danthefisherman Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 15 hours ago, azsouth said: Sweet bait! I say after all that work you should do both resin and soft. Thanks brother! Definitely gonna experiment with both 5 hours ago, lumpy said: Great work.. looks like another winner Thank you, sir! 3 hours ago, Grizzn n bassin said: nice job man , great detail on those scales ! Thanks! Hoping they translate well with my mold haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) View from the top: Edited March 12, 2021 by danthefisherman Socalswimbait and ZachThomas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, SVT THUNDER said: That’s absolutely up there with some of the cleanest carving I’ve ever seen. Looking forward to your future progress with this bait. Thank you kindly! Not as clean as I'd like if I zoom in a bit haha, but I tell myself it looks more natural this way 49 minutes ago, JustBassinAround916 said: Awesome work! I wpuld smash them at my spots if that was a glide! A "glide" is definitely a priority, although I doubt I will be able to tune it to achieve much side to side distance. I'd expect more of a twitch bait over a glide. 37 minutes ago, Socalswimbait said: You’ll get it. But as you said, so little room to work with. Little time and I’m sure you’ll have it moving properly and sticking fish. Had to take out my blank to look at it again and wonder what if.......hahahaha That looks great! I tried to leave as much material as possible on mine because I knew I'd have issues with the ballast/ballance. I won't mind (and maybe even will prefer) a little body roll so long as the bait won't roll over too easily or foul on the line. SVT THUNDER and Socalswimbait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalBassBum Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Absolute stunner of a bait, your work is on point. Hope to see these available some day. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 5 hours ago, SoCalBassBum said: Absolute stunner of a bait, your work is on point. Hope to see these available some day. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Almost ready to mold! I just need to clean up the head a bit more and it will be ready to go. Hopefully my silicone is still good after not being used for this long lumpy, Thiskidlikes2fish, Rogervang and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Dude, killer work. You never seem to disappoint. Definitely count me in for a wake danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Me too! if your doing a wake! danthefisherman and Rogervang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Rogervang said: Dude, killer work. You never seem to disappoint. Definitely count me in for a wake Thanks Roger! 5 hours ago, azsouth said: Me too! if your doing a wake! Always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 i need to win the lottery so I can support you and your brother to just make baits! you guys are always tweaking/perfecting all your baits man. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 Or just send me a blank and I'll tune the wake. Hahaha jk danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, chefchris said: i need to win the lottery so I can support you and your brother to just make baits! you guys are always tweaking/perfecting all your baits man. Haha thanks Chris, much appreciated...always learning and always improving. Hopefully I can get this little thing going as a soft bait as well as a hard bait. Gotta put that expensive fancy injector to more use. 1 hour ago, Rogervang said: Or just send me a blank and I'll tune the wake. Hahaha jk I'm just hoping this little thing will float with all the hardware added haha. A wake version would be awesome to throw at some schoolie striper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 Dude this bait as a wake would be absolutely ridiculous, as with all your baits it looks killer danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted March 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 hours ago, CG_Fishes said: Dude this bait as a wake would be absolutely ridiculous, as with all your baits it looks killer Thanks Conner! CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 First time out testing the new shad prototype and got whacked by this little chunker. I love it when that happens! Also that rare feeling of accomplishment when the first guinea pig out of the mold performs a lot better than expected My first pour turned out pretty great as a two piece mini glide/twitch bait. It's a very responsive bait that swims a tight "s" on a steady retrieve and will perform short glides on a controlled pump or dart to and fro with erratic twitches of the rod. As anticipated, the hardware is a lot for such a small bait. Hook placement was tricky and I was only able to add limited ballast, but the result was to my liking and proved to be surprisingly stable even on faster retrieves. The bait sinks fairly quickly which helps me keep the bait down when I want to fish it deeper. I'll have to get some video of it in the water it's a pretty neat little lure. Overall I am very happy with the first try which is rare for me. Is it cheating to use a swimbait this small? Is this even considered a swimbait? All I know is this little bait is going to do some major damage in my future fishing endeavors and save me from many a skunk. I'm excited to put it in front of more fish and see what improvements I can make. CG_Fishes, Jim137a, JacksonF and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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