MuskyGary Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Has anyone made a bait like the Storm Wildeye Shiner? The front half could be made from wood and the back half cast from a plastic mold. I've been thinking about that bait because it doesn't have great movement and I don't like their color selection. Making the front end out of wood should give it a good wiggle and the back half out of soft plastic would also help movement. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Gary, BruceKY had a similar idea when he developed a bait calls the Troublemaker. The body is solid with a hitch-hiker type coil to hold a Kalin’s Big’n grub There are several good shots of it in the gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KcDano Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Gary Yamamoto made a bait similar in construction as what you mentioned. The front half was hard plastic shaped similiar to a rattle trap. Approximately at the mid section it was keyed to accepted soft plastic tails. Which could be changed quickly, by sliding the old out and sliding a new one in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuskyGary Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks, I found the pictures in the Gallery. The bait I want to make is walleye size, but that gives me some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I wasn't sure if that would help or not, But with MuskyGary as a handle, I thought musky might be the targeted fish... Bruce had a smart idea for adding the plastic to the wooden part of the bait. I think someone else adds a plastic tail in what looks like a dove tail cutout in the rear of the bait and end of the plastic that attaches to the bait is shaped like a dove tailed finger. I would want to add a glue or a pin to help keep it in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egreen cobra Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I've made something more similar to the Castaic trouts, with hard floating plastic heads and soft plastic body/tails. Its pretty easy and the results aren't bad, although I made mine to model large Golden Shiners here in FL, downside is that Castaic Soft Baits has a patent on hard head/soft tailed lures so you wouldn't be able to sell it (which of course means you'd slay them on it!) I imagine it'd be fairly easy to make any combination of hard and soft parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
