure. i'm curious why you didn't continue the scale pattern on the 4th piece?

never saw it...did you post it here? Yea. He was smoking a doobie. LMAO i was looking at the picture after i typed that trying to figure how you doodled on it, and i figured it was probably smoking something because its in a good pose for that ;D ;D

wow that things crazy!

not quite :-/ ;D

thats great man,,,,but this is bass resource, not the IGFA, if you caught a bigger fish by yourself with no witnesses, you still caught it lol, i'd say that's your PB but this one is chunky and a great fish!!! congrats on whichever one you choose to call your PB!

i remember the thread too and i know for a fact that you can send them back and get replacements (at least you used to be able to at the time of the thread, probably still can i don't see why not). just contact rapala however you can and ask them.

never saw it...did you post it here?

i'm not really a Depp fan but from the previews this movie looks alright.

awesome colors on that second fish!

awesome shirt!!!! ;D

this is the only baby bass i have painted: and this is the only trout i've painted (its not on a lure but i painted it lol):

...another pumpkinseed pic ;D

I do the same but I add the few lipless cranks in with the few deep cranks I use and then another box with swimbaits. i cram a few of my handmade swimbaits into my lipless box since i don't have many lipless cranks, and the swimbaits are technically lipless too

X2 x3 i use a med power/med action rod and i don't have too much of a problem having fish come off.

i organize them in 3700 boxes by diving depth: topwater shallow jerkbaits med/deep lipless

ALL OF 'EM!

just watched The Deer Hunter. it was deep.

Hmmm.... Around here its completely opposite. Muddy water prevents light penetration, which keeps the fish a lighter color. Clear water lets the sun through which darkens the backs of the fish. That's why the bellies are white. same here. they also get dark around weeds to blend in. but their bellies aren't white because light doesn't get to them, they're just white because thats the color of them, like most predatory fish. helps them blend in (looking from below the fish, helps them blend in with the lighter sky). also, the fishes mood plays part in their color. i've noticed this from the fish in my aquarium. when they get scared or stressed they get pale, and when they're in an aggressive mood (fighting or eating) they get very dark and the colors and markings really pop out.

stuff like water clarity (light penetration), the depth the bass were holding at, surroundings in the lake (weeds, bottom composition, etc) all affect how a bass is colored. temperature might even have an effect too, not sure on that one though.

bow fishin looks like it would be lots of fun

oh my.... :-X

looks like a solid 2 pounds