Bdnoble84 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 28 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said: Yup, turned out to be a great little underspin too! Sprue removal on that mold has been a nightmare for me for some reason though. Yeah, i find gate shears only cut half the sprue and twisting off to be the best. and i added an underspin wire to mine too. Are you bending your own wire or did you get prebent? 2 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted January 19 Author Super User Posted January 19 On 12/29/2024 at 12:13 AM, Bdnoble84 said: Yes its the walleye head. In a way yes just because its already coming to a point so if i just cut it with side cutters it will create a wedge. I prefer working them off with pliers then i hit em with a file. Try turning the side cutter upside down as it will have a flatter edge instead of the wedge. Allen Quote
BlakeMolone Posted January 19 Posted January 19 12 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said: Yeah, i find gate shears only cut half the sprue and twisting off to be the best. and i added an underspin wire to mine too. Are you bending your own wire or did you get prebent? Very nice man! Yes I use the do-it wire forms, the smallest size, I believe the number is 375? Quote
Bdnoble84 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 7 hours ago, BlakeMolone said: Very nice man! Yes I use the do-it wire forms, the smallest size, I believe the number is 375? Oh cool. I’ve just been rolling my own from .031 or .029 1 Quote
Fried Lemons Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Little winter project. Learning how to paint and foil baits. 7 Quote
Baitmaker Posted Wednesday at 03:43 AM Posted Wednesday at 03:43 AM It's been a while since I posted any new stuff, but I'm still making baits when time allows. Here is my latest swimbait and a first for me using poplar wood. It's a 7" foiled golden shiner that has a slow/medium sink rate. 3 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted Wednesday at 03:22 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 03:22 PM A plus size take on an old favorite. I'm calling it the Pike Beater. A-Jay 3 1 Quote
Eric 26 Posted Wednesday at 03:43 PM Posted Wednesday at 03:43 PM 20 minutes ago, A-Jay said: A plus size take on an old favorite. I'm calling it the Pike Beater. A-Jay Those remind me of an episode of In Fishermen where Doug Stange removed the dressed treble hooks from a Terminator in line spinner bait and added a weighted swim bait hook. I’ve yet to try it out but I keep thinking one day I will. Yours however look homemade and very well done at that 👍🏻 1 Quote
Rockhopper Posted Wednesday at 04:20 PM Posted Wednesday at 04:20 PM 57 minutes ago, A-Jay said: A plus size take on an old favorite. I'm calling it the Pike Beater. A-Jay I use those all the time to catch steelhead. Well, the original anyways. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted Wednesday at 04:21 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 04:21 PM 38 minutes ago, Eric 26 said: Those remind me of an episode of In Fishermen where Doug Stange removed the dressed treble hooks from a Terminator in line spinner bait and added a weighted swim bait hook. I’ve yet to try it out but I keep thinking one day I will. Yours however look homemade and very well done at that 👍🏻 You Sir are CORRECT. That is exactly where I first saw this rig. These are #5 Blue Fox spinners. Initially tried them with a Sebile Magic swimmer with mixed results. Expect the paddle tail to be better. A-Jay 1 Quote
Rockhopper Posted Wednesday at 04:23 PM Posted Wednesday at 04:23 PM Just now, A-Jay said: You Sir are CORRECT. That is exactly where I first saw this rig. These are #5 Blue Fox spinners. Initially tried the with a Sebile Magic swimmer with mixed results. Expect the paddle tail to be better. A-Jay What depth are you planned on targeting with the weighted hook? I think I am really going to try this. I have so many of those in size 5. Most are chartreuse though. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM 1 hour ago, Rockhopper said: What depth are you planned on targeting with the weighted hook? I think I am really going to try this. I have so many of those in size 5. Most are chartreuse though. The only time I'm really able to effectively target the bigger pike is when them come shallow(er) early & late season. Seems they follow the food (carp in this case) into the same water's I'm fishing for brown bass. So 10-12 ft less with surface water temps @65-ish. Fishing over submerged weeds and especially in & around the bare spots (sand) on a large weed flat is almost always part of the deal. Be real interesting if a big brown bass takes a poke at this thing. A-Jay 1 Quote
Rockhopper Posted Wednesday at 06:49 PM Posted Wednesday at 06:49 PM 28 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Be real interesting if a big brown bass takes a poke at this thing. I wouldn't put it past them. Downsized a bit might actually do pretty well against the smallies. I have a bunch of tiger musky near me. I think I will make up a size 5 and a size 6. I have a gut feeling this might work really well. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted Wednesday at 06:59 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 06:59 PM 18 minutes ago, Rockhopper said: I wouldn't put it past them. Downsized a bit might actually do pretty well against the smallies. I have a bunch of tiger musky near me. I think I will make up a size 5 and a size 6. I have a gut feeling this might work really well. Good Luck. Not Tigers, but there's a few musky lurking around the same areas of Lake Menderchuck as well. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted Wednesday at 08:09 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 08:09 PM 4 hours ago, A-Jay said: A plus size take on an old favorite. I'm calling it the Pike Beater. A-Jay One of the guys in the local musky groups does something similar. He's using a big mepps and 5-7" keitechs with a weighted swimbait hook replacement like that. The big ones are a mepps giant killer plus a 6.8 on a 3/8 10/0 hook. That will come in close to 3 oz total in the end. It's a 9-10" bait in the end. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM 11 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said: One of the guys in the local musky groups does something similar. He's using a big mepps and 5-7" keitechs with a weighted swimbait hook replacement like that. The big ones are a mepps giant killer plus a 6.8 on a 3/8 10/0 hook. That will come in close to 3 oz total in the end. It's a 9-10" bait in the end. This unit is less than that in length & weight. While I am looking forward to throwing this one around. It will be more of a 'let's see what happens' deal than anything else. Who knows, I might get surprised. A-Jay Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted Wednesday at 08:53 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 08:53 PM 36 minutes ago, A-Jay said: This unit is less than that in length & weight. While I am looking forward to throwing this one around. It will be more of a 'let's see what happens' deal than anything else. Who knows, I might get surprised. A-Jay good luck! The smaller ones he throws (we also have a lot of smaller tiger muskies) are probably closer to that. With a 4.8 keitech and a musky killer I think he's coming in around 6 1/2" and around 1 1/2 oz. I bet with a big spunk shad on the back you could really burn it back. That feels very bassy for covering big flats. 1 Quote
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