Inrll Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 I've been testing out one of my 1.5 KO's for about 2 months now and have really put it through a lot. I've fished a couple tournaments and gone on at least 7-8 creek fishing trips with this thing. It runs about 4-5' deep and I have purposely thrown it exclusively on my creek trips in water as shallow as a foot and usually less than 3'. All total I would guess I have about 50-55 hours on this lure with about 40 of those hours in a creek where it was banged into rocks every cast for the entire retrieve. I say all this because after having put the lure through so much there is one small area of cracking in the topcoat on the belly area but otherwise all the damage is to the bill and nose. I'm curious about the cracks on the bill. Would you say this is normal after such abuse? Here's a before and after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 I don't see the after......great looking bait though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarftd Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 after 2 mos of beating the heck out of it it does not look that bad (from that angle) what are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffond Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 yeah second photo is missing for me as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inrll Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Hmm let me try that second pic again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Inrll, Brother, you have gotten your monies worth out of the bait. The bait is made out of injected plastic and therefore so is the lip. Plastic lips crack all of the time. I am suprised that it lasted this long. Of course most of the damage is going to be on the lip and nose. You can see where the water has gotten in under the clearcoat and caused spots on the bait to go milky. This is all normal. So now you have three options left..... Seal the cracks, Strip and repaint the lure, or just keep on fishing it. It is plastic so water intrusion under the clearcoat won't hurt it. Skeeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Which top coat did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inrll Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I used a triple coat of Solarez. I'm happy with how well its held up vs. factory paint/topcoat. I have a couple Lucky Craft and Rapalas that have shown pretty bad hook rash from one 8 hr day on the water. Not to mention eyes falling off and one Lucky Craft pointer I have that started taking on water after 2 hrs of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
