Muddy Tires Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Please take a look and let me know what you think. http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0903/MuddyTires/Fishing/?action=view¤t=Pudgy_Perch.jpg It has an aluminum spine recycled from a damaged road sign, lead ballast in the stomach cavity, two BB rattle chambers, a salt chamber and a Lexan diving lip. Thank you for your input. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 A MOST beautiful bait.... You have a very good talent! Chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangeboy79 Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 nice looks more like a wally to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Lures Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Nice lure! I've recently played with making lures with a metal core and 2 wooden sides. No easy task and I've yet to complete one. How big is this lure? Do the fins and tail give it too much rudder action? If you make another, it might work out well to paint one like a walleye. Red G8tor taught me this: you can make cloudy eyes with a little slice of hot glue stick, backed with aluminum foil. Attach the eye materials then epoxy over everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Tires Posted February 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Hi Legendary, The fins do act like a rudder and dampen the wiggle. I found by making the diving lip oversized you can overcome the dampening action. The glue stick eyes idea is very interesting. I will try this and the Walleye pattern on my next lure. Thanks for the compliments and your "name that lure" contest. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatnik13 Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 If your intrested in a negitive answer then Mr. negitve says > To many hooks , they need to be apart. According to the picture > they will cross each other and this will throw off the action. This will most likely accur durring the cast. Taking away the middle treble and moving the end treble to the center rear of the tail might be better location. This is only a suggestion based on the picture. The lure it self looks nice! what lenth is it?. I just thought maybe you would like to hear from bolth sides. Nice work !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Tires Posted February 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Hello boatnik13, I take all points of view as constructive information. You are probably right about the hooks getting tangled during a cast. However this lure was made for Lake Trout trolling and probably wont get cast alot. It is almost 6 inches long and is pretty heavy. Thanks for your input it will help me refine my next pattern. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 I think it's great and a different approach to lure-building. Good job! Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatnik13 Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 I'm taking a guess that if its 6" long then the widest point is 1.25" or 1.5"at the shoulder or behind the gill area! then I suggest a 1/0 treble hook based on the what you said about Lake trout fishing and not Musky fishing.(if not already using that size) Take away the middle treble Idea. the size hooks in the picture in comparrison with the lure size > you will have plenty of misses. The change in hooks will add weight but no problem if trolling.(keepinh in mind of the size of a trouts mouth and body lenth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Tires Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hi Boatnik13, You were right. The middle hook tangled with the others. I took it off and it solved the problem right away. I will have to remember "hook interference" for my next patterns. Thanks Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrown Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 muddy tires, do you go to www.acplug.com? the reason i ask is because i think you have answered one of my questions on there and it seems like you are interested in big swim baits if you are interested in swim baits you should go to that site. go to the acplug store and look at the baits they are quite spendy but they are beautiful and the action is magnificent!!!! i love them they are responsible for many huge/record stipers and alot of trophy brown trout over ten pounds, i reccomend anyone who looks at this message to check out acplugs.com if they already havnet, thanks [/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrown Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 sorry about the question mark the link wont work with a question mark in front of it so here you go, www.acplugs.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrown Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 sorry about the question mark the link wont work with a question mark in front of it so here you go, www.acplugs.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatnik13 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 YIKES! guess it would help if I could find BIG FISH like the ones on that site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
