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3 hours ago, SpoonMinnow said:

I can see the logic of using coarse salt --- weight -- a key action component of the horizontal fall.

Will try it in my super soft plastic stick.

 

Thanks Dave,

Frank

 

 

Negative, finer salt is more dense than a coarser grind. It does however help with clarity a little and makes the final bait less durable. 

 

I use a VERY fine salt in mine, the result is a great fall rate, great wiggle when it falls and is far more durable than a GY Senko. But then again, copying a Senko wasn't my goal. 

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Just happened to rig a 1/64  jig with #6 hook on a 2 1/4" soft stick and decided to use it to check the casting distance of a reel I changed line on. The  stick wobbled all the way to the bottom! 

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A 4" stick may benefit using  a 1/16 oz jighead and show the same action. Fall rate of a certain speed is essential.

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On 11/26/2017 at 7:02 PM, SpoonMinnow said:

I used a heck of a lot of fine salt and the stick still falls at a very slow rate with no wiggle.  Fine salt also make my lure colors pale.

 

What s "a heck of a lot"???

Formula similar to a Senko is

Two rounded tablespoon salt

One tablespoon softener

4 oz (half cup)medium or soft plastisol

Add salt and softener to cold uncooked plastic and stir well.

I used pickling salt from Walmart

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Will definitely try that mix!  Thanks

(but why (fine) pickling salt vs Diamond super fine salt? Is it that pickling salt contains anti-caking ingredients, which can turn pickling liquid cloudy, or additives like iodine.

Plastic is not water and salt should stay intact, not dissolving.

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It's not like they digest the sticks! Contact with the lure's surface is at most  less than a minute , with most of my sticks a foot up the line after the  hook set / fight !

I've never heard of silica being added. Does it weigh as much as salt or make the texture of the plastic seem like the original? Who sells it?

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8 hours ago, SpoonMinnow said:

Thanks Mark.  Seems like that's the stuff Gary Y uses.  I've licked a few Senkos and don't taste salt.:P

That salt is strong!  I spit a lot if I lick one of my senkos to check if it has salt.  I sometimes have to check, because I make some senkos with no salt or blast media to use on 1/4 oz jig with no skirt, so the bait is more buoyant.  Kind of a turd rig with a 5" senko.

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16 minutes ago, Baitjunkys said:

I think there packaged in salt as well. do they still taste salty after they been in the water?

Im not sure i ever tried it.

Dude, you don't know what you're missing!  Hahaha  Just don't ever taste a Chompers bait.  I haven't, but it smells so strong I can only imagine how nasty it would taste.  Of course, the fish don't seem to mind, but what do they know?

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