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About Fishing Products including Make Your Own => Make Your Own Fishing Lures => Topic started by: Cheetam on May 01, 2008, 10:58:51 AM

Title: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: Cheetam on May 01, 2008, 10:58:51 AM
I'm just curious how many Do-It-Yourselfers we have on the board. 

I've been painting up a bunch of crankbaits for the year, I pour some jigheads (mostly tubes) and pour some plastics when Joshimotoson and/or McCarter let me.  :D

Any other budding artisans out there?
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: bshaner on May 01, 2008, 11:40:24 AM
I havent graduated to hard baits yet, but I am pouring all of my own soft plastics this year.  Craws, Shakey head worms, stick baits, beavers and frogs.

B
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: dartag on May 01, 2008, 01:13:40 PM
not sure if this counts.  I take whole Senkos and break them in half.  They seem to work for me plus you get double the count per bag.
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: Langer on May 01, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
I can vouche for him, they do work!
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: fiker on May 01, 2008, 07:59:32 PM
I don't, but as I near retirement age, I was actually thinking about doing custom air brush painting in the winter for something to do.
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: Hooksetter on May 01, 2008, 10:13:13 PM
Me and my buddy have been pouring our own tube jigs, flippin' jigs and spinnerbaits for a few years. We started pouring football head jigs last year. We started pouring plastic over the winter. Stick baits, chunk trailers, french fries and working on tubes, shaky worms and beaver type baits. It's way more time consuming than we thought it would be, but it is interesting to come up with your own colors and designs.

Willie
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: Cheetam on May 01, 2008, 10:18:18 PM
Quote from: fiker on May 01, 2008, 07:59:32 PM
I don't, but as I near retirement age, I was actually thinking about doing custom air brush painting in the winter for something to do.


You will love it!
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: HawgPours on May 21, 2008, 09:14:59 PM
I make several, plus jigs and cranks for personal use. have my own hand poured business. Will have some pics up of the smallies my buddies caught using my Go-Dads on Sturgeon bay last weekend.
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: Genie on May 22, 2008, 11:56:28 AM
I do I do I do ... have a blast with it.  Nothing more cool than catching a fish on a bait you made!
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: keithdog on June 08, 2008, 01:20:55 AM
I've been assembling my own spinnerbaits and having a ball doing it. They have worked very well so far, and it offers me the ability to match up head sizes with blade styles and sizes I can't find in stores.
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: bhorlings on January 09, 2009, 10:05:05 PM
I pour my own soft plastics. I don't fish a lot of crankbaits but love collecting them! I'd like to maybe start doing some repaints on them someday.
Title: Re: So, who makes their own baits?
Post by: csfishslayer on January 10, 2009, 10:43:01 AM
I make my own jigs Gobi heads tube heads drop shot weight football jigs Shaky heads any and all jigs for the most part. for sale and personal. Would like to make a few rods this year.