Spencer_518 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 IMG_0289.MP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Baits cut. One almost fully shaped and sanded. Today was a tough day tried painting a bait and just couldn’t get it to work with it being so cold in the garage. Our new plan is to hold off on all the detailed carving and painting and to focus on getting the profile, weighting and hinge uniform on multiple baits. The paint jobs and all that just make baits look cool. We want effective baits that catch fish so once we get this down we will start to focus on carving and painting. The gill glides are coming along nicely and I have the profile that I like for the sucker/fallfish glide. 6inches in length a healthy snack for a northeast bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Gotta make do with what ya got IMG_0298.mov Edited January 31, 2022 by Spencer_518 Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Cut and shaped. Next to assemble the joints and test swim. This will speed up the process. V joints or flush cut? Pin joint or no? We will have to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) The first finished gill Edited February 2, 2022 by Spencer_518 Jinxd12 and BrierBob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Shaped and cut at different lengths. 2 glides and 2 wakes. Either lipless wakes or lipped not sure yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 One off rat. I’ll name him Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Welp, took em out for a swim. Every single one besides one bait was a failure. Trial and error. Pretty frustrating though. Not sure where to start and figure out where I went wrong. Just gonna keep grindin’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Spencer_518 said: Welp, took em out for a swim. Every single one besides one bait was a failure. Trial and error. Pretty frustrating though. Not sure where to start and figure out where I went wrong. Just gonna keep grindin’ Were the bottom two supposed to be glides? If so adding a tail could make a huge difference. If the top two are lipless swimmers I’d try to concentrate the ballast right in front of that first joint. Good luck and don’t stop grinding. Remember to take those notes! Spencer_518 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 minute ago, danthefisherman said: Were the bottom two supposed to be glides? If so adding a tail could make a huge difference. If the top two are lipless swimmers I’d try to concentrate the ballast right in front of that first joint. Good luck and don’t stop grinding. Remember to take those notes! I ended up making 2 glides, 2 wakes and the rat wake. I’ll take some pics of them and the bottom profiles. I think I know where I went wrong on a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 13 hours ago, danthefisherman said: Were the bottom two supposed to be glides? If so adding a tail could make a huge difference. If the top two are lipless swimmers I’d try to concentrate the ballast right in front of that first joint. Good luck and don’t stop grinding. Remember to take those notes! The two glides float so I didn’t have enough weight. The rat has no weight which I’m going add some to have it sit a little lower in the water. Someone told me to try the rat without weight first because the hardware may give it enough. Might change the name to my baits to BUNK BAITS. Has a nice ring LOL danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Haven’t posted in a while. Just been working on a bunch and trying to get some kind of consistency down. Still iced over so not able to test baits easily. I have made a few wake baits that I’m pretty happy with. IMG_0372.MP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danthefisherman Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 I would be completely lost trying to keep track of all those prototypes all at once haha…keep tweaking you’ll get there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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