brentmason Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Ok, so I'm new to this forum, fairly new to swimbaits, I've been fishing the Ozarks for 20 plus years and having a little bit of burn out lately,fishing the same ole techniques and tactics, and swimbaits really intrigue me. I've bought a couple of S wavers, slide swimmer 175s, and have made a couple of rats. I'm somewhat crafty, i do quit a bit of custom painting for a few local bait shops, mostly jerkbaits, topwaters and tis the season for wiggle warts around here. Anyway, I started messing with one of my slide swimmers the other day, wanting to play with the weights and adjust the rate of fall. I was somewhat surprised the damn weights are so hard to obtain, so I said screw it and would make my own. Really simple, need a block of wood, a 3/8" forestner drill bit and some hot lead. Forestner bit Use 3/8" bit to drill oblong hole in block of wood Pour lead into hole, you can adjust weight by how much lead you pour into hole, bottom of hole will be somewhat rough, so the bottom of weight will be as well, a few swipes with a file will take care of it and make it flat Here's finished product, fits almost perfect, and can adjust weights an infinite number of ways, and a hell of alot cheaper than tungsten and the factory weights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slideaction Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thank you sir for sharing. Might mess around with it in the future as well. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amistoad Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Mighty fine idea you have there. Much cheaper than buying weights or aluminum molds. Good tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanmc Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Great idea! How thick was the wood you used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentmason Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 3/4" , I only drilled about a 1/4" deep, maybe 5/16, I drilled another identically shaped hole about an 1/8" deep, after I poured lead in 1st hole, I'd place it upside down in 2nd hole to hold it while I removed the rough area on bottom with a file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khadee89 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 did the same thing not too long ago for the 250...found that wood wasn't my first choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing434 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I bought my deps weights for like $4 I think... call me crazy but I think id rather just spend the $4, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeswimbaits Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I bought my deps weights for like $4 I think... call me crazy but I think id rather just spend the $4, right? +1 but I guess everybody has reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 deps weights are super hard to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing434 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 true... plus I don't have many deps, so I guess for the guys that have a bunch and want that custom sink rates for em, this would be the best option, true true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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