Making fishing lures

[kevin nicholls]

Went a different direction on this top water. I made it out of maple burl, man that stuff is hard to carve. No paint, just a clear coat. It does have an internal rattle and it walks great.

[kevin nicholls]

One more.

[moon]

I had a old man give me 4 big boxes of what he called blanks? They are all wood they need finishing pant or what ever, If any body wants a hand full or two let me know I live in Hubbard if you want to look at them.

[gigem95]

I got this one built last week. It's made of balsa with an internal rattle. It has a hard float (it comes up fast) and dives to about 2' and it's 3'' long. I made it for throwing at reds in shallow bayous. I fished it this past weekend and got no takers. The good news is it works great and I'm sure it will get em soon.

Pretty cool!


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[El General]

Went a different direction on this top water. I made it out of maple burl, man that stuff is hard to carve. No paint, just a clear coat. It does have an internal rattle and it walks great.

That is beautiful. Kinda looks like a skitter walk profile. How does it cast?

[kevin nicholls]

That is beautiful. Kinda looks like a skitter walk profile. How does it cast?

Very much a Skitterwalk profile. The maple burl is stabilized so it's very dense. I put a very small split shot in the belly so it will stay upright when it lands. I'm glad it was a small one because it feels heavy to cast but it walks very well. And the rattle is still loud enough. I made it for a friend but I probably wouldn't use maple burl again, it's very hard to carve.

[kevin nicholls]

Got a new shrimp mold in the mail and got out in the shed to make a few. My wife said she was going to boil em up lol. Also made a few of the classics I like so much.

[Texas Grown]

Looks like they already on paper plