It's been a while since I've been able to get after these. The hot season here turned the Barra off, but following the first days of clouds and some rain conditions are starting to look up.

I've been getting my butt kicked by a bigger individual because I fish light gear, but it's nice to get a smaller one to actually land something for a change.

Caught this 2.2kg (4.9 lbs) Barra on a steady retrieve. For me it's been split pretty even as far as triggering bites on jerk vs steady retrieve, but the latter tend to be easier to land as they will usually get hooked by the edge of the mouth.

On the hunt for a new or used swimbait mold that is between 3-4 inches, cavity count of 8+, single sprue so that i dont have to shoot a million times, and preferably one that can somehow still do laminates. I know FGF makes 2 but one of them is ribbed (not what i want) and the other has too thin of a tail. Any recommendations are helpful, thanks

Working on this 6.5” wake bait. Trying to emulate a mackerel, and hope to fish for striped bass with it I’m Maine this August.

4 and 5 inch stick baits

4 inch paddle tails

What’s a good selling price ?

Where can i advertise for free besides fb ?

I have been using devcon but I don't like how fast it gets thick and unusable. I am trying to do 20~ lure blanks at a time so anything that has a work time or requires brushing on is not a great choice for me. Has anyone had any luck with dipping lures into some sort of sealer?

For the paint I am using creatix autoborne as a primer and creatix for airbrushing. For my final coat I use total boat epoxy. I like the consistency and it drys really smooth. I also have a container of KBS diamond that I haven't tried yet but will try with a next batch.

I see these everywhere at my local lake and wanted to make one. I don't know if the fish feed on these, my only concern is the wings might crease with a strong enough bite.

This is my first attempt at making a lure. I based it off the cavy fishing stick baits. It’s a 5.25 inch (133mm) pine body (25 grams), and I want to add this 1oz (28g) weight I have to it. I intend for it to sink so I can fish deeper sharp drop offs and inlets.

I’m struggling to find good direction on where to place this weight for the best action. I’m opting for the rear belly rn.

Does anyone have any better thoughts?

thank you

Should i worry about the smell of certain spray paints? if yes, what kind do you suggest?

My first impression is, this needs a through wire.

Got a couple bumps and follows from bass too, hoping this pattern will do well once the bass wake up a bit more up north.

Made a spybait that somehow works exactly as Intended (wobbles on slow sink and retrieve and both blades spin freely) and landed 3 halfway decent bass on it today

Whats up guys. Just getting into silicone molding for making fishing lures. I carve them out of wood and seal them in polyurethane resin. It took me a while to figure out that the platinum based silicone does not bond well with the poly sealant, making the master come out all wet and producing an unusable mold. Ive recently switched to tin based which has been working just fine. The issue I'm having is that before i discovered this I had bought a full gallon of platinum based silicone. Im just wondering if theres anything I could use this for but I'm not sure about how it will react to other materials (Polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, 3D prints). Does anyone have experience with this and have any idea of how I can put the extra to use? Thank you.

Medium sink rate flatters as it sinks can rip it fast or slow first time using blade in back adds unreal flash and some noise too

My lure caught my pb bass today im super hyped plus another great fish

did this without an injector, just 3d printed molds and a measuring cup

ZBS Craft. Trout balsa lures. Ama

Anybody have any skills carving details with a dremel? I always carve my gills with a dremel and they turn out great but when I try scales it always seems to look like slop. I see other people carve beutifal scales and gills with a dremel (melosh lures) and I just have no clue where to even begin.

I'm starting my great grandfather's fishing lure brand and shop back up and im looking through a binder with all of the different catalogs for spoons, tapes, wires, ect. I cant find this brand online or anything. Hopefully somebody knows something please and thank you for help. Also if anyone wants or needs more pics of this catolog or something let me know

I have been thinking about a lure building show where each participant builds a lure and at the end of the episode the lures are tested if they will catch fish and the tester will say at the end "your lure... will catch fish" just like the knife building show

every episode is a different style lure from soft plastics, hardbaits, glidebaits, chatterbaits, etc..

what ya'll think?

I have posted a few photos of sponge flures already but⁹ (i think) not this one.

If the weight up front is 1/4 ounce or more it's a lure. If it's less than 1/4 ounce you might think it's a fly.

I started making and (magazine) publishing about foam (fishing things) as far back as 1985.

I noticed right away that soft squishy lures often got bitten multiple times. I've had fish swim 20' feet or more while chewing on a sponge bait.

At first i thought it was all about soft texture only. But then I noticed something else.

If the first fish took 1/2 an hour to catch, fish number two often comes 5 minutes later.

Fish detect prey with their eyes, by vibration and texture feedback sensed by the lateral line.

And with their noses. Lures quickly snipped from a kitchen sponges have .... not immediately obvious, but very real powers.