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The joints create the swimming action. And hopefully someone else will chime in with more precise information, but this is what I was told by a big time swimbait maker on the "big market". It's about water pressure. As one side recieves pressure, it attempts to achieve an equilibrium and to do so, swings the joints around to "balance" the pressure, which in turn repeats itself and creates a swimming action. I would have to assume, like yourself, that the weight and balance plays a large part in this process.

You're right, I didn't watch much past that. But earlier on in the video, it's a Luhr Jensen Hotlips. So I guess both were productive that day, and clearly he used both products to catch fish. BJ, do you have a picture of the pattern??

I didn't watch the entire video, but after seeing the bait 3 times, and seeing that all 3 times that they were Luhr-Jensen Hotlips, well...we know he was at least using that. Maybe he did switch up to the new Mann's "Go2" series. I would assume that ol' homer is a chartreuse based color From a press release:

6:09 to 6:14 is a peak into his tackle box, and he pulls out a Chartreuse/Black Back in the same model. 9:09 is the same model bait, in a fire tiger pattern. From the BPS website: Luhr Jensen Hot Lips Express T.A. Casting Crankbait So far it seems like colors: 28 (crystal Chartreuse shad), 79 (crystal firetiger), and 83 (crystal chartreuse/blue)

It's in the video on 3:17 and 5:49. The lure is a Luhr-Jensen Hotlips Express, and the color looks like a Yellow with a Chartreuse Back. Black "kill spot" and red gills seem to finish the color out. But that's just a guess from watching.

I've been searching the forums for some time now about this and can't find anything. Is there a way to remove paint from lures without sanding? I want to keep details like scales and gill plates, and can't do that (or haven't figured out how) with a dremal tool or sand paper. I would have to imagine that there is a product out there that can strip the topcoat and paint off of a lure fairly quickly. Thanks for all the help!

Red, I couldn't agree more. Luckily for me, they are friends....friends first and decided "Hey, I'd like some baits painted" and they understand. I'm in a spot right now where I can't purchase a good backup unit, so I'm hoping someone has one they don't use that I could purchase. In a perfect world, I'll get a phone call from the compressor company tomorrow morning saying a brand new one is on the way. Don't know if that will be happening, however.

My air compressor has broken and the company is very hard to get in touch with, like they are avoiding the return. It is still under warranty but my phone calls do not get returned, and it's a tad frustrating. Hopefully things work out promptly... In the mean time, does anyone have an air compressor that is not being used that they would sell? I am not looking for a top of the line air compressor, just something that will do some baits. I have customers that are, thankfully, friends of mine and are VERY understanding in my delays, but I still feel absolutly terrible about the wait. Any help would be greatly appreciated so that I can get back into the world of painting!!

Those are incredible. Beautiful work man! Beautiful!!!!

Stream, I have them in stock at the BPS that I work at in Baltimore. Last I looked I had atleast 5 of them. You can contact the store and have them ship it if no other leads come up. Shoot me a PM and I'll set you up with the proper information.

Rookie, Agreed! They are mainly for the "collectors" crankbaits, as well as a few paint jobs that I've done that are just to dang good to fish, and I'll use them as patterns for future cranks. Besides, I've got so many crankbaits that if I lost 1 everytime I went fishing, I'd still have plenty of them 200 trips later.

I've noticed a few pictures with crankbaits on clear plastic stands, and it seems like they were made for this specific purpose. Does anyone know where I can find these as I am looking to display a few lures and think it would be a nice way to do so. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Doug, For replacement tails I look at baits like the Sassy Shad and the Zoom Fluke. Usually a "close enough" match for swimbait tails.

In theory... Red does not "disappear" under water, it is just no longer viewable as "red". That is, at 30 feet (when red is no longer distinguishable), a red lure, red line, red hook ect is not "invisible" to the human eye, it will appear as black or brown, or another dark shade. Having a paint that shifts from red to yellow will be viewable in the upper parts of the water column but I believe once you hit the mark where red begins to disappear it will shift from a very dark color to a yellow. From what I understand what you are trying to do, this is not the desired effect. But I do admit...it does sound fun to play with!!! I have been looking at Chameleon paints. SpaxStix (I think that's the name) has Laquer paints for a very reasonable price, but I spray in my basement and don't have a ventalation system set up. While I wear a mask, I hate it and would hate a respirator. I have seen other paints for 23 dollars for 4 ounces. It's still tempting enough that I will most likely order some soon.

RoFish, I was basing my facts on scuba diving facts. If, for example, you blow a balloon up on the surface and take it down 60 feet (3 atm's) then it will not be the same volume...the air compresses. It also happens inside your lungs. If you were to fill a balloon up with air at 60 feet (3 atm's) and bring it to the surface, it would explode before it reached the surface due to the expanding air. This is why you must exhale while ascending from the depths, to avoid blowing a lung out. I'm unsure if a submarine is a good example, I am not familiar with submarines and could be wrong. I think an airplane would be a better example for what you are trying to say, as an airplane climbs higher into the atmosphere, there is a thinning of oxygen and more pressure applied. Because the cabin pressure is regulated, you don't notice it but there is tremendous force on the outside. Are submarines built the same way, so that one wouldn't notice an increase in pressure?