Roy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Hearing about all these large baits on the board made me think that perhaps some of us might want to talk about this stuff. Whether you make your own baits or not . Whether they be large or small, wood, plastic, poured baits,wire baits, terminal tackle...whatever. It's a decent pastime for those days when you can't get out for whatever reason. I've got some on the go right now. These are mainly large baits between 9" and 14"...still have finishing touches, lips and hardware to do on these. They're all weighted and will run between 5' and 15'. Hope we can all share tips and tricks. Thanks.
Roy Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Posted October 8, 2011 WOW they are really excellent Very kind of you Terry, thanks. I'll hopefully start having time honing skills and building more over the next little while.
lew Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 You've always made good baits Roy and I'm still running the ones you made several years ago.
Roy Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks Lew...glad they're still running. It was a gamble as to how they ran back then as I wasn't testing them hardly at all.
Spiel Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 I've said it before Roy and I'll say it again, beautiful craftmanship!
Joey Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Even tho I got a sneak peek earlier, I must say again Roy, those are some SWEET baits you are making. Really beautiful craftsmanship as Chris said
misfish Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Sweet lures bud. You do know that lure 2nd from the left in the first pic,is illegal right?
mercman Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Now thats what i call Musky Art What an awesome talent you possess my friend.
Billy Bob Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 I'm IMPRESSED ....very nice work. I make my own walleye/crappie/bass Bucktail jigs but that's about it...... When I was younger I was really into it....making hundreds during the winter and selling them to local bait shops....use to go to several deer processing places for the tails every year....never had trouble selling them...they kept me busy and my wallet full of gas/beer/bait money. Again NICE JOB Roy, Bob
darsky Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Really nice Roy but the gap on some of your jointeds look gappier than usual. Have you ever run them ? The wobble must be fierce.
Roy Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Posted October 8, 2011 They're not assembled, Darren. They're just hanging there with whatever hanging device I could find til the next step.
Handlebarz Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Very nice looking Roy they should look very sweet with some teeth marks on them.
manitoubass2 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 Amazing looking baits Roy!!!! It's funny you put this thread up today. I went for some shore walleye fishing, and the river is just cluttered with fallen leaves/branches. So, after a few nice smallies, I decided to rig up something for the walleye that wouldn't have me pulling leaves off after every cast. Turns out, worked amazing, at least for today. Went 8/8 in a little over an hour on the walleye. I'm sure it's nothing novel, but it is to me, check it out. This one is rigged with a Berkley bait. The one that landed all the walleye was rigged with a 4" black shad berkley Gulp minnow. Never got any snags, even fishing the rock side. No weeds nor leaves at all, I'm really liking this rig for the fall!
Crazy Ivan Posted October 8, 2011 Report Posted October 8, 2011 I really like your perch paintjob in pic #5. A lot of people making baits get that totally wrong, even the big makers have stupid perch colours. Nice work!
Roy Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks a lot guys. That's a good rig, Manitou. There's really no need to conform to what everyone else is using. Try different things and if it works for you, as Lew would say, it's just another tool in the toolbox. A lot of folks here make some really nice stuff.
irishfield Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 Yah.. dat Roy guy makes some pretty neat wood baits.
Roy Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Posted October 9, 2011 HAHAHA Glad you use them.....don't tell me you're getting them in the sink though eh?
irishfield Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 ....don't tell me you're getting them in the sink though eh? Hey... that's not just any sink... that's Thorp's sink!
Skipper D Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 Hope when the day comes when i know how to us things like that your still making them , real nice Roy .
lew Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 I don't build baits Roy, but I'll sometimes repaint them if I don't find the original colors working the way I want. Here's a few I've repainted but there's nothing fancy, but then again, I've never found muskies to be too fussy when their hungry You can also see the black spots on top of some of the baits where I've removed the rattles and epoxyed over the holes. BumbleBee Double "D" in the bottom pic turned out to be one of my best producers, so it's often worth re-doing a bait if it's not working.
outllaw Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 ROYthose look sweet. my limited experience says them babys will catch fish.
Lungelarry Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 I see you have come a long way Roy from that Wed.nite chat many years ago.... Heres a new one I finished this spring
solopaddler Posted October 9, 2011 Report Posted October 9, 2011 I had no idea you had that kind of talent Roy. They look amazing, very impressive work.
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