Mossy Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Hey there. I am completely new to this but very interested in a new hobby. Anyone pouring something like super soft shrimp or anything like that? Any tips or advice would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATFLATTIE Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 I make a few shrimp tails, just from a lurecraft open pour mold. They work and for the price of those molds you can get a couple and make quite a few baits in a short period of time. Caught a few flounder, reds, ladyfish, and bluefish on them. For the price of a pack of gulps you can buy a 4 cavity mold. Im certainly no saltwater fisherman but I do cast a lure around occasionally when I'm sheepshead fishing and these work fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy Posted May 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Thanks for the info. What plastic do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATFLATTIE Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 The essential series from Do-It but you may wanna look at getting a saltwater series of plastisol if you are only gonna be making baits for saltwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 I'm here in Fl. On the west coast fishing for sea trout and snook and I am trying out for the first time the lurecraft green 552. I am very pleased with my shrimp mold I made using a very realistic shrimp pattern. It is just as durable as the gulp. I might experiment with the next softer. I do a laminate pour using a lot of glass beads for weight and soak it in upper hand scent. You can add at least 1 percent to the weight with the scent. It hold up very well to pin fish. No more Gulp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBehr Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 PM "BareKnucklesJigs" on the Do-it site. He lives in Louisiana and knows a lot about shrimp molds and baits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Thanks guys. Groucho I would love to see what you come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I cant find bare knuckles might be missing something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammingjack Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 As far as baits you will find almost any bait that works in freshwater will work in saltwater. I never tied a worm bait in saltwater or a shrimp tail in freshwater. But curly tail grub,fluke and swim baits work great in both waters.All my molds are open pour. have like 30 of them.Some from LC and some from MF. Plus a few customs I made myself. Plastic i use MF 464. Tough bait with great action. I would stay away from saltwater plastics Not any real good action in any ones I tied Maybe try a medium plastic and get a small bottle of harder. If your want it a little tougher add a few drops.Just in case you don't know there is not a plastic bait that a blue can't bite the tail off of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Been Making Shrimp Tails for many long years .. day in and day out hard to beat most any ones med. Pin fish can "Nip off" any Plastisol. I catch mostly "Specks" & "Reds" with them ... but have a long list of Salt Water and Fresh Water Species that have fallen prey to the Shrimp Tail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Mossy; Like I said I'm using Lurecraft 552 and I just asked for a sample of 556 to see if it is any more flexible and still stay durable. The mold I made was from Alumilite high strength 2 for the shrimp. The shrimp I used was from Savage Gear 3D manic shrimp 4". I made a mold with 3 shrimp. I liked the laminate pours the best. I had so many color combination I didn't use them all but the colors I use most was a red and white, green and white, root beer and white and just white or light chartreuse. I used a 1/8 oz. jig. I also made curly tailed grubs from do it molds- 3". I only had medium blue, chartreuse and green chartreuse all with a flake. I like .035 flake in almost everything. Did good with the grubs. Also had good luck with a 4" jerk bait in blue back and white belly using weighted hooks I poured using keepers. One other bait I tried was 3.75 gizzard shad with hook slot for a weighted hook. I got the bites but couldn't get the hook set as well for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammingjack Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 I also have two shrimp molds from LC. Best color by far for me Is a white body with a red tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanapa'a Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) I pour these for inshore sandiego,ca waters tuna crabs invaded socal water so I try to imitate also ghostshrimp Edited June 9, 2016 by Hanapa'a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanapa'a Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Guess not many saltwater guys here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_White Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 I made a sandeel mold, everything that swims around here eats sandeels, I'll post a pic in the gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Long ago I used to throw scampi's on lead heads. Also thumper tails on lead heads. I'm pretty sure any of today's big worms, like a 10" ribbon tail, will work, but I haven't fished the salt for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
