joetheplumber
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X2 on the Pumpkin Seed,I never have painted one that I liked. Craw patterns are a pain as well but I don't think there is really a wrong way to do one. I love Blue Gill patterns but I think my favorite of all is a Blue Back Shad pattern I do.
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That's a deadly color, I recommend that everyone keeps at least 10 crankbaits this color in their tackle box.. -
"Reaction Innovations Method Crank". Very good lures and not easy to come by. They usually run about $15-$25 each.
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You get what you pay for. Those dealers selling the cheaper blanks are selling them cheaper for a reason. I'll be sticking with Dinger blanks myself.... And y'all just wait for those new popper blanks to get here....SWEETNESS!!!
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I think the 1.5 crankbait platform would be a major design to expand upon, increase durability, Flat sided models, ect... A great popper style bait that sits in the water similar to the original Rebel P70 would be another good one to have, these are fish catching machines. Personally I would love to see a lipless suspending/slow sinking twitch bait like the Rapala Twitching Rap or Mirrolure 17MR models, these would be very popular with the salty inshore guys on the East Coast down to the Gulf. Good luck and I look forward to the possibility of buying USA made blanks!!!
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Didn't know they made rednecks that far north.... LOL
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Sharpie makes water based paint pens now and they work well for more than just signatures. I purchased a 3 pen set of pearl silver, pearl gold and pearl copper and use them for all kinds of stuff and haven't had any issues with them running.
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Like it! Got to get some of this foil to put on my inshore lures, them Specks and Reds love some shiny gold. -
Good work but I do see lips on those baits....LOL -
I'm not sure what your regular clear coat is but you could try to apply one coat of your normal CC, scuff it up, then try dipping it in the matte lacquer clear and see what happens. Seems like I've heard the best results came from using the matte Plasti-Dip but I haven't tried it before.
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Excalibur was purchased by Booyah. I'm not sure if Booyah will be picking up production of the entire Excalibur product line or just the top selling products...
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thanks. I'm working on some suspending saltwater twitch baits and I'll probably give the Art Resin a go on them and see how it does. -
Good stuff man. you got any plans for a wake bait? -
Nice! How many coats of the Art Resin did you apply?
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good color combo, nicely done -
http://www.allfoils.com/products/aluminum-products/ This company has some things that look interesting as well....
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Looks like the same tape I just picked up at Harbor Freight, it was labeled as "Refrigeration Tape". Works great and much thinner than most HVAC aluminum tapes you see.
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As usual, outstanding work! -
I use basically the same technique and it is pretty good. Mark, from what I have seen on the few I've done there isn't much, if any, loss of shine when I coat them with Etex, not sure about other clear coats though.
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Baits look great.......Don't forget to call Mike! lol -
My suspending lures will be made for brackish and saltwater fishing for Speckled Trout...
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Has anyone used PVC trim board to make a suspending jerkbait/twitch bait? I plan on trying to replicate a Rapala Twitching Rap this winter out of balsa and I also want to try and make some from this trim board you guys are using if it will work for those types of lures? Leave it to me to try and start my lure building with one of the toughest lures to build.... I hear making suspending lipless lures is quite annoying...LOL
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I'm partial to Dingerbaits.com myself but the others have certain baits that I still purchase from them as well because he doesn't have those particular models. Several of those guys listed above have good quality products and you would be fine to order from them with no worries.
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Nice work TK! -
The green craw is done with netting, I've seen several painters use the same stuff. As far as the other goes I believe it is a foiled image lure with some freehand added to it. If you look at the upper shoulder on the lure it looks like a seam from the foil but I can't say for sure. Either way they look nice.
