TU Etiquette Takers Vs. Givers

[BigFishin]

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

[Spike-A-Pike]

My name is john franklin,I have been a member for a little while,49 years old in wisconsin,I have a cabin and a fishing rental in the cranberry bogs of warrens wi and spend all of the spring summer weekends there fishing for pike,bass and crappies,I have gained a wealth of knowledge in just a short time from this site,I have come up with many awsome big fish bait ideas and have put them to use,I also give lures that I have made to my fishing rental customers and to people at the lakes to try,its a blast,I have caught many bass over 8 pounds and one over 9 lbs on my own lures,I have not made many post but plan to share any info if i think I can help.Most of the time someone has already answered the quetion,I hate to repeat what someone else has already said but if I have a diff opinion ill chime in,thanks fro all your ideas and help.

John.

After reading FatFingers' post, I had to check out you baits. Those are very cool! They remind me to a trip through my grandpa's tackle box as a kid fisking in Tomahawk on the Jerrsy City Flowage. That same woodgain peaking through the paint. Your Arrow Frog also reminds me of a pike bait he used to fish... Thanks for the memories.

[Bogbaits]

Thanks ,I like to do the retro looking lures,maybe It brings back my childhood memories also,I want to make a line of retro lures and market them as a set for collectors and to use also,john

[Munkin]

My name is Allen and I have been making baits off and on since I was 12. I carved a couple cranks back then but didn't know about ballasting or coating the bait so I gave up on them. Kind of quit fishing for a few years when I was active duty in the Army but started back when I moved back to Maryland. Now I have been making mostly spinnerbaits and jigs with some cranks for the last 4 years. Right now I am attempting the UR baits with the help of all the info I have learned on this site.

Allen

[A-Mac]

Hey there! I'm Aaron McAlexander. I grew up in Southern Indiana and currently a senior at Purdue University majoring in fisheries and aquatic sciences. I'm also prez of the Purdue Bass Club (just google us for our website). I've been makin my own lures since I was in 6th grade and am currently experimenting with jointed swimbaits and will post pics once i get 'er painted. This site has helped me a great deal, especially with wood sealants and clear coat applications. I def. appreciate all of your help.

Thanks!

Aaron McAlexander

[RangerZ]

Nice thread. Interesting to see everyone's background. My name is Chris and I live in No. Virginia working as an airline pilot. Started making my own tackle back in the late 80's by making hand pour worms when I lived out west. This evolved into jigs, spinnerbaits and finally repainting and making baits. After a job layoff in 06', I started a website and started selling a few lures and repaints. I must say that the knowledge base here is beyond compare and I owe much to all who contribute.

Thanks to all,

Chris Poole

[TNBasser]

Hello fellas. I'm the newest of new. I have just begun to visit this site on any kind of regular basis in the last few weeks. Though an avid bass fisherman I know nothing about making fishing lures of any kind. However, I've gotten the bug BAD and am setting up my own workshop to make my own. Naturally, in addition to all the reading and research I have done, this site is my go to place for "first hand experience".

As I move forward with my trial and error attempts at makng lures I'll certainly share my experiences, both failures and successes. They will, I suspect, be of little value to anyone other than other beginners.

As for my personal profile, I'm 59, married, two children, four grandchildren and the VP of a master distributor of medical/surgical products. I don't golf or hunt. I FISH!!! Soon I hope to tell you I caught fish on my own "works of art".

Thanks to all for letting me participate.

[spare tire]

Hello.

My name is Tim Quick, I live in the UP of Michigan, I'm married, and I have 2 kids, twins, both grown now, one boy and one girl. I own a small sheet metal shop with about 5 guys working. I like to make prop baits, because there is nothing better than a top water hit. A good friend of mine used to fish with an old guy that fished Southbend Nippy's.

My friend would go to antique shops to buy the color that the old man had, because he always caught a lot of fish. But now they are almost impossble to buy, and the new knockoffs are junk. So I decided to make some, which took about 2 yrs to figure it all out. I would like to thank everyones help on this matter. I try to contribute where I can, but not to many questions on nippy's. I am trying to make crankbaits as well but so far out of about 10 I made 4 swam good enough to use. If anyone needs a sheet metal favor or topwater question I would be glad to help. by the way I'm 43 yrs old, and I guess even though are kids grow up we still stay invoved.

