BigFishin

Thank you any help would be greatly appreciated

Well Fellas i don't know if you know this or not but competitive college bass tournaments have been going on for about 3 years now. Heres a link http://www.collegiatebass.com/. Well last semester the University of Tennessee started a team and this spring we plan to travel to 4 tournaments in Alabama. Hopefully this will be the big break i have been looking for.

you da man jerry

Hey my name is Travis and I live in Knoxville, TN. Have been tournament fishing since 2006 and have just started to make my own crankbaits. Without this website i would be completely lost. Thank you for all the help. God Bless

I have been kind of weary about how my first crank would turn out. Well its not even painted and I'm still catching fish on it. Went to a local pond to see how it would run and Bam. I caught the the fish in my profile picture. My buddy was awestruck. Very Nice Great Success!!

Bob i have a couple more questions. With the through wire. Most homemades i have seen use a throughwire for the line tie and the rear hook hanger. Then they just use a screweye for the front hook hanger. Is this done the same way as splitting the bait with razor blade. Also what kind of epoxy do you use. I have seen many people say they use urethane but i an not sure. I have also read they somepeople use kilz to first coat and seal the blank. Sorry if this has been long but i have one final question. If the line tie goes through the bill of the crankbait how do you install it. As you can see i am a real newbie at all of this.

I looked through the tutorials and had zero luck with this issue

Ok folks im not really that new at fishing but what i am new at is making homemade crankbaits. Now i went and got 2 pieces of balsawood. One 3/8" thick and one 1/2" thick. I have cutout my pattern and sanded the blanks. I am thoroughly confused on what to do next. I do not know whether to paint the blanks or put the bill on. Another question where do you guys buy the screw eyes for your crankbaits. i could not find them at Lowes or Homedepot. I have read through some of the tutorials but cannot really follow them that well. Anyone got any suggestions or maybe a website. Thanks Big