CameronCreamerFishing

story of my life... bought a ring and got married instead of getting a 1 bed apartment and a bass boat... still wondering about which decision was the right one? LOL

Apologies for the upside down image. Stupid phone

Perfect. Thank you for all the input. Got my paint scheme drawn out. Granted it's in colored pencil so blending is hard. Opinions appreciated!

Also, anyone using resin for their production bait. Any particular company you are using and or type? Ive seen some guys use alumilite, other using epoxy resin

ended up tossing this carving. i felt it was too wide. So I've cut it down 1/2" on width and restarted. Currently shaping the bait. pics will be posted soon.

if anyone has any opinions or input on the following it would be greatly appreciated. I was planning on running #6 Owner Hyperwire split rings and Owner ST-36 1/0 Trebles (seems like it'd be a decent fit?) Also, where I plan on making the production bait out of resin, should I wait to do the weight distribution until I have finished mold and have a few resin templates to work with or do it on the wooden model first? Just looking for input on what people may have done in the past. if you dont care to give your input thats fine I completely understand. I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks ahead of time for anyone who puts their input on this thread!

Drew up this 8" glide bait a few sleepless nights ago. Started roughing in the original to make a mold of. Here's the progress so far today. Gonna sand down tomorrow and seal for water testing. Had the joy of breaking my jigsaw today so it's hand carved so far.

Awesome looking bait. Let me know if you ever decide to start selling. That perch would destroy em up here in Maine!

Im interested in what part of the state you're catching those donkeys. My best on the coastal lakes (damariscotta, Seven Tree, 3 Mile, Weber, China, and a few ponds around the capital area) is 7-1. But other than that it's tough to break 5lbs... Hoping the hudds and S-waver bite is strong at ice out.

I'd say it all depends how deep your fishing. 806 might have the extra backbone if your fishing 20+ with jig hook style bait. If i get the 806, there will be a DEPS SS 250 in my order as well.. lol The wife will hate that

now that i've looked at 100's of thousands of dollar in swimbaits, I can go to bed happy.... although seeing these collections is making me feel the need to buy more baits! I can fit all my swimbaits in one plano. although only been in the game about 6 months. Killer collections guys.

I'm up in Maine. Mostly throwing hudds and glide baits

I'll definitely be picking one up over the summer to go with my 795 fury

I just picked up 4 of these 2 in rof5 and 2 in rof12. Going to keep one of each and send one of each out for custom paint job.

Looks awesome! Unrelated but I have just finished the draft for a few baits of my own. One is a 7" single joint and a magnum version of the same bait in 8.5" and about 30% increase in girth

Anyone heard when it's going to be available for purchase @ TW?

I got started last season, a friend of mine came on the boat with me. He had a 168 S-waver in Lite Trout Tied onto his rod. I at first thought that he was crazy because the state record here is only 10.8 Lbs for a Largemouth. However, I've had a few bites in the past few years that broke 65lb braid 8 carrier clean off when they took it, and have seen some big followers with his S-waver. So I picked it up about 9am after topwater turned off, and just started chucking it the rest of the day. 7'4 Heavy St.Croix Mojo Bass, 40lb braid and a Lews Speed Spool.... 7.5:1 About 5pm rolls around and I had gotten a few followers but couldnt get them to commit. Told him he was crazy and that if i didnt land a fish on my next cast, I'd never pick up a swimbait again. Casted off a Main Lake point where it drops from 6ft-20ft on a ledge. grass mats on either side of the point. started reeling back slow, mind you i'm in gin clear water, see this shadow coming from the left side, burned the reel handle a few times, and paused so the bait would dart off in one direction. I HAVE NEVER BEEN HIT SO HARD. And away I went to Grindin on the reel handle. Got her to the boat, and It was amazing. Both Trebles were pinned across her mouth, she headbutted that bait so hard. Got her in and it was a giant for my local lake, she weighed in at 7lbs 1oz. After that I started watching swimbait videos and saving up to buy an arsenal. We get Froze in here from Mid December til about Mid-late March, so I have bought several baits over the winter and a Dobyns 795SB rod to start with. Knowing we most likely don't have any true freaks here I've bought alot of 6" baits, (Hudds, Magdrafts, Tournament Talons), a few S-wavers. I still havent picked a reel up yet, not trying to break the bank on one, but want to go low profile for sure. But thats how I got hooked on swimbaiting. Just telling this story makes my heart race a little bit.