Anyone make your own lures?

[digdug]

Does anyone here make their own lures, jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, soft plastics or hardbaits?  If so what kind, and why?

[Nick_Barr]

I have tried to melt together worms and make a creature bait. It really didnt work that well.

[bassinjack]

i make my own hard baits from cedar cranks jerks and top waters and i also do some of my own custom painting i think when you make your own and you also paint other name brand lures it's exciting when you catch fish on them

       Jack

[GobbleDog]

It seems like it would be pretty cool making a lure out of wood, painting it and then actually catching fish on it. But I've never done it.

My friend tried it once. The lures looked like crap. I guess you need a special type of high gloss paint and whatnot.

[bassinjack]

regular cretex airbrush paint and epoxy and the top coat will be rock solid hard

[Chris]

I make my own spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs, worms, and topwater lures. Why? It keeps me out of trouble.

[Guest whittler]

One of the great things about fishing is making your own tackle. I primarly make crankbaits, really neat to catch fish on a bait you made.

[Will]

I have made in-line spinners, some balsa crankbaits, balsa topwaters, and now I pour my own senkos. I actually caught a 3 pound bass on one of my topwater lure and the fish broke it. The topwater was a two piece zara spook and after the 3 pound fish the wire holding it togethor was bent out of shape.

[BassnG3]

I make a lot of different soft plastics.  Senko type, sweet beaver type, drop shot worms etc.  I like to make stuff that you can't buy in the store to give the fish something different.  Catching fish on a lure that you made yourself is priceless.  Additionally back at the dock pulling out a bait color that no one has seen before is cool ;D

Scott

[playmaker47]

I make my own spinnerbaits. I just buy blades and swivels and all that stuff and then buy a pre painted wire leadhead frame and then add a skirt of my choice and put blades of my choice on the, its pretty cheap compared to buying them, and i get to make any combination that i want.

[Muddpuppy]

I have carved a few from wood, shot a coat of laquer on them and robbed the hooks and eyes off something else.  So far none have impressed me enough to attempt to try paint.  

[Bassmaster2]

I have made a few topwater from a tree in my backyard. they work pretty well to. beats payin for them. i mean im only 16 with no job.

[digdug]

Thanks for all the respones.

I make my own jigs and spinnerbaits.  I've thought about cranks and topwater but never had.  

[xxSANDMANxx]

I just got a lot of stuff from my grandfather to make spinnerbait and buzzbaits.  Im doing it for a hobby and maybe try to sell a few

[Rattlinrogue]

I'm trying to make some floating minnow baits out of various woods.It's all trial and error.I'm hoping to create something that will catch fish .It's a work in progress.

[BassMaster]

i've made some spinnerbaits and buzzbaits...  all from scratch pretty much with some straight steel wire, some blades, some lead, hooks, and skirts.  comes out pretty nice... lost all the ones i made though to some pretty big logs and them getting wrapped around tree branches about 100 times.

[Bass_junky]

I make my own spinner baits, buzz baits both in-line and safety pin style, & jigs.  Why several reasons, 1) I won't fish through the 3ft of ice during wintertime.  2) I prefer to use hair vs. silicon/rubber skirts in spring time.  This gives the bait a slower fall.  4) I like to take my bag of bucktails, maribu & tinsel with me so i am certain I can match what the bass want  3) I like to listen to my wife razz me over the mess I make.....

[OcBass63]

I have never really tried but I am making them in one of my woods classes and i will let you know how they turn out.

[Gatorbassman]

I make my own worms because the lakes I fish are known for large bass and I can't find a 14 inch worm I like. Yes, you can catch a bass on a 14 inch worm. I have never caught one under 4lbs on one though.