J lure Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Anyone make a life like minnow, like a shiner? I'm looking for a long slender minnow body style with a life like tail and fins? Some thing similar to the Banjo minnow but not, no a duplicates or rip offs either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 BassTacle has the best variety of swimbaits. ....Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Yea Basstackle does make some great swim bait molds. I need a life like looking mold where action doesnt matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djs Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 to get the most life like bait (scales,gills,fins) carve a master and then make a two piece silicone mold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) I designed and make one that doesn't need a mold to produce but is very time consuming to get just right. The action is exactly like the body and tail ripple of a suspended shiner and all species attack it on various rigs (including a bobber). I'm not sure an injection mold could do justice to the design but I am sure that if I could mass market it, it would outsell any grub or minnow sold and become a standard lure type. The collarless jig with wire lock I designed must be used with the minnow and that would also blow away barbed jigs sold completely and reduce the number of grubs sold.by more than 90 %. I posted the method for making both on a few forums but after a few months of no feedback, deleted them. Edited July 9, 2012 by Senkosam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 if you already have posted the "how to" guides on a few forums and are still willing to share your knowledge, why don't you upload it again (maybe in the tutorial section?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Dang, looks like I have to get the sculpey and rtv out and make my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Make a mold of a real minnow. I think there is a you tube vid of a guy that makes a sunfish mold like that. ...Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djs Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 This would be an easy start http://www.lakecountryreplicas.com/details.php?id=1333 to make a silicone mold but not sure how well the plastic will flow into the fins as they are very thin. Also the replicas are not perfect, some have a slight bend, dents, gills flat on one side open on the other, and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Awesome find djs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfly Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 If you are looking for life like, go to a Taxidermy supply house and order a resin bait fish ( they make them all ) they make a mold of that. the only issue i've found with this is the life like ones don't swim well with out lots of modifications to the master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
