Is This Possible?

[MIbassin]

Can i make a hard sinking swimbait float? I plan on drilling holes in the bait and inserting cork to fit the exact size of the hole....is there a better way?

[cast_and_destroy]

I think it'd be easier if you just bought a floating swimbait.

[Kevin22]

Spray foam. Be sure to only shoot a little in there at a time, don't want it to expand and crack your bait. 

[MarkH024]

I think it'd be easier if you just bought a floating swimbait.

X2. Either sell it or keep it in the arsenal for down the road. Chances of you ruining it are probably more likely then you fixing it to your liking.

[Jrob78]

Even if you did get it to float, the odds of you getting it to float upright and swim correctly are slim.  Leave it alone.

[MO_LMB]

Let the man experiment. Sure it may be possible. You will only find out if it works if you try it. Like others have said, you would probably be better off just buying one that floats, but if you are willing to part with a swimabit if your experiment fails then go for it bud. You never know what you might discover.

[Mattlures]

They way you are suggesting....NO it will not float. If the bait is hollow PVC like a spro bbz and you add a cork or foam you will make the bait heavier and it will sink faster. What you would be doing is filling the empty space which is AIR, with something more heavy like foam or cork. You will make the bait less buoyant. Now if the swimbait is solid like a resin hard bait then it probably will come out about the same because the resins used to make hard swimbaits already float. the easiest way to get a little buoyancy would be to use lighter/smaller hooks and a floating line like mono. The only way to pull off the mod you seem to be talking about is to remove part of the bait that sinks ( the ballast weight) and replace that with something that floats. If you know where the lead is then you could drill some out and replace it with a floating material. Then the bait becomes lighter and more buoyant. Adding foam to a an "air" space makes it heavier and less buoyant. Think of two beach balls. One filled with air and one filled with foam. Which one will weigh more? which one will be more buoyant? Obviously the one filled with just air.

It is much easier to add weight to a bait then it is to subtract weight. If the bait is expensive then I don't recommend drilling it.

[Sam]

Believe it or not, there is a lot of research and testing that go into all baits before they are released to the public.

 

If you have a sinking swim bait then it is engineered to sink. You may make specific adjustments to the bait but to change it's engineering without the right tools or mathematical formulas will destroy the bait.

 

Hate to suggest this but I am with the Bait Monkey and will suggest purchasing a floating swim bait and retain the one you have for future use.

[Bankbeater]

You could try it under a bobber and see what happens.

[bait__Monkey]

Me thinks ya shuld jus buy a floata!!!

[MIbassin]

Yea just trying to save some money, it's a crap swimbait anyway

[Hyrule Bass]

Yea just trying to save some money, it's a crap swimbait anyway

there will be a day when that "crap swimbait" will be the only thing the fish bite. for example, i had a rapala husky jerk in my tackle box for two years. never even had a strike on it when i tried using it, but i always kept in my tackle box. one february day i decided to break it out again because i read on here that they were good cold water baits. after an hour of wasting my time with plastics fishing as slow as i could, i pulled out two bass back to back from the same spot on the husky jerk. one being(at the time) my PB of 4lbs even...

[MIbassin]

Its a knock off a spro bbz....I think i will just order a spro

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Matt hit it right on the head.

 

I'd say he knows a few things about making/modding baits.