kayakkurtz

Based off the limited availability of some of the most common lures, has anyone tried making their own hard or soft swimbaits at home? I'm new to it but feel like I could build something that resembles some of these things? on top of catching the fish of a lifetime, feel like it would only add to the story if you caught it off of something you made? If anyone has tried or has advice going forward I would love any feedback on the matter? Making softbait molds, woods to use for making hard baits/hand painting jointed swimbaits?????

thanks for the advice gentlemen.

I'm new to throwing large swimbaits, just bought a deps 250 and have seen more big fish come look at this thing then I've ever seen before. Was fortunate enough to get an opportunity see Butch Brown at the Fred Hall Show, was impressed/inspired to try and give this a huge swimbait thing a shot as well. This website and forum have been super informative. My current issue is with this lure breaking off. I've never invested as much in a lure in my life, I've gone swimming/wading for this thing 3 times in 3 days. 1) Snagged on a marker Buoy chain, dove down to get it. 2) Snapped my fluro leader, luckily in shallow/clear water 3) Upgraded my leader to 20 Lbs Fluro, snapped at the knot and went deep into tullies, I waded in after it and thank god found it. I had my leader tied to 80 Lbs Krazen braid, am now only confident in tying it straight to my braid but assume big fish see my line? I'm now less focused on fishing well and more nervous about losing $150-$175 lure. All my breaks have occurred on Fluro, it's all new, used seguar 12 Lbs and pline 20 lbs? knots are palomar and this other one I found on the internet, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3OXADeadw. Any advice would be great, thank you for your time.