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| I just finished this 22 inch / 27 ounce jointed Walleye crankbait. It's the largest bait I've made to date, and I'd say it's pretty unique. I've taken a liking to making these huge baits, and really seeing what I can build!   |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Wow. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | Insane, you'll need a catapult of you wanna cat that thing. |
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| awesome paint job |
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| It's awesome ! Are you going to fish with it ? |
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| I've been thinking about trying to build some larger baits and yours is an inspiration.
Love your painting style. |
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Location: oswego, il | Wow is right. Are these used for fishing or novelty? Would be cool to see it in the water. Don't lose it as it may end up in a walleye fisherman's livewell.
Edited by ToddM 12/25/2014 9:48 AM
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Location: Glen Ellyn Il | Great topcoat finish, and shaped really nice like a walleye. I would definitely slow troll that bait. On M.L. many huge musky go after big walleyes when a walleye is being reeled in caught by walleye fishermen
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| Thanks everyone!
This one has a complicated, but super tough trough wire construction, floats belly down, and dives to about 4 feet. You can fish it / troll it if you have strong enough tackle for sure. I always make lures that you can fish with. I'm trying to make 1 of these huge jointed baits about once a month, and I'm mostly thinking about what would serve best as something you'd show off, or display. I've noticed the main question I get when people see theses baits in person is "What kind of fish are you supposed to catch with that?!" lol |
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Location: Appleton Wi | did you make a video for this bait? |
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| Marling, what kind of wire are you using? Why not use Single Strand SS? |
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| The wire is two lengths of .061 twisted together. I chuck one end of the two wires up in my hand drill, and put the other end in my bench vise and twist the wires till they're tight. I do this because when I install the wire I bed the whole thing in fiberglass, and the twists really give the fiberglass something to hold on to.
Sorry, no video for this one.. I was working on a different "bait making" video for a 10" crankbait at the same time I was finishing up this one. |
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