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esox50

Posted 9/23/2007 11:09 PM (#276204)
Subject: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 2024

Started making my own flashabou bucktails several weeks ago, just recently making up a few double 10s. This fish ate a double 10 in a sort of "crappie" pattern (pearl, pearlescent, black material with twin nickel blades) on the 8. Quite the rush and a good feeling of accomplishment catching one on a bait you've made yourself.

39" falling to "The Slut" (hey, you've got your Gerry Girls, Showgirls, Cowgirls, Glitter Bitches, "boat sluts", etc...). The fish that hit was also EXTREMELY HOTTTTT on the bait, swiping and missing 3-4 times before barely closing its yap on the back hook in the 8.

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Medford Fisher

Posted 9/23/2007 11:50 PM (#276206 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 1061

Location: Medford, WI

Awesome looking fish! Congratulations on getting one on your own bait...I can imagine that's a darn good feeling.
Keep the fish coming and post a pic or two of your baits.
-Jake

Pointerpride102

Posted 9/24/2007 12:12 AM (#276207 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 16632

Location: The desert

Way to go dude! Thats awesome.

Grunt Lures

Posted 9/24/2007 6:02 AM (#276213 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 786

Location: Minnesota

Great fish!

Post the bucktail if you get a chance.

esox50

Posted 9/24/2007 6:44 AM (#276217 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

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I'll get some pics up tonight. I have to give credit to Gerry Carrol. He has helped me a lot through this process.

The double 10s have two full packs of Hedron flashabou for a very large profile, but I've gotten hold of some 1/32 material made by another company that I may start using instead (same amount of material, stiffer/more resilient, etc).

The Nate

Posted 9/24/2007 9:05 AM (#276231 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Excellent job! and nice fish at that! Great feeling to catch somethign on your own stuff huh?

esox50

Posted 9/24/2007 10:33 AM (#276242 - in reply to #276231)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 2024

Nate,

Have Brandyn tell you the full story of that fish sometime. Let's just say, he should be playing in the Majors!!!

dockboylures

Posted 9/24/2007 7:16 PM (#276339 - in reply to #276242)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 97

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

congrats man. Its always a great feeling catching a fish on a homemade lure.

musky-skunk

Posted 9/25/2007 11:49 AM (#276447 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: RE: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 785

I make my own tailes and can truly appreciate the feeling. That is awsome man, hard to use store bought tailes though after the feeling of having success on your own lol

esox50

Posted 9/25/2007 10:23 PM (#276566 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: RE: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

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I wanted to start making my own for a few reasons. 1) Try my hand at making baits. What did I have to lose? 2) Make up my own color combos without having to wait for someone to make them up and send them to me. 3) Cost. No offense to those that build them and sell them for profit, but paying $25 for a bait I can make myself for around $10 can't be beat...

Here are pics of the baits, just a sample of what I've made so far. The first pic is a 12" gizzard shad next one of the bigger double 10s I've made. The second pic just shows a few and a smaller double 8 (around 8") for size comparison. The colors in that pick are from left to right - "Crappie," blue/silver/silver blades (obviously), orange/black/silver-orange blades (new material with a thicker 1/32" diameter), and holo silver/white-chart blades. The last pic is a close-up of the crappie pattern which took the fish in the above post.

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Pointerpride102

Posted 9/26/2007 12:33 AM (#276587 - in reply to #276566)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

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Location: The desert

Great looking baits man.....I'm not surprised those got hammered. Keep up the good work buddy!

Marc J

Posted 9/26/2007 7:13 AM (#276601 - in reply to #276587)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 313

Location: On your favorite spot

that's a nice fish, a good feeling to get one on your own bait - it's alot of fun when they come in so hot, turn, and finally eat - gotta keep that back hook SHARP!!! congrats

esox50

Posted 9/30/2007 11:30 PM (#277422 - in reply to #276601)
Subject: Re: First fish on homemade un-bucktail

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Marc J - 9/26/2007 7:13 AM

that's a nice fish, a good feeling to get one on your own bait - it's alot of fun when they come in so hot, turn, and finally eat - gotta keep that back hook SHARP!!! congrats

Keeping that back hook sharp is right. That fish was hooked so lightly (immediately apparent when I set the hook) that I tried to barely put any tension on her and started moving with her as she swam toward the back of the boat. Of course, as most boatside fish do she went ballistic. Fortunately, Reelwise had seen the fish snapping behind the bait and had the net in hand knowing she'd eat in the 8. When she went ballistic she jumped out of the water clearing the gunwale of the boat. At the peak of her jump she threw the hook, Reelwise scooped in a "last ditch effort" to nab the fish... I looked down in utter horror at realizing I had lost my first fish on that bait, then Reelwise lifted the net a bit from beneath the boat and to my delight the fish was sitting in the net oh so peacefully. It was at that moment that my jaw dropped and a bug flew in it (true part of the story, Reelwise thought I was throwing up... no, just a bug)!!!

Nate, I guess you don't have to ask Brandyn about that story anymore... lol

Everyone does the "last ditch scoop" when a fish gets off right at boatside, but I've never seen anyone come up with the save before!! Half that catch is Reelwise's!!!

esox50

Posted 10/5/2007 10:45 PM (#278347 - in reply to #276204)
Subject: RE: SECOND fish on homemade un-bucktail

Posts: 2024

And another one falls to the SLUT! Keep that back hook sharp, that's for sure!!!!

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