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Location: Norway | Hi
Some baits Ive finnished the last week. I have a few more colors (alot of colortests when youre new to this) Theyre made out of hard maple, painted with airbrush and Ive used a new lureepoxy made in Sweden, by Anders "Wolfcreek" Ulvforsen for topcoat. The season has started here, and some of these already has teethmarks in them (So I have done something right  )
I also have a video of a, close to, 40" fish being caught, but I cant seem to upload here...
Michael
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Location: KY | Sweet! I especially like the fourth one down and the two below it. They are all great!
Would you care to share your recipe for the hot perch? How did you do the black/silver under-over the orange?
Thanks,
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Location: Norway | Thanks! Practice makes...better I would like to mention Beaver, sworral, Jed Volkman and the basement forum here, theyve all been very helpfull with tips and directions!
Bruce; regarding the Hot perch: I lay a yellow base, then Irrid. orange. Then I just paint the black stripes. And paint the silver at the end, throug a mesh, and aim meticulously to spray scales on just the black stripes. I use Createx paints mostly.
Heres a picture of the pike I got last weekend on the perch color.
Michael
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| Great baits and a nice pike. |
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| Way to go Michael. You have come quite a long way in a few years.
Excellent work. You definitely have the knack for painting.
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Location: Land of the Musky | Real nice finish on those lure! Can't wait to see what you post next for a big pike on one!
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Location: Norway | Hehe james....you wait...  were talking a little bit bigger than the one here... were actually talking muskytrophy size...
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Location: Chicago | Great looking baits! LIke the BP |
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Location: Norway | A pile, fresh from the bakery. 1 week of fishing ahead.
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| Hey Piko some really nice work on those nice gliders! No pike colors yet? |
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Location: Madison, WI | Awsome baits. Do you sell them? |
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Location: Norway | I finally got the "making-baits-spirit" over me again, kinda stupid time, considering fallfishing is around, oh well. I started a couple of new prototypes, tired of making the same 2 baits over and over again.
1 is a perch sized tally whacker style bait.
I also had a mishapp at the cnc, and made one of my Strap ons a tad to small, and found out that the blank could be used as a spinnerbait style bait, will ad skirt and a grub. Still figuring out the thruwire...
And I also painted some of my regulars, and tried out some prism (calling them Prism Break :P)
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Location: Madison, WI | Pikopath,
Awsome job as usual! Keep the photos coming!
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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | Awesome work.
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Pikopath - 5/5/2009 2:10 PM
Hi
Some baits Ive finnished the last week. I have a few more colors (alot of colortests when youre new to this ) Theyre made out of hard maple, painted with airbrush and Ive used a new lureepoxy made in Sweden, by Anders "Wolfcreek" Ulvforsen for topcoat. The season has started here, and some of these already has teethmarks in them (So I have done something right )
I also have a video of a, close to, 40" fish being caught, but I cant seem to upload here...
Michael
Nice woirk, I have not been here in while. It good to see that the quality of the baits being shown here has stayed at the very top. Awsome work. Kingfisher |
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Location: Norway | Thanks for the kind words all. Been at it today aswell, but tomorrow I hope to test some of the new ones.
The first pic is a deeper, jigging version of my tailbait. The second is another Prism Break (the black perch is going over the pond), the 3rd pic is some CarpVaders that are going to Sweden.
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| Michael, great job! I was wondering if you could paint some believers for me? Thanks -- Todd 630-244-0358 |
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Location: Norway | Last pile for while...
Due to my employees moving to new facilities, I cant use the basement at work anymore 
I managed to get these done before I was tossed out. And atm I dont have any space to continue this wonderful hobby...
I still have a couple of more that I didnt get to clearcoat...crap!
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Location: holland | coolllllllllll!!!!!!!!
if the catsh fish like tasted those apples,you have make a cool bait |
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Location: Norway | Desperate times call for desperate measures... A kitchen is there to make food, I make "food" for fish in mine I have to a lot of sucking up to do, to my wife, but fortunately she loves me :P Besides painting and clearcoating, I make RTV mold and such in the kitchen aswell... Michael
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| Love the look of the baits. Awesome paint jobs. I am guessing most of your baits are already sold. If they are not all sold is there a way to get my hands on one?
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Location: Norway | Sorry, no baits for sale atm. But now I kinda have a place to paint, so maybe in the near future.
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Location: Calgary, Alberta | I like your drying wheel, similar to what many here seem to use but I have a question. When I hook my crankbaits or gliders onto the springs it doesn't matter how tight I stretch the springs, my lures only stay in place half way around the wheel then as the wheel continues up, the lures all go FLOP, & spin back! Needless to say this doesn't give a very clean, continuous finish. Do I need stiffer springs to pull the baits even tighter to get them to stop flopping around?
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Location: Norway | Pikester: I you take a close looke at the baits, Ive hooked one of the screweyes straight to the hook in the wheel. The become a pain to get off, but they dont flip and flop. And the bait in the background (the tailbait) I have to tie them down to the frame also.
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Location: Calgary, Alberta | Michael, now that I look closer at the picture I see what you are saying about the screw eyes to stabilize the baits. I also see what you mean by tying some of your baits down to the frame. Thanks, John |
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Location: Norway | John, if you go that route, just remember that they can be a bit pain to get of
The result from the first Kitchen Sessions of 2010. It feels good to paint some again. Michael
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Location: Norway | With a beer glass of milk, in one hand, Ive been at it again. The kid and mrs went to visit some friends, and I rigged up for another KitchenSession 2010. An old regular perch, 2 Goonitics and a SluttyZebra. I also redid an old Cobbs Countdown, didnt take any pics.
