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Had an awesome two days on the TX flats using my 6-inch Donkey Bay glide bait. We landed several on a version that sinks super slow in saltwater just like a corky; but it twitches like a jerkbait and swims like an s -Swimmer. Fish were gator trout studs. Several over 4 and one 7.25# beast. On the second day, we fished some clear water grass beds and this bait out produced the jigs and corky baits. Really a treat for me and a huge confidence booster for my swimbait making.

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Golden shiner done by deefeesha, perch, bass and rainbow trout done by me

I know this aint gonna win it but Im happy just to have a bass to enter. Its gonna be my first year targeting the green fish with swimbaits so I know I have lots to learn. Sorry bout the bad pic of the code. Thanks SU

I think they are a waste of money. The attraction is that they are cheap, but something like a Hardgill or Sly gill is going to outfish it 5 to 1.

Here’s one I finished up last spring

Here’s the finished product!

Like all of us in Arizona, I have been putting in a ton of work without seeing much success. I Was out last Saturday and didn’t see a thing. When I was loading up the boat I saw a younger guy throwing a battle shad from shore. I gave him props on the way to get my truck then he came down to talk swimbaits while I loaded up. While talking to my new buddy Jared I asked if he has any citizens, he said no, so I grabbed one of my muted gills and gave it to him. I might have a different view on these types of situations but I believe that we are all in this big bait game together. We all deserve each others support and recognition. If you have the opportunity to give a kid a bait, do it. I know it made his day and I defiantly felt good about it... I took a couple days off to hang with the wife then back to the lake on Tuesday. Tuesday was a crazy day. I saw a small group of stripper, threw out my brand new 250, and got a 2-3 lb to the boat. Reach down for my net and POP! Bent out the back hook and split ring. I quickly changed out the hardware and got back to work. Later on I had a good follow on the 250 but could tell that she was a little hesitant. I gave her a couple hours, went back and got the same reaction from her. She wanted to eat but was just a little unsure about the 250 for some reason. So I left the lake with the same feeling of disappointment, frustration, angry that I’m not smarter than a fish, you know the feeling. Now to the good stuff. Wednesday morning. I’m supposed to be meeting a friend of mine at the lake. He flaked. So I sit thinking about my plan of attack. I decided I would down size from the 250. First I would try the Ufo glide, if that didn’t work maybe a tk would get her to commit. I made my way back up to where I saw the big girl the day before but I waited. I approched her spot in a different way. Trying my best to not use the trolling motor to get my boat into position. Everything worked out perfectly. Boat coasted right to where I wanted to be. My cast was in the exact spot I wanted to be. I let the glide sink for about 15 seconds then started in. The @ufobaitco glide has a pretty tight side to side action and I worked it pretty fast. As soon as I could see a small flash from the bait I got hammered. And just like that my new pb. A beautiful 7 pound 4 ounce bug eyed Betty was in the boat. Now im not telling everybody to be the St. Mary’s of baits. I’m not trying to preach about what goes around comes around. I believe a positive mental attitude is the most important part of fishing. And I know I was in a better mood after giving away a bait that many people like to flip. I hate bait flippers. I love swimbait fishing. And I have respect for anybody that puts the time into trying to catch a swimbait fish. -Josh Lix Sorry for the long post D4A4046C-89B4-4641-B1C4-65739317C710.MOV

They are chewing, get out there, crawl the hudd any hudd!

Well finally finished sanding the batch of gills. Decided to try some new wood burning techniques on my wake prototype. I’m happy with the results of the wood burning, really liking the ear gill spot. Then some custom orange wood stain, minwax brand, one good coat, excess wiped off. Going to try a crappie variation today and finish the others so I can epoxy seal em later today, or Monday, which will lock in the color/wood burning

I thought I would share the simple mod I did to my Chartreuse 250 using lure tape. I’m sure many of you are familiar with this mod, but for those of you who aren’t, the tape is called WTP Fishscale Holoform Tape (I’ll link it below). Feel free to reply with the mods to your slide swimmers. https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/wtp-fishscale-holoform-tape?hvarAID=shopping_googleproductextensions&affcode_c=&gclid=CjwKCAiAs8XiBRAGEiwAFyQ-eq0PYNa6wLBuz4YrB34cLJhtDDGuWo5Mx88CIhHKlE_Lj-waAB2rhxoC2PEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Added a tail feather with with chartreuse to accent the bait. The hook is a 2/0 VMC 4X.

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Got him crawling a 8" hudd in holdover trout color. Also first fish on my new dobyns 90 ultra mag hvy.

SWEEEEEEEET

My buddy is painting it for me it's not done yet I'll post some more pictures when it's finished.

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Pmd!

It's coming together still needs some finishing touches but here it is so far. The silver and gold shifts in the light at different angles.

Figured I'd go ahead and risk wrecking my mold in order to try meeting the swap deadline. Next time I mold a bait like this I'm definitely going to try implementing removable cores for the fin slots. I tried making some by hand yesterday out of a sheet of scrap steel but couldn't even make the starting cut with my diagonals. If anyone has any pointers regarding making your own core inserts that would be greatly appreciated. I need a material that I can shape and get to be 1/8" thick in order to accommodate my fins. I keep getting bubbles when I pour direct silicone which weakens the material. Anyways, my first prototype from the new mold came out fairly clean after a bit of extra post-processing. I might up the microballoon ratio so I can play around with more weighting options if I have time, but all in all this thing looks very promising. Like it swims a lot better than I thought it would. I'm really excited to see how I can improve this bait and hopefully get it ready in time for the swap. Everything's looking great so far, gentlemen!

A couple new baits

9” slammer all the way

Wow, how did you do it without scraping off original paint? I would have stopped at pic #2 myself, looks like a stocker that got bounced around in truck or air stocked that hit the water hard.

Nice chunky fish.

love that you gave a bait to a kid, I had the opportunity to give a 6" hudd to a kid fishing a golf course pond. He looked at me like I had given him a bar of gold haha.

@StriperAddict Stripers won't count