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Location: Moses Lake, WA | A cedar shad in basic crappie colors with corrugated foil siding.
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Location: Aurora | Looks awesome!
Is the lip curved a bit? |
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Location: Moses Lake, WA | Yes. I curve them in the oven by placing them on a spoon of the appropriate size. There's a dishing curvature as well as curvature along the centerline of the lure.
Edited by Gringo Loco 3/15/2016 1:34 PM
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Great work as always. I especially like the pattern you came up with. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | Have you water tested those lips yet? |
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Location: Moses Lake, WA | I did get out and test them about a week ago, 30 lures, two boat speeds (1.5 and 2.5 mph) and two pull positions (nose, bill). Only about three showed any promise of hunting. They fell into 4 categories: (1) works only at high speed, (2) works only at low speed, (3) works at both high and low speed, and (4) doesn't work worth a crap at any speed or pull location. Luckily there were only 3-4 lures in category (4). The low speed lures showed a lot of roll which I don't mind for walleye, but they would roll out at higher speeds. OK for slow retrieve casting but not much else. The water visibility was only about 18" so when I tried to speed up the lures would dive and become invisible. The "Baker blanks" wiggle well but don't hunt. Some fine tuning will be required for a few to extend their speed range.
Edited by Gringo Loco 3/15/2016 9:46 PM
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