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| I am interested in designing a soft glide bait this winter. I would really like to know what some of you guys think.
What would the ideal soft-bait glider be like?
1. Bait size?
2. Tail type...curled like a grub or split fin?
3. Tough plastic that could take a bunch of teeth or a soft replaceable plastic?
Any comments much appreciated!! Thank you in advance!
Jed V.
Bikini Bait Co.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Pop an injection mold of one of your best gliders, and forget a 'tail' until it's done, then one can add the twister if one just plain HAS to. Use a fairly dense plastisol with an .050 through wire hook harness built in attached to a front 7/0 single hook. If need be, the front of the bait can be balanced by imbedding a jig with that big hook of varying weights, start with 3/8 OZ. |
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| Your Beer Belly Gliders are awesome, so make a bigger version of them please for those of us in the Big Bait Club
10 to 14 inches for big heavy waters  |
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Location: Presque Isle Wisconsin | I have a mold for an internal jig head that may save you some time .Also some examples of a soft plastic lure I used to hand make myself. Contact me if your interested in looking at them. Lure is eleven inches long. Your welcome to use them at no cost. |
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Location: nappanee IN | hey jed, how about that 3xx plastics like the bass baits are made of.. corse it'll last longer
and people won't have to buy new ones all the time, but why not,
the toothies won't shred it so quick
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| Hey thanks guys for the suggestions and offers, I really appreciate it!
Karol,
I have considered making my baits from a hard plastic. The reason I haven't is that any bait be it wood or plastic has to be painted and clear-coated. The toothy critters will just as easily tear the clear coat and paint off of a plastic bait as they will wood. Sure the plastic bait would probably hold up better but either way the user would have to find a way to get it refinished. Beyond that, there is a large following for wooden baits, many anglers just like the way a wood bait swims. I am, however, continuing to experiment along these lines. Thank you. :D
Jed V.
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| Talk direct with MuskyE. Eric has a lot of experience messing around with such. |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | If I was to get into the soft plastics game (and I have entertained the thought every freakin day for the last year), I would make something similar to the ORIGINAL Dawgs. Softer plastic, with a FLEXIBLE harness. If a flexible harness is not feesable, Then I would make a 2 piece solid wire harness. Don't get me wrong. Brad is a good guy, and has always been good to me. I just love the way the old ones swim better than the new ones (although this does not stop me from buying new ones). If Brad has college aged kids, I probably put one of them through college with as many of his Dawgs that I have bought. LOL |
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| Is a 3 pound carp possible to duplicate? |
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| FisherBen,
Lol, yes but whether you could make it look somewhat "realistic" I do not know!
Some good points about the Dawgs, I only own one and have to admit I like the way it swims.
Some great suggestions!
thank you.
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| I was thinking about A bait similar to shallow or deep invader with tenticles instead of a tail.. 6-8 inches of thick siliconey skirty like tenticles, not to be confused with testicles. Kind of like a squid.
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| Sounds alot like an oversized rubber jig. Might be a great idea, particularly if you could get it to swim.
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | There are a number of saltwater baits that would fit your description. I'll try to post one here. Many of these baits can be found up to 10"-12".
Edited by rpieske 10/29/2005 3:30 PM
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