davemyway

Just thought I would post a video about how I do my swimbait. I did leave some of the more boring details out but if you contact me I will be happy to help .

im in the middle of trying podge glue , i usually use epoxy .i will let u know if it works when im done

in few weeks I will be ordering a tekcast machine. currently I plan on having someone else make my molds for me. does anyone know someone close to GA. that could do that.

I bought a cheap paint brush for the tails . looks good and soft enough to give it some action

sounds like a good idea . i hope i dont need to but if i do i will give it a try next time

call shortys hook sales and tell them what hook works in your mold ..and that u need a longer shank hook the same bend and diameter. (660) 647-2488 by the way .. u can get your hooks cheaper there.

i agree wwith apdriver i have gotten skirts from z-man, skirts plus , fishing skirts .com . and many others . some companys are different ...i called fishing skirts .com about the couple hundred grn pumkins that i had stuck together , and the lady that i spoke with told me i had to roll the skirts together in my hand till they get warm and they will seperate......i dont have time for that !!!!!! what kind of customer service was that?

i am looking for some flat rubber ..the strans are about 1/16 sqaure.... in brown and black . i have looked in all the normal suppliers and had no luck .the closes thing i found is fishing skirts .com flat rubber . but it isn't thick enough....

i can tell u rat trap skirts have been perfect ... in the past i have had alot of problems with fishingskirts.com sticking together.. rat trap has been fast and great to work with

i have read some post telling us not to use mineral oil .. i use mineral oil on my soft plastics because it helps them slide into the bags . if i dont the worms are hard to package . i havent had any problems i dont use very much because a few drops goes a long way . i was wondering what problems other people had with mineral oil . or have i just been lucky . i use calhoun plastic med, i let my worms dry for 3 or 4 days then i bag with a impulse sealer.. no problems that im aware of , but if im walking on thin ice someone let me know.

i got lucky and found about 10 rolls of pastic each roll about 100' long and 5-6 inches wide. it is the same as they use on aaron martins scrounger. i use it to make my scroungers and tails on swimbaits

thanks . that is the kind of info i need to improve my bait. i do have belly weights in them witch helps them run upright .

i have been playing with a easy way to make a swimbait and i thought i would share with u guys ... start buy cutting a patern out if card stock paper then copy the pattern onto pvc board and cut it out with a scroll saw sand it smooth, cut it into sections but let the first joint be the longests, sand the begining of the second and third jiont to a 45. add screw eyes and cut notches to allow free movement .connect the eyes with a piece of wire paint then clear . i know i left alot out but this is a rough idea on how i made some 5'' swimbaits they swim great ! if anybody has a way i can improve my process let me know . im a jig and spinnerbait guy. this is new to me ..

i have been makeing scroungers for about a year now.normally we use them for bass but they will catch anything that will eat a minnow. maybe this pic will help those who don't know what a scrounger is .

do you just use the paint from lurecraft that is for plastics or is there a different paint . and what about clear coat do you re-dip it in clear plastic after painting ... i know its not nessasary to try to make baits look like art , but i think we all do . thanks for any info . you guys on this sight are the pros in my book !

i want to make plastic swimbaits look more like custome painted crankbaits.... any ideas?

i don't know if this will help u but i install hvac pipe ... and mostly your cfm is 4'' 50 cfm 5'' 75 cfm 6'' 100cfm 7'' 150cfm 8'' 200cfm 10'' 400cfm or a ton of air

i have been makeing a plastic worm that has a air pocket in the tail . it is really easy to do with the 2 piece mold that i use . and it works great but i made these worms alot like a zoom swamp crawler just a straight worm . that may be why it is so easy for me to get the air pocket in the tail.