Paul Roberts

Is there any way to harden soft plastic baits? I have some soft minnow (jerk) baits that have great action but are essentially one fish lures. Is there any way to firm up a plastic bait after it's been poured?

Thanks Robert.

I've not had great luck with super-glue in repairing tears in soft plastics. Is there a brand that is best? I've been relegated to using a lighter, which keeps the area soft and easily re-torn. -Paul

Well I started playing with them a bit and found I could get decent action by pulling the knot down to the underside of the line tie. Will have to put a spot of epoxy, or something, onto the center of the line tie to keep the knot from slipping up. I may not have to do any cutting and pasting at all.

Hello All, What a great site! I?ve got a question for you crankbait specialists? I recently bought a couple great looking (size, shape and finish) but cheap super-shallow cranks from one of the big catalog houses. Well as you might guess they don't run too well. They have a very weak action. I'd really like a good shaker for bouncing around in shallow cover. At present the darn things scarcely wiggle. I noticed all the super-shallow fat plugs I have (Storm, Dance, Bomber, Bagley, Mann, Rebel) all sport rounded lips. This particular plug has a large, wide, square lip. If I rounded it might I get more wobble? What do you think? Upon further inspection, the other super-shallow cranks I have I am starting to think the problem may be the angle of the lip. It is very nearly 90degrees on this plug. The others all have a shallower angle. It may be a hassle but I may attempt to cut off the lip and reset it at a different angle. The lip is by far the longest of any shallow crank I have so I might have enough to work with. What do you think? Would changing the lip shape add any wiggle? Or kill it further? How about lip angle? Thanks in advance, Paul