Recipe for sinking stick baits.

[Stumpy041486]

hey

its been a while since ive made any lure.... i made some senko type lures a while back and i got the recipe a while back but i dont remeber how much to use of everything....i remember i used sea salt and thats about it.... any information would be apreciated

thanx

[Delw]

This is a plastic formula to help you get started on making Stik Baits. While it might not be the exact one for you it will get you close.

In a 2 cup pyrex measuring cup mix:

1 cups of Calhoun Plastic.

1/4 cup Calhoun Softener

Add colors (before heat or after)

put in the microwave till the plastic is ready to pour (follow the microwave instructions)

then take a teaspoon and slowly stir while adding in 1/2 cup of salt (salt works best when its gound in a blender tp a light powder).

when everything is mixed thourghly put back in microwave and heat and stir in 30 second intervals until plastic is hot and the consistantsy you want.

Pour from measuring cup stirring after every 1-3 cavities

Salt gives the Stiks weight for the sink rate. you can add more or less salt for your desired sink rate. Salt also makes the baits harder(stiffens the bait) in order to make your bait soft and flexible like the real thing you add softener. The more salt you add the more softener you add. The above formula is a good starter.

Notes:

when adding colors to baits with salt inplastic you will have to add more color than normal. The salt is white and throws the color off a little. For example lets say you have a nice watermellon color with black fleck That you want in a Stik Bait. to get this you add 5 drops of watermellon color in one cup of plastic. to get this same color you might have to add 25-30 drops of watermellon to the Stik formula. All colors vary from color manufactures.

Grinding salt in a blender is easy and not messy. When using a blender just add enough salt to go over the blades about 1". If you go to much (more than an inch) you will burn up your blender , If you go to the blades or below you will have a big salt dust cloud when you take the top off the blender.

Delw

[Stumpy041486]

so i can just use regular salt or should i use sea salt?

thanx

[Delw]

From what i heard sea salt has moisture in it.

regular salt works fine if you blend it into a powder.

I just bought a couple hundred lbs of some salt that is like flour, you breath and it makes a cloud its extreamly fine.

it has worked good for me, we been thinking of offering it for sale but not sure yet.

Delw

[BassnG3]

I have been using popcorn salt and it has worked great. Just make sure whatever you use stir, stir and stir some more! I tried canning salt ground in a blender but the popcorn works better and I don't grind it at all.

BassnG3

[Stumpy041486]

now that i think about it i think it was popcorn salt and not sea salt....i guess i got confused....i would love to get some of that salt youre talking about.....wat is it used for?wats it called?

thanx

[Tubeman]

Another option is buying the finer flake salt. You can purchase an 80lb bag from most bulk food stores for 20-25 bucks. Cargill is one that readily available, even here in Canada. I have used sea salt and reg salt and there is really no difference to the fish. Buying it in a finer grain allows you to skip the messy blender part, nothing like breathing in a cloud of salt dust eh Del ? One problem about the finer salt is that it tends to cake a bit more in the bag, so you may need to break it up prior to adding to your plastisol. It really suspends well in Calhoun plastisols, the combination of the finer grain and Calhouns slightly thicker formula allows for the salt to be placed evenly through out the bait.

[Delw]

Mike the first time I did the blender trick I got a big wiff of salt and thought I was going to die. Everything burned from my lungs to my nose

Delw