[jimbo]

Hi Guys/Gals

My name is jim/married/52/self employed electrician/live in union ont about 2hr from detroit mich and 5min from lake erie. Really love muskie fishing then jumbo perch, bass, waleye,and trout pretty much in that order. Have been a member for awhile before the crash at anyrate.Have not given anything in return for the vast amount of info i,ve received from you guys,the time, knowledge and advice you guys put in to this site is just amazing.Thanks to you i,m ready to dive in to this hobby with both feet and with a little confidence to boot.Contributing to this site is not that easy for a lowly apprentice as myself you masters usually have a problem solved or a question answered before i can figure out what was asked.However you can bet your rusty hooks that if and when i can i,ll be there to help and contribute to this site.Thank You

[mwbassin]

Hey, My name is Michael and I'm from Covington, Ga. and I do a lot of bass fishing around here. I like to make flatsided crankbaits when I have the time(chasing a 3 year old around). I have leaned a lot on here and everyone on here is so good at what they do. Sure am glad to be a part of it.

[bluefin2na]

Name: Tommy Gomes

I,m 46 years old, live and work and play in San Diego California. I,m a 5th generation commerical fishermen, and worked all over the world on fishing boats. My fathers family came to San Diego in 1892, and we are still fishing today.

I make a scent/attractant from Sea Urchin guts called UNIGOOP, and a scent called UNIBUTTER. you can check out a pretty cool underwater video on www.unigoop.com site.

some of you might remember I posted about this a few years back, however i ran into some very personal issues in life. this product has taken 17 1st place finishes, and mulit top 10 and top 20 spots here in california and is on a roll which is pretty cool.

I like to put together my own swim baits, i dont pour any, just like to put em together. I know a few guys here in San Diego that are pretty big in the swimbiat circle, FISHTRAPS, MC SWIMBAITS, REEBS LURES, WESTERN PLASTICS, but being a member here is pretty cool. Its great to see, that even if we are miles and miles apart, we are still bonded by a tug on the line, or a blow up on a jig, pretty cool indeed.

thanks for allowing me to be a member here and i,m looking forward to helping out when and where i can....

Tommy Gomes

unigoop.com

we make stinky stuff, stink better

NOTE to Mods, this post was about etiquette, if this out of line please remove.

[CULLIN]

Sorry, I have been on the site for a while mainly just reading posts and taking in all that has to be offered. Armed w/ the information everyone has given, I purchased an airbrush and painted a few crankbaits. This has all been performed at the kitchen table (much to the annoyment of my wife). Since i have a room that i have stored (piled w/ all of my hobbies and accessories) I decided that i needed a work space that i can keep everything organized. That has been my winter project. I just finished installing cabinets and an 8' workbench, w/ pegboard wall. (I will post pics soon.) The wife has been much more pleasent to be around. Now i can use my spare time in a much more productive way (actually work rather than unpack and repack to and from the kitchen table.) I fish bass tourn. around the midwest and used to be a golf professional. I extremely appreciate the information that is shared within this site, it has saved me a lot of frustration and time by not having to learn this craft w/o any idea off where to go next. I am trying to reply to the picks as I feel bad when someone has posted their accomplishments and no one has acknowledged their efforts for good or bad. That is what this is all about helping someone else learn from our mistakes. Thanks to all. ________________

Keith

[smirkplug]

As all learners to a sport i was a taker and For a long time i wouldn't give out any of MY secrets. Then finally i found the pleasure of teaching what i had learned. I think its an evolutionary process. I still give out bad advice to those who don't release bass, corbina, marlin or any fish thats too good to be caught only once. Ill be happiest when i get to share what ive learned.

[PikeMastaRapp]

My name is matt skreen im 27 years old. I grew up in 5 different small towns always living on a like and loving to fish. I have 3 boy Ben(5), Alexx(4), Mia(2) and our first girl is due in less than 2weeks (Brooklynn). I was a cook for 8yrs but after that many years cooking one of the "Cooking side effects" realy started setting in and i decided it was time to find a better job. For the past 2yrs Ive beed installing floors for my father-in-law. When i first started dating my wife in high school i stopped fishing altogether, but then last year my father in law took me on is anual fishing trip to Canada(7 days of just fishing from 6am-8pm) and he remineded me of how fun it was and im back in full force! like i told my wife " My girlfriend gave me good reasons not to fish:wink:,My wife gave me good reasons to go fishing:yay:!