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Location: Madison, WI | Absolutely amazing as always, I'll never whine again about my basement space. If I could reproduce 1/10 of your skills i'd sleep well and tease my friends
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Location: Norway | Some of the finished baits from last KitchenSessions 2010. I cant wait for the ice to go away... bah
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| All of your baits look great. I've just gotten into building a few myself in that past couple years.
Looking at your baits I noticed the difference in position of your front screw eye.
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Location: Land of the Musky | More good looking baits. Love the ad artwork too! |
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Location: Norway | Guest, I feel I get a more consitent side to side action with the screweye horizontal. I started another model last year (which never happened) where I wanted a more up down side to side action, and I was better with the screweye vertical. I also tried on a Wabull, to twist the screweye, and it completely changed the action. The tailbait, is more of a bulldawg type, and dont have any walk the dog type action, its the tail that does the job.
James; thank you. I have an old calendar with that image, and it was very suitable after the discussion with the Eurogliders (beer in one hand and an airbrush in the other...)
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Michael,
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Location: Norway | Steve, can you just drill a hole in the bottom of your boat in summertime, then youre practically icefishing, at least fishing thru a hole
As you can see, Ive altered the Goonitic color a tad more. Gonna keep this one myself, for the "opener", the water is usually pretty stained, from spring flooding...
Guest, give the screweye position a try, especially on the wabull it changed the bait quite a bit.
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| I see you made several of the pattern with the large orange spot on the side. Is that particularly productive for pike for you?
You mentioned the glider/jerkbait that has no side to side action because of the tail. I've built a few that have a similar action without the tail and they were among some of the most productive baits I've seen under certain fishing conditions.
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Location: Norway | Thank you FF.
The tailbait I designed to have an extremely shallow bulldawg type of bait. And it gave me a 50 incher last year. The neat thing is that the bait can be reeled really fast without tipping over, with the tail splashing at surface.
The orange dot (and that colorpattern) I got from Mr. Worral, he thought it would be a killer combo on Wabigoon, hence the name Goonitic...
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Location: Norway | Been a while since last post in this thread. Still working in the kitchen. Testing some new colours and new variations of old ones. Also attaching the previous "For sale poster" it took around 10 minutes and all where gone...
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nice work, Michael! Really like tie colors and patterns. Wish there was a supply in the local stores... |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | I really like the CarpVader pattern. Like sworrall said,wish we could buy a few in the stores. |
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Location: Norway | Thanks guys. I dont think theyll ever show up in shops over there. Some are being fished over there, and some more will be in the future I just hope the manage to get there before season ends... #*^@ you icelandic vulcano...
Heres a pile of the last ones. Michael
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Wow... those are some phenomenal finishes. |
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Location: Norway | Even tho its almost summer, the fish have spawned and are on the prowl, I just can't get out of my basement kitchen. Thx for all the kind words
Heres the last batch. Michael
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Location: Oregon | I do all my painting in the kitchen too Michael, have done so for years. I just throw a couple towels over the table and since I'm using water based paints they don't hurt anything anyway.
The baits look really nice.
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Location: Norway | Thanks Jed, so I am not alone? My daughter has a wax cloth, meant for kids painting(splash paint around) and I use that. Theres a picture of my setup earlier in the thread. It works, but my mrs wont let any massprod. so I make a few here and there.
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Location: Norway | The fallbite is at its best, but I still cant let go of the baitmaking, Ive gotten a couple of nice fish, in only a few trips this fall, so my shoulders have been lowered abit. Been tinkering with a new crankbait, and wanted to test it before the ice. And after the first trip testing it, it has more bite marks than hookrashes, and that should be a good thing It even got hit when I was attaching the planerboard... Also somepics of a couple of new colors on the StiffBeaver.
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Location: Norway | Thanks.
It's good to be back with the airbrush. I'm also working on another crank, I hope to have a prototype for before iceup.
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If you don't mind me asking, what brand/who makes those soft tails that you put on your baits? |
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Location: Norway | Been a while, again, since I posted anything here. But here are a few new colors.
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Location: WV | Just saw this post, excellent looking baits. Very well done, already got teeth marks too. Keep 'em coming. |
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Location: Norway | Thanks, Steve and Rem. If I find time to visit the woodshop again, there will be more baits coming...
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Location: Norway | Heres my latest creations from the kitchen.
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Location: Norway | Thanks Musky slut, I hope to have a few more batches coming soon.
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | some very awesome looking baits my man. Keep them going. Real fish catchers
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Location: Norway | Thanks Stan, its been a while now. Im only doing soft baits nowadays. I miss wood and airbrush tho...
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Location: The Netherlands. | Very nice looking baits Michael , love to see more of them.
If your doing softbaits now , do you fish for zander ?
Or are you making them for the big-girls ?
And do you have some pics of them ?
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Location: Norway | Hi Northern-Pike I do make some 5" regular shad type baits, aimed for perch and sander. But mainly I make an 8" swimbait aimed for pike. It hasnt gotten any name yet...
When I start with wood again, time will tell. I really do miss it, but Im sick and tired of all the prep work before the fun part; painting. I do have a new idea for a crank bait, which I may realize this year. 
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| Great Soft Plastics,Michael !!!!
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Location: The Netherlands. | Great softbaits Michael , are they slow sink ?
And do you sell them ?
If so p.m me.
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Location: Norway | Hi and thanks, northern-pike
It depends, since Im making these myself, I can put as much or little weight as I like in them
None for sale, theyre still in prototype/testing stage.
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