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| ive been building and painting lures since december with a lot of prototypes and have came up with a basic shape that has produced some nice pike and walleye in the rivers near my house. Im just getting the hang of things and here is what ive got so far
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Location: Money, PA | Nice work! |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Yup, those will get bit for sure. Nice paint job. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Those are beautiful, nice work
What are the specs? Size, type of wood, thickness?
I dig 'em....well done
MS |
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| Those are amazing. They look really thick
Edited by Landonfish 5/15/2012 6:56 PM
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| That's really nice! Great catches. |
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Location: musky waters , WI | What's the specs on them? Do you sell any of them? |
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| Right now ive have a 5 and a 6 inch glider in the shape shown above. The 5's are 3/4 inch thick and a inch and a half deep. The 6's are also 3/4 inch thick, but are 2 inches deep. I also have made a prototype pike glider that is 7.5 inches and 1.5 inches deep (shown on the baby muskie patterns post). They are all made out of tight grained red cedar but i am expirimenting with cherry as well. As of now im am not selling any of them and have only gave a few away to friends. Hopefully i can get out and test a few out on some muskies soon. |
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Location: Drachten (The Netherlands) | grandriverglidebaits - 5/15/2012 12:05 PM
Im just getting the hang of things
I think that's an understatement.... they look great! Good work!
Greetz,
Dick
Edited by DickMac2000 5/16/2012 2:07 AM
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Location: Finland | great looking baits mate, my brother makes jerkbaits that almost have the same body shape so im sure those will produce some nice catches in the future |
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| You are going to make your friends really happy. More than likely they will be asking for more. good looking baits. I really like the picture of the walleye. Neat. |
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Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Nice!! |
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| Thanks for the comments. Ive been living on this site for the last couple of months and it has really helped me figure out how to make a good lure. Solar your tips have really improved my painting quickly and im sure you noticed the scale patterns on some of them as well as the baby pike. One in particular helped me put on a clinic at the river on the closer for a guy near me fishing with live bait who had no luck. Its a good feeling catching somthing on your own lure thanks guys for helping me do that. |
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Location: Finland | yeah i did notice that you had probably checked out my vids. For me its always cool to see others being inspired by tricks i've used with my bait making.
-Mikko |
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Location: New Hope MN | that walleye picture is sweet! |
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Location: Maryland | nice lures and fish |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Wow!!! Unreal progress young man. I can see why Dad is proud. You are coming out like a pro. Keep up the great work. Mike |
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| Thanks mike ill get a couple made up for you and michelle to try out. |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | very nice paintjobs and the lures look alot like a glidin rap... also nice walleye.
Are they for sale??? |
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Location: Apollo, PA | LOVE THE SHADS AND PERCHS. CEDAR IS GREAT STUFF, AND THE FISH LOVE THEM TOO!!  |
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Location: Pewaukee WI | THe Foil clown is money |
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| "look alot like gliding raps"
Im a big fan of the glidin raps and have caught a lot of fish on them. However, the glidin raps did not have enough colors and were a pain to get if you lost one in the river. So, originally the bait was designed simply to minmic a glidin rap in every way. The difference between the two is the thickness, type of wood, weight, and simpily being hand made. Once i started testing the lure i found it much easier to work, even for someone less expirienced with glide baits. The bait had a longer glide path and a better action than even i expected. As for selling them I would like to see how they hold up for at least a season to make sure there are no underlying problems and making sure im selling a quality bait. If you see anything you like though or have a color in mind send me a message and we could work somthing out.
Edited by grandriverglidebaits 5/17/2012 11:51 PM
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| Great Jobs,Zach and they work too !!!
esoxone |
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| Great looking baits! |
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| Damm!! they look awesome I also started making baits this year just trying to get out and fish with them have been super busy the last 2 weeks |
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Location: The Netherlands. | Some real nice stuff , i like `em. |
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