pouring 'micro' top water resin baits

[Ces]

Hey guys,

I'm just getting into making resin baits (been working with timber for a few years) and I wondered how small you can go with pouring resin baits (microballoons, internal harness and rattle included) so that it still will have top water buoyancy? I want to make a 40 mm long top water walker with aluminium bib. I have a 58 mm version ready to mold that I'm confident will float but I'm not sure about downsized version. I question whether I should bother molding it or just suck it up and make timber ones.

Thanks for the help guys.

Cheers,

Ces.

[Ces]

I think 40 mm is around 1.57 inches. Thanks guys.

[mark poulson]

Since you have already made a larger version, if it works, cut it down by hand to the size you want, and see if it works, before you go to the trouble of making a mold.

[Anglinarcher]

In theory, it will work, but downsizing also requires downsizing the through wire/rigging as well to keep the floatation.

I had some 3 inch resin baits I was making for Red Fish that I wanted to float, but could not get the hardware light enough to keep the floatation.  First thing I did was to eliminate the through wire and go to single hooks instead of treble and it worked great.  Wife caught a 30 # bull before we left the South on it.  Most of the time you don't need the through wire on a resin bait.

I also did some with a roto mold style with the resin exterior and a foam core, leaving the through wire and rigging as before.  It also worked, but took some extra care in getting the proper roto mold shell thickness and uniformity.

I guess that it all depends on what strength you really need to begin with.