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Roughneck1860

Posted 9/7/2009 12:15 PM (#398254)
Subject: Weighting gliders

Posts: 295

Location: Southern Ontario, Detroit River and Lake StClair

I've been making my own crank baits for a numbers of years but have been wanting to play around with gliders using the same body design. I'm just wondering on average how much weight you guys are adding on say an 8" cedar bait and an 8" maple bait. I'm just looking for a starting point right now. Time for me is limited right now and I'm just trying to cut down on some wasted way off weighted testing trips to the river.

Thanks
Tim

h2os2t

Posted 9/7/2009 1:48 PM (#398267 - in reply to #398254)
Subject: RE: Weighting gliders

Posts: 941

Location: Freedom, WI

Tim - It all depends on the piece of wood. I pour it in and float each one and remove to get it to float right. Do not forget the hooks when floating and have the bait sealed as it soaks up water it changes. Taping weight to the outside could give you a starting point. Where it is in the body also makes a difference.

Beaver

Posted 9/7/2009 5:03 PM (#398284 - in reply to #398267)
Subject: RE: Weighting gliders

Posts: 4266

I don't pour mine, I salvaged some very old, pure lead and poured buckets full of 1/4 and 1/2 ounce sinkers and I put them in and set them in place with some pounding. I also took screw eyes and ran them through the sinkers and I screw them in where I want weight and go from there. I use my aquarium as a test/float tank. I told guys during my dock demo at Vermillion that even with the paint and all of the E-Tex, my gliders will just barely float until I put the hooks on.
There is no short cut, there is no set amount of weight. Every piece of wood is different and needs to be tested. That's part of the fun.
You can search the archives for this forum and find a ton of info about weighting gliders. Or you can send me some of your blanks and I'll do my best at weighting them and then send them back

Beaver

Roughneck1860

Posted 9/7/2009 6:22 PM (#398290 - in reply to #398254)
Subject: Re: Weighting gliders

Posts: 295

Location: Southern Ontario, Detroit River and Lake StClair

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll do a search and dig out out an old 60gal tank I have to help me get thing going.

Tim

Muskie Treats

Posted 9/8/2009 3:53 PM (#398536 - in reply to #398254)
Subject: Re: Weighting gliders

Posts: 2384

Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot

If you do pour lead into the body be sure to have a small screw in there to so it can form around it and be secured. Otherwise it can drop out after a lot of use.

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