Some rebuilt lures

[Fishwhittler]

I recently received a bunch of old Poe's and other crankbaits. None of them was very fishable, so I've been rebuilding them. These are the first three I've finished: a Poe's 400-P, a Poe's 300 series (I think?), and a Bagley Killer B. I also finished a deep crankbait of my own design that I started a long time ago and only now finished. Anyway, here they are. These are pics of what they looked like before.

[Fishwhittler]

Here are the finished lures (the top one is mine). The bottom pic is a sneak peak of a few more I've almost finished.

Let me know what you think.

Ben

[Fishwhittler]

A little background on what I did to the Bagley lure:  As you can see in my first post, the original balsa head had broken off and been replaced with some kind of plaster by the previous owner.  I ended up cutting off more of the head to get a straight line.  Then I epoxied a piece of cedar into the slot I had just cut, and when the epoxy had cured I sanded it to shape.  I also had to make a new bill out of lexan to replace the original because the original bill was cracked and severely marred.  I used the line tie from the old bill so as to keep the bait as intact as possible.  The pic below shows what it looked like after I was done rebuilding it, but before I painted it.

Ben

[NateFollmer]

Nice work! What is the size of that screw eye in the one pic? That should never pull out LOL

[Fishwhittler]

Thanks!

The screw eyes on the Poe's baits are the originals (or at least the ones in the lure when I got them).  They're about 1.5" long each, and very heavy duty. 

The screw eye pulling out isn't an issue, but water seepage is.  That's the main problem on the lures I'm rebuilding; water seeped in around the bill and/or screw eyes. This caused the wood to swell, which cracks the paint, and when the paint is cracked even more water is allowed to seep into the lure.  The only way to completely fix that is to rebuild the lure, and epoxy inside the screw eye holes to prevent any more water seepage.  I did that one these lures, so i don't think I'll have any problems.

[NateFollmer]

Cool, your work is always an inspiration, so keep it up!

[MMan16]

Great looking rebuilds!

[Jigfishn10]

Well done Fishwhittler.

[Big Bass Man]

Nice work that is some nice rebuilding !

[SkilletSizeBass.]

The before pics looks like they been run thru the wringer, they were tore all up. The after pics are real sweet, you made them look brand new. I like the finish on all of them, but the top one, your bait, I like the color the best Very nice work Fishwhittler