waterweasle Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I know I saw mention of this before, but cant find anything in the search on it, does anyone use water to help cure/set thier baits, and what do you think the pro's and con's are?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 With the possible exception of quick curing tubes, water cooling is more of a mess than a benefit. I found it to cause shrinkage, issues with color and salt. I prefer to pull the baits and lay them on a metal or tile surface (loke a cheap aluminum camping table). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predator Bass Baits Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Why metal or tile ? is wood or plastic not good ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrawChuck Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 If you are just pouring a few baits and don't leave them in the water very long I would say it's fine. Pouring quantities it becomes a hassle and I prefer to have many molds to allow cooling in the mold. Baits like my frogs I like to remove asap to lay on the wood table with the legs bent to cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Boy's Woman Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 We use water to cool some of our baits that we make in large quantities. We use pressure pots and are dumping a lot of baits out in a short period of time. Even with 40 molds they baits don't cool down fast enough by the time you get thru the run. The water helps to cure them faster and keep them from cooling bent. We just dry them on screens overnight and it works great. We put salt in our baits and have not seen any negative reactions to it or the coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
