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Location: Moses Lake, WA | This lure is true homebrew - homemade mold, resin cast body, 2 mm ss thru wire. Too bad it didn't run for crap as either a musky or tuna lure. So I threw it in my junk box and let it age. When I first tested it I had also tried it as a vertically jigged vibration bait, but it didn't have much motion, so after aging I decided to add a plate (modified ss musky lip) to the bottom similar to the shape of my walleye metal blade baits. Once the lake thaws I'll get a chance to see if this addition gives this lure some action as a vertical jig.
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| It should glide a little like a spearing decoy... |
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| I suggest you start with a wood lure before making a mold and get the bugs out then go to resin if you want too. It will save time and the cost of making a new mold, once made that's it donebar. |
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Location: oswego, il | Even if that does not work given the body shape there are many directions to go with this bait. Walk the dog topwater, jitterbug or a crankbait. I do believe Sheldon Cooper would like it! |
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Location: Moses Lake, WA | This devil weighs 8 ounces so it probably isn't going to work topwater. I'm thinking vertical halibut jig trailing a pair of 8/0 hooks with some bait in waters up to about 250'. It can't move any worse than an 8 ounce slab of lead and I know that they work. |
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Location: oswego, il | I hope it works well for you. The mold though you could make those other baits using a different plastic or foam in the mold. Good shape and I wonder if a metal lip on the front would help as well? |
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Location: Moses Lake, WA | The actual resin only weights a couple of ounces. The reason the lure is heavy is because I added a 6 oz round sinker before adding the resin. The lure was made for a friend who wants to troll at about 30' of depth for tuna, therefore the added weight. However, a slight misplacement of the weight is why the lure didn't run properly. I did made and posted a couple of these resin baits with metal lips, and gave them to one of the fellows on this forum. I don't know if he's tried fishing with them or not. I know the one with the large lip can't be run faster than a couple of mph or it will start to spin. |
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