I havent made anylures yet but ive started to buy my supplies and my father is a city worker and cuts down lots of basswood tree in summer:yeah:so im very excited to get started! and thats me in a nut shell, $5 say im the only member that is pierced up(6 ears 2 eyebrow, used to have one lip) only 1 tatoo but hoping for at least 4 more, and if i have the time ill go with green or purple hair and a mohawk or 2 and i love Punk Rock. last thing is i would like to thank everyone here again for all your help when i first got the idea wasnt sure i could do this but with all your help im sure ill get the

[LOZ]

Hey guys my name is Tim, im from central Missouri, and im still in highschool. i play football and track, and of course fish and make baits:). Im a bass fisherman mostly, but dont mind fishin for other species every now and then. I make jigs, but im hoping to get into crankbaits...i probly couldnt do it without this site. thanks for the good info guys

[Marty Brain]

G'day Black Jack and all TU members, I live in Darwin Australia, this is the first TU log on for me, I find the site quite interesting. As you are probably aware we have access to a large range of crankbait crunching sport fish like Barramundi, Treadfin salmon, Mangrove jacks and the list goes on and on.

I have a good friend that has been making his own carved crank baits (or hard bodied lures as we refer to them) for many years now, they are called "Scurvey Dog Lures" and although does not manufacture these comercially they have gained a fan base with fishos he knows and have been used all around the globe.

So although I am just getting into making my own lures I do recognise the need to share info as my good mate Wayne has shown to me, so i look forward to gleening information from this site and down the road I will pledge to part with any interesting ideas that come from our research on the water.

All the best Marty.

[FERG DADDY]

Just thought I would chime in. My name is Todd, I'm 37 and live in Gresham, Wisconsin. I have a wife and three daughters. I made my first lure about a month ago and if you search my posts, you might find a picture of it, I hope you don't find it. I hope to gain some experience hee and then start sharing some as I hone my skills.

FERG

[DanCampbell]

Hi All,

My name is Dan Campbell, I am 35 years old. I live in Virginia near the Shenandoah valleyShenandoah Valley of Virginia . I am married with one child, she is 11 months old.

I work in the IT field as a Tech systems specialist.(Screwdriver boy) and I love fishing. I do not have a boat yet but still rent one when I can and spend the day on the water.

I would love to make antique style lures as a hobby, I just move really slow because I don't have much free time.

If I can ever help anyone with anything IT related I would be happy to assist.

Take care

Dan

[snooterfish]

my name is Richard Fleming. i am 53 years old. i live in Virginia in whats known as The Devil's Triangle. it's a few minutes drive from Ky., W, Va. and Tn and all roads lead to no where.

i have been married for nearly 34 years and we have 3 kids, 2 girls and 1 boy. i am a disabled Coal Miner since 1990. i operated a continuous miner for nearly 15 years. my wife and i love fishing and we fish mostly in Tn on Douglas Lake. we will on occasion fish our home lake Flannagan aka The Dead Sea....i mainly airbrush cranks and i hope to get into carving my own this winter......man this stuff is addictive.....i wake up in the middle of the night with color schemes and pattern's. i am willing to help anyone that needs my help. i know how you guys feel about takers, my wife and i are mod's an a fishing site and we call the "Lurker's" always taking and never giving. if any of you guys fish East Tn then come join our site. i hope its OK if i post this address.

[redg8r]

Hi Snooterfish,

My father is a WV coal miner. I grew up in Boone county, the meeting point for the miner march to Matewan & subsequently the town that gave birth the term Redneck in the twenties.

Edited July 18, 2008 by redg8r

[carver]

My name is Greg. I'm 37 and from Pennsylvania. Saw a guy in Virginia Beach hand carving duck decoys and was immediately sucked into carving as a hobby. Started a year or so ago trying hand carve fish and lures. Hoping at some point in time to make just enough cash to cover the cost of tools. Other than that it's just a hobby I hope to make last.

Thanks to all of you who provide such good information to help us new guys get started.

