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Message Subject: Help with making a lure.

Hunter4

Posted 12/15/2008 11:22 PM (#350030)
Subject: Help with making a lure.

Posts: 720

Hi all,

I'm looking for some direction on building a suspending crankbait out of balsa or cedar. Completely ingnorant as to how to go about this. And to be brutly honest I don't have the talent most of you that frequent this section of the board. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dave

chico

Posted 12/16/2008 1:49 AM (#350032 - in reply to #350030)
Subject: Re: Help with making a lure.

Posts: 502

Location: Lincoln UK

Check out

http://www.tackleunderground.com

http://www.lurebuilding.nl/indexeng.html

lots of info and you can check everything out in your own time.

knooter

Posted 12/16/2008 6:11 PM (#350144 - in reply to #350030)
Subject: Re: Help with making a lure.

Posts: 531

Location: Hugo, MN

I'd recommend using cedar over balsa for a couple of reasons. Not to say you can't do it with balsa, it's just going to require more weight to get the bait to suspend, and sealing the bait is a bit trickier. You'd be suprised how easy it can be to make your own baits. I started playing with crankbaits two years ago, and most have worked as intended. A few work even better. Have fun and definitely use these boards to pick the minds of experienced bait makers. There is a wealth of knowledge out there, and most are willing to share.

Pikester

Posted 12/17/2008 8:46 PM (#350268 - in reply to #350030)
Subject: RE: Help with making a lure.

Posts: 27

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Yup, cedar rocks! it's light enough to give a similar action to balsa but it is much stronger & user friendly (unless you're allergic to cedar dust/resin of course!) I have several flat-sided cedar cranks that employ screw eyes & have landed some pretty nice sized pike without having a hook pull out. They take quite a beating however since it's fairly soft wood but my lures still out-fish most of my Rapalas even though they look like they've been run over by a sanding truck

Some of the other guys here will have tons more experience with cedar than me but I also believe that the natural resins in the wood may help prevent wood rot if water does come in contact through a hole or crack?

woodieb8

Posted 12/18/2008 6:20 AM (#350286 - in reply to #350030)
Subject: Re: Help with making a lure.

Posts: 1530

cedar is very good. seal it and paint away. drill and lead it for the depths needed. cedar has a very lively acyio and is superior to bass woods, pines by far.

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