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CooperB8s 2N Shad in Bloody Gizzard
CooperB8s_Swimbaits posted a gallery image in Best Homemade Hardbait
Made of Alumilite Resin mixed with microballoons to achieve a slow sink rate. Weighted with an internal harness system that combines the weights and screw eyes into their own insert that is then placed into the lure mold and poured around. Features a fiber tail, Owner size 1 ST-36 hooks (not pictured), and finished with SolarEZ UV cure resin to withstand the toughest of challenges. -
Visit facebook.com/CooperB8s for further inquiries (swim videos posted on the page as well). Ladies and gentlemen, the time is here. I'm going to start off by selling 4 2N Shad Swimbaits. These are 100% handmade by me from start to finish. They measure 8.0" tip to tail and weigh 5.0oz. The price will be $60.00 shipped to your door. The stock colors are, No Doubt Trout, Salvy Shad, Basshead, and Dirty Gill. A custom color can be ordered for an additional $10.00. All baits are made with Stainless Steel Musky grade eye hooks, and will come with strong stainless split rings, as well as 6x strong VMC Gladiator hooks. Ordering will be first come first served so once these first 4 baits are claimed I will not accept anymore orders this time around. Soon there will be another 20 for sale, and those will not be able to be claimed until that announcement is made. I do not yet have a website created so here is how ordering will work: 1. Send an email to cooperb8s.orders@gmail.com containing your name, and color preference (If you are ordering a custom color please attach a reference photo for me to work from as to provide you with exactly what you want) 2. I will send a return email containing a PayPal invoice for you to fill out. 3. Once you have filled out the invoice I will get to painting and finishing your bait. 4. If you ordered a custom color, I will send you an email containing a picture of the bait for your approval. 5. Finally when I ship your bait I will provide you with the tracking number. 6. Enjoy!!! And please feel free to share any and all catches with your new bait! Please do keep in mind that I am a senior in mechanical engineering at an engineering university and thus my life is pretty hectic between senior design projects, lab reports, and trying to find a job for after graduation. Any questions or comments can be directed either to this page through Facebook messenger, or to the email cooperb8s.info@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your interest in CooperB8s and helping me turn my dream into a reality! Tightlines!
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On the next bait, I will round the edges and see if that helps. In the meantime I might try to sand a bit of the Etex down and put a coat of devcon on top just to experiment. Hopefully get all of that started tomorrow. Thanks for your input everybody!
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It was kind of hard to get photos with a phone. But you can see a bit of wear in the epoxy where the head contacts the body. At that spot it seems like it wore a low spot that the head will 'lock' into and freeze the action. Like I said. This wasn't a problem the first day of throwing the bait (probably 2 hours in the water that day). Would devcon be tougher? I've noticed in the savage gear shine glide they placed a foam strip in the head section of the joint where it makes contact with the body, would that be a viable solution?
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I have had the exact same problem and came here to figure out what was wrong and saw your post. I've finally got a swimbait that I'm ready to take to a small production size to sell. The first 4 that I made out of the final mold were meant for my dad and I, 2 for him and 2 for me. We went on vacation last week to Beaver Lake to fish. I finished the baits with 3 medium coats of Etex, applied about every 10 hours or so. The final coat went on Wednesday July 26th. We fished one bait a piece that Sunday the 30th and they looked amazing, I was so proud and my dad was pumped to see my dream finally take off. We were spending the evenings putting together stuff for the new company. I didn't fish that bait again until Wednesday the 2nd. It swam like garbage. It seemed as if the epoxy was softening where the head contacted the body and was catching/sticking causing the bait to barrel roll in the water. Then Saturday the 5th my dad picked up the other bait that I made him and it swam fantastic. But gradually we could see it start to degrade and begin to catch at the joints again. Ultimately all 4 baits will not swim right anymore due to the topcoat. I ended up catching a monster striper on a Huddleston and took it to my taxidermist when I got home. He recommended trying an automotive clear coat on the swimbaits (that's what he uses on his mounts). I'm just not sure what to try from here. All I know is I'm not letting this die, I'll try anything to get them working again. Should I go to D2T? Automotive? A urethane? I added a couple of pics of the baits for reference. These were taken pre topcoat.