[68KingFisher]

Hello All.....My name is Michael and i'm 51 years old....married 25 years and have 2 beautiful daughters and now a gorgous granddaughter. After surviving a massive heart attack at age 38 I decided i'd had enough of the fast paced big city lifestyle and all my wicked partying ways, and I moved my family from Tulsa, to a rural town in a very scenic area of southwest Arkansas. Now we are surrounded by the Ouachita national forest and everywhere I look is a postcard perfect picture.....I now know why they call Arkansas the "Natural state".....Moving here was the best thing I've ever done....wish i'd done it 20 years earlier.

I was introduced to fishing by my grandfather who would take us boys down to the pond during our summer vacations with them.....been addicted ever since. Once I caught a largemouth bass from a local steam I became hooked on bass fishing, but I still fish for most anything thats biting at the time. A couple of my fishin buddies and I started pouring our own jigs and spinnerbaits back then, and I even tied my share of trout flies. Somewhere in my late 20's I got involved in sprintcar racing with my brother and ended up spending ALL my spare time at race tracks or working on the race cars and got completely away from fishing.....so much so that as time went on my wife would sell off my tackle alittle at a time during her yearly garage sales, eventually leaving me with no fishing equipment at all.

With the help of a good friend that also moved here a few months back we got to talking about fishing we used to do, and we ended up purchasing an old 1968 KingFisher bassboat we happened across in the neighborhood which started our journey back into the world of angling.....Boy I tell ya what...I couldn't be happier....I had forgotten just how much I loved this sport, and I can't wait for our weekly fishin trips to nearby lakes. Although i've had to start over collecting tackle, and the much higher prices then I was used to,got me to thinking about making some of my own again....Mainly plastics for now...worms, saltcraws, swimbaits, etc....being a research fanatic I started by searching the internet for current tackle trends and supplies as well as "how to's", which led me to run across this website....it didn't take but just a few minutes to realize I needed to bookmark this place and start soakin up all the info and wisdom I could.

I've been an artist all my life and i'm now a professional airbrusher with a small shop behind my home where I do high quality custom airbrushing for the biker community mainly....I paint alot of freehand murals, skulls, dragons, flames, etc, on all types of motorcycles and helmets as well as the occasional "Other" items....While I haven't painted painted any lures yet, i'm gettin ready to try and refinish a couple of cheapo store bought crankbaits that I can't seem to catch anything on....hopefully a different color paintjob will make the difference. I've been airbrushing since the mid 70's so i've got alot of knowledge about airbrushes and various paints that I'll gladly share with any of you that have questions....so feel free to ask or email your questions to me at Airbrusher@sbcglobal.net

[Perk]

Hi my name is Shawn I'm 32 from ellwood city pa which is about an hour north of Pittsburgh. I started messing around with lure making this year as away to keep busy in the winter. So far I'm hooked (no pun intended) and the more I read the more things I want to try as long as my pocket book holds out!

[nugene]

MY NAME IS JOHN AND I LIVE IN MIDDLE GA....I'VE BEEN MAKING LURES FOR ABOUT 10 YRS...THIS TOPIC GIVES ME A FEELING OF GUILT AS I HAVE BEEN A TAKER NOT A GIVER.....HAVING SAID THAT I DON'T PUT MYSELF IN THE SAME CLASS OF MOST OF YOU MEMBERS SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I COULD ADD......I VISIT THIS SIGHT SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY AND I TOTALLY ENJOY IT.....ALL I DO MOST EVERYDAY IS WORK ON LURES....TRYING TO BUILD A BETTER "MOUSE TRAP"..IT'S NOT JUST A HOBBY TO ME......BUT MORE AN OBSESSION AND I TRULY ENJOY IT....IN ADDITION I HAVE MADE SEVERAL DEAR FRIENDS ON TU AND ONE THAT I CONSTANTLY GO TO FOR ADVICE.......SO THANK U ALL AND I'LL TRY TO DO BETTER.........JOHN

[Snapping necks]

My name is Jared Sievert and I'm 31 years old. I live in Zeeland Michigan and have really just started to make my own baits. I've gotten decent at making musky and pike spinners which was the reason I started making my own baits due to the cost of the professional ones. I have a few blanks that I've carved but dreading painting them because I have never done it and don't want to make them look terrible. I joined tackleunderground a couple of weeks ago and have learned so much! I have added some info to posts so far but don't really have much knowledge to give yet. I hopefully will contribute more in the future. Thanks to the creators of the site and to those that share their knowledge with us.

Thanks,

Jared