Fishstix024 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Here's a few pics of a home grown bait straight outa Northern California. My friend Carlo is the owner and builder for these baits. All baits are hand turned from yellow Alaskan cedar. He does all the prep and paint work by hand. His artwork is second to non! Every plug also gets 3-5 coats of clear, prolonging life of the paint and minimizing hook rash. Plugs are finished with Through wire design, wolverine triple split rings and owner or VMC 4x hooks. They are mainly for Striped bass here in the CA Delta but have also taken some nice LMB. Carlo also makes bottle neck poppers and pencil poppers for offshore applications. These baits come in a 5,6 and 9" Sinister series and are priced from $40-$120. Rainbow trout, Squawfish and Baby Bass Sinister 6" DWB Prostaffer Kris Huff sig model "Liar" in 5, 6 and 9" 9" B52 in Rainbow Trout, these have been killing in Socal Resivoirs and on the East Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskickinrednick Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Those look sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishstix024 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Yeh they work pretty good Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTSwimbaitMan Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 How is the walk compared to a punker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishstix024 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Punkers walk.....wood bombers glide! It's more of an exaggerated walk. On long casts you can get 12-24" per glide. This is what stripers really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTSwimbaitMan Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Does anyone else use this bait brand? It seems like the person writing this "review" is quite biased as I have seem him in pictures on their instagram page. Those are nice fish, just it seems like a biased review... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishstix024 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 JTSwimbaitman- I will admit I'm partial to DWB. I have fished many other walking baits in the past including Punkers and had success. I believe all baits have a place in the market from $5 pencil poppers to pricey custom wood baits. After years of fishing them all I have found the DWB is my confidence bait and it has served me well. Hopefully others will chime in and voice there opinion. Here's another "review" from BASS Pro Bobby Barrack at the Sacramento ISE show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaits_only Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 DWB are the bomb! After receiving two 6in sinisters from Carlo and taking them for a "walk" I was sold! Got rid of all my punkers! Nothing compares to Carlo's work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepikey81 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I've been using them for over a year now a done really well with the b52 Fishstix024 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedak Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ong Jim Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I don't have one but fish with people that do. They are well crafted and the paint is spectacular. As far as performance goes, they do have a nice side to side glide. As far as catching fish, especially stripers out in the Delta, they catch fish. However, my homemade topwater lures catch just the same amount of stripers when fished side by side. Its a good tool for the arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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