Basement Lures

[Scott M]

Looking good guys! Lots of talent here!!!!

[HugoBox]

I'm afraid to even put my homemade junk up here, you guys have some real talent! I may snap some photos and try to get them up. Do you use your homemade ones more or less than the store bought lures? I've found that I do use them, but i have more fun making them than anything.

[cjac]

Hey Hugo,

Your black and orange super-sized mouse is going to be getting wet for sure!! Needs a couple teeth marks to make it look authentic......

[HugoBox]

Good deal - I made a similar one last weekend and filled it with lead - hoping to make it neutrally bouyant. Even if the fish don't like it I do!!

[shamalex72]

Heres a jerk-bait bait I made. I tried to make it look like a sucker. Its weighted with lead and zigs, zags and dives, kind of a cross between a suick and reef hawg. I used the devcon epoxy to coat it.

[b1gf1sh1]

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tried to make it look like a sucker

well, you did. nice paint job man. basswood? 7''er? heres one i made up a few years ago i found on disk. since my old computer died and i lost like a bajillion pics i've been scrounging for saved ones. caught fish with this one. nice springtimer, early summer with the ''little ducky'' pattern. ( my neice named the pattern ) usual blah, blah, blah, cedar, .051 all that, except i used absolutely no paint on it. all 2 part epoxy specially dyed and tinted. and the tail has some mallard duckling accent in the bucktail....

of course an orange double twisty tail is added while fishing to simulate little feet.

[shamalex72]

Thanks. It's 9" long and not sure what kind of wood it is. I took it down to the river and made a few casts, it doesn't zig zag as much with the hardware added but it has a nice shimmy to it on the dive and rise.

I hope its not jinxed now because I had a little northern swipe at it on the first cast. Thats one of my superstitions with a new lure.

[b1gf1sh1]

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it doesn't zig zag as much with the hardware added but it has a nice shimmy to it on the dive and rise.

well i can try and help here. remember this may not work but from what i see it may. i'm not sure where or if you put the ballast. but here goes nothing. try one or all at once untill it's fixed. first try a thicker shorter shank hook in 5/0, then try 6/0, mabe mix sizes in different spots on the lure. 4X VMC's are a nice thick hook. or owners stinger trebles are really great too. some times retrieve problems are a result of just the simple swing of the hooks. next try a teaser tail ( about a 8/0 with bucktail.) and lastly try a solid wire leader or stiff fluoro or mono leader. hope this works. good luck

[Otis1]

B1gf1sh1, what do you put on the wrappings of the lure tails you make? Is it an epoxy finish?

Thanks

[b1gf1sh1]

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B1gf1sh1, what do you put on the wrappings of the lure tails you make? Is it an epoxy finish?

yes. the ''little ducky'' if memory serves me was flex-coat i needed to use up in two coats. first i cut with acetone,second was straight. the acetone thins it out so it soaks into and penetrates into the thread for better water proofing and overall adhesion. (just like some rod makers do) but it remains a little tacky and/or soft so the second coat is put on to give it a harder outer shell.

[Otis1]

Thanks! Can you mix colors or glitter with it?

[b1gf1sh1]

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Can you mix colors or glitter with it?

Of course. pretty much anything can be added to it just like casting resin. but if it's liquid it's going to change the resin properties, the resin not the hardener... i'll let you figure the rest out

[harvey lee]

b1gf1sh1

Nice looking lures.

[Cooter]

Likewise, almost too nice to fish with!

Harvey, you get the musky bug ever?

[b1gf1sh1]

i just found out after the upgrades here no one can see others profiles now. does that mean we won't get in trouble if we post our emails??

[harvey lee]

Cooter, I go muskie fishing once a year maybe.

[Scoot]

Tom,

You should make that once with me this year! Cooter, you ever get up in the Fargo area? If yes, give me a shout.

[harvey lee]

If you have a good location to maybe hook up with a ski or two, shoot me an e-mail and just maybe we can go chase a few.