Yellow Cedar

[fishingdanderson]

This bait is one of my first made from yellow cedar.  It is really easy to work.  I had used basswood quite a bit and honestly hate it.  I think you could say that this wood is probably waterproof without anything on it.  There is a lot of waxy oil in the wood.  More than red cedar I would say.  I smell great after working on some cedar lures for a while too. haha

[Fishwhittler]

Very nice! 8-)  How deep will that bait dive?

[fishingdanderson]

To the bottom of the 9' pool. lol  But that was pre paint and last clear.  Now it is frozen over.

[fishingdanderson]

That is a circuit board lip or Micarta or G10 or 11.

[chipmunk84]

that sure is a great looking plug may i ask where you get the yellow cedar?

[Go Time]

Heck of a job! Bet that'll fool a few bigmouths...

[fishingdanderson]

that sure is a great looking plug may i ask where you get the yellow cedar?

I got it this summer in Canada from a neighbor of my in-laws.  He uses it all the time to fix things around his house which is on the lake.  It has so much oil in it he doesn't have a problem much with it rotting.  I brought it back from up there.  It was basically just boards and chunks of lumber.  I was a little surprised when I crossed back into the states but they didn't even ask about it.  They gave me a pretty detailed inspection also because I didn't have a written letter from my wife saying that she gave me permission to bring my daughter across the border.  Anyway, we made it. lol

[Vodkaman]

The 'decoy daughter ploy', have to remember that one.

Dave

[BobP]

Nice bait!  The thing you have to watch out for with woods containing lots of oil is the oil will migrate through and stain the finish unless you use a solvent based undercoating (aka primer, base coat, whatever you want to cal it).

[fishingdanderson]

Bob P,

Will it come through the seal coat that I put on it?  I use Etex to seal my baits.

[kbkindle]

As stated in another site i use  red and white cedar for my lures. It grows here in my back yard. I have built a lot of furniture out of it , its the only wood i know that you dont have to have kiln dryed to bring the mostiure out of so it dont crack or shrink  You can just air dry cedar for about 3 months  and its good to go