flaswimbaiter Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Very nice Dan, great carving. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted November 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2023 Well folks, the master is very near completion now and I’m beginning my last few rounds of touch up’s and fine sanding before primer. It probably doesn’t look much different from the last update picture, but I’ve reshaped and resanded at least five times since then to make sure I am happy with the profile at all angles. Also carved a new tail and made some hardware adjustments. Opted for making it a smooth-sided resin bait first because I think it will be a very good canvas for detailed paint work, but I’m a sucker for carved scales as well and will probably make that my next project if she swims well. Here’s a cool picture I took today that shows the wood pattern underneath: Really excited to get this thing swimming and in front of some fish! Swimb8ting_TheSouth, Inkedup fishing, azsouth and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_avian0252 Posted November 13, 2023 Report Share Posted November 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, danthefisherman said: Well folks, the master is very near completion now and I’m beginning my last few rounds of touch up’s and fine sanding before primer. It probably doesn’t look much different from the last update picture, but I’ve reshaped and resanded at least five times since then to make sure I am happy with the profile at all angles. Also carved a new tail and made some hardware adjustments. Opted for making it a smooth-sided resin bait first because I think it will be a very good canvas for detailed paint work, but I’m a sucker for carved scales as well and will probably make that my next project if she swims well. Here’s a cool picture I took today that shows the wood pattern underneath: Really excited to get this thing swimming and in front of some fish! looks great! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 (edited) First mold fresh off the press…can’t wait to get a blank poured and painted! Edited January 11 by danthefisherman Can’t spell FishinGang916, Swimb8ting_TheSouth, Inkedup fishing and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted January 14 Author Report Share Posted January 14 First pour out of the mold! Very happy with how it turned out with minimal cleanup of the blank required. Spent the majority of the day testing resin ratios and weight placement. Jinxd12, Inkedup fishing, Dink whisperer and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimb8ting_TheSouth Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Looks clean, especially for being straight out the mold danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Texan Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Very impressive! That will get eaten for sure danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfishing24/7 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Very sexy!! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBound Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Man that looks awesome. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 (edited) Thanks all! Here’s some quick swim footage from the other day… I still have some adjusting to do to improve stability of the bait, but already this is very promising results for my first try. Dumped a good fish boatside on my third cast while I was fumbling for my lip gripper. Edited January 24 by danthefisherman JustBassinAround916, Dink whisperer, Big Epp and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Super clean action it seems like. Killer work as always! Bait looks great! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Rogervang said: Super clean action it seems like. Killer work as always! Bait looks great! Thanks Roger, good to hear from one of the OG’s… hope you’re still getting time to build every once in awhile Rogervang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 outgoing to low tide fishing was never too good for me, it was always incoming tide! The bait looks good! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 52 minutes ago, azsouth said: outgoing to low tide fishing was never too good for me, it was always incoming tide! The bait looks good! A great time to test baits Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBound Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Man that swim is awesome. That might be the widest glide I have ever seen for a gill profile. Killer job on that one. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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