Baitmaker Posted February 26, 2017 Author Posted February 26, 2017 5 hours ago, Bunnielab said: Man, those are some beautiful lures! If I ever buy a conversion van, I know who I am going to call to airbrush the sides of it, I think heavy-metal album covers are too old fashioned, I want my van to have a dayglow craw pattern. Thank You and that's hilarious!!! You have got my mind running now. I'm picturing a van with an airbrushed painting of Eddie from Iron Maiden fishing in a stream with waders on. 2 Quote
Baitmaker Posted March 11, 2017 Author Posted March 11, 2017 Here is a 14 inch cedar musky bait that was a nice change from all the small bass cranks I have been building. The eyes are mirrored opal stones I pulled off of a costume jewelry bracelet. They made pretty cool walleye eyes. 6 Quote
Baitmaker Posted March 11, 2017 Author Posted March 11, 2017 A few more pics of the squarebills in action. Sent to me by a customer. Pink has been hot. 6 Quote
Stephen Selph Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 Just curious, what have you been selling your 3" gill squarebills? I think that are some of the most beautiful lure I have ever seen! I know it's against the rule to sell on here, I'm just interested in what some of those have been selling for. I know there's no way to recoup your total time you've invested in them. Amazing work sir! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 22, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Stephen Selph said: Just curious, what have you been selling your 3" gill squarebills? I think that are some of the most beautiful lure I have ever seen! I know it's against the rule to sell on here, I'm just interested in what some of those have been selling for. I know there's no way to recoup your total time you've invested in them. Amazing work sir! You can send the OP a PM if you have questions about his baits to avoid violating forum rules. Quote
Turkey sandwich Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 The art on these is incredible and I'm really digging the perch patterns. I just ordered a ton of new cranks for the season, but I may be hitting you up to place an order regardless. How does the cedar perform compared to balsa? What's your turnaround time? Quote
Coldbasser Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Absolutely beautiful work you have a artist touch. best regards Fred Quote
Baitmaker Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks everyone for the interest and nice comments on my baits. Here are some new ones I recently finished for a member. 13 Quote
crypt Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 On 4/13/2017 at 5:56 PM, Baitmaker said: Thanks everyone for the interest and nice comments on my baits. Here are some new ones I recently finished for a member. these are the ones he made for me and pictures don't do them justice. came in the mail yesterday and am blown away by the detail,finish and quality craftsmanship that went into each of these. can't thank you enough. 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted April 18, 2017 Author Posted April 18, 2017 10 hours ago, crypt said: these are the ones he made for me and pictures don't do them justice. came in the mail yesterday and am blown away by the detail,finish and quality craftsmanship that went into each of these. can't thank you enough. Very kind of you Crypt. Glad you like them. Looks aside, they really shine best on the water. I will look forward to seeing your catches. 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted April 20, 2017 Author Posted April 20, 2017 Currently working on some foiled squarebill baits. This is a foiled perch and a new craw I just finished. 5 Quote
Baitmaker Posted May 15, 2017 Author Posted May 15, 2017 Decided to do a larger bait in that foiled perch pattern. This is a 6 inch version, again done in cedar. It will have fins when finished, but I paint in stages between coats of epoxy. That way, any mistakes can be wiped off with alcohol like a dry erase board, and you can start over without painting the entire bait again. For this one, I carved gill plates and used a mesh material under the foil for scaling. It's highlighted in transparent green, which turns a cool antifreeze/Mountain Dew color over the gold leaf. Pics before and after paint. 6 Quote
crypt Posted May 15, 2017 Posted May 15, 2017 all I can say is WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS. 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted May 16, 2017 Author Posted May 16, 2017 15 hours ago, crypt said: all I can say is WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS. Thanks Crypt! How have yours been doing for you? Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 @Baitmaker, do you actually use those? Not sure i could! Too pretty to fish with. 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted May 16, 2017 Author Posted May 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Fisher-O-men said: @Baitmaker, do you actually use those? Not sure i could! Too pretty to fish with. Thanks a lot! And yes, I use them. After making so many baits, it doesn't hurt as bad when I lose one here and there. Plus, it gives me a good excuse to make another one. 1 Quote
crypt Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 been catching em like crazy on em. thanks again. 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted May 17, 2017 Author Posted May 17, 2017 12 hours ago, crypt said: been catching em like crazy on em. thanks again. Awesome! Any pictures? Quote
Baitmaker Posted June 2, 2017 Author Posted June 2, 2017 On 5/31/2017 at 9:42 AM, zackegg said: those square bills are amazing!! Much appreciated, and welcome to the site! 1 Quote
Baitmaker Posted June 27, 2017 Author Posted June 27, 2017 Bait making has led into some unusual requests for other projects. Lately I've been asked to do this Rice Krispie fish base for a cake topper, and a walking stick that I painted in a copperhead pattern. Who knows what I will get into next. 2 Quote
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