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| I am tinkering around and want to make my own topwater prop bait. What WOOD works best?? Where can I buy it?
Thanks
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| "Best" is impossible to find, all builders have their own idea of what is "best". Some common woods for topwater baits tho are pine, basswood, cedar, and poplar. You can buy any of these at a lumber supply house and Home Depot will likely have some of them too.
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Location: New Baden IL | I'd recommend cedar, just because it smells so good after the fish chew off all the paint! |
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| Cedar does have a nice odor, however, the dust from cedar has been shown to cause a long list of lung disorders.  |
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| I have used Cedar but if you want a wood where the baits skips on top of the water I would reccommend Basswood. If you want a slightly deeper running bait the I use Maple. But all of them will work if you weight them right. I like to put a little weight toward the back to help get the bait to go side to side. And also stay on top and not dive. |
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| old telephone cedar and basswood probably the most useful
Basswood generally has the tightest grain of the two of these and turns the nicest.
straight pine is kind of porous to turn although it is cheap and plentiful it is not the strongest wood for baits.
hardwoods are somewhat unpredictable for density from bait to bait but as long as they have a tight grain they will turn out nice. |
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| thanks guys.. you were a big help
have a good weekend!
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| I made some nice topwater flaptail type lures using closet poles made out of fir.
Seems to be a little heavier than pine, but still very bouyant.
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Location: Belgium | pine and cedar work "best" for me  |
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| See if you can find some old, old barnwood. Dry and hard. |
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