[bahlzar]

Originally Posted by DSV

so if i understand you correctly, you drilled holes crosswise in the lure and poured melted lead in?

on the head section just below the bottom eye hook I drilled a hole towards the nose . started with a small bit but ended with a 5/16 bit...the center section is the same way, the tail section I drilled back towrd the back with a it that was 1 size smaller.....

[bahlzar]

Originally Posted by mark poulson

Those are really nice looking. Good job!
I'm going to go way out on a limb, and guess these are not the first lures you've ever painted.
If they are, you're the man, a natural!
Even if they're not, they're beautiful. Trust me, if they swim, they'll catch fish.
And I really like the way you relieved the joint around the hinge eyes. It looks really clean.
Please let us know how they swim.

thanks for the kind words...about 2 weeks prior to this I was staring at a MS slammer and thought, gee these dont look to hard to make...So I bought a dowel at home depot and went for it........ The hardest part was the paint......The first wake bait i painted looked like a x-mas tree and i used a cheap polyurethane for the final clear coat......Then i made a few more and the painting gradually got better and until a friend of mine caught a little 4lbr on my wakebait and it came apart at the eyehooks, it was then i went to the devcon 2ton epoxy.....I made about 10 wakebaits and then a little bell went off in my head when i was staring at a tripletrout........now I cant seem to stop, every piece of wood i see at work I trace something on it !!!!!! prior to the wakebaits I never attempted to make a bait before.........However i do work in a wood shop making wainscoating and wood beams, so I have acess to some nice tools....

[diemai]

"Tracing something on every piece of wood...." , seems , that the bug has already badly bitten you....... !

So am I , whilst all machines are running at work , I always have pencil and paper handy to sketch down some new and different ideas and designs .

Sometimes my workmates come around saying something like "ey , man , something new again ? You've gotta have enough by now , or not ?"

So I just reply , that one can never have enough lures , impossible !

Keep on carvin' , Dieter

[bahlzar]

well i was able to test out my baits and i was honestly amazed on how they swam..........on the very first retrieval i was happy and then i popped it real quick and it snapped around the opposite direction !!!!!!!!!!!! unbelievable........ they ran about 12 to 20 in below the surface.........only bad news is I didnt catch anything on them.........I am so excited I carved out 4 more at work today ...

[finfever]

Dude!!...nice looking baits, those will catch fish.

[bahlzar]

Originally Posted by finfever

Dude!!...nice looking baits, those will catch fish.

thank you

[mark poulson]

Congratulations. You may not have caught a fish yet, but you're hooked!

[finfever]

bah- what kind/size of hardware did you use. Hard baits are my next adventure.

[bahlzar]

Originally Posted by finfever

bah- what kind/size of hardware did you use. Hard baits are my next adventure.

the eye hooks are # 216 straight from home depot, big splitrings & 2/0 treble hooks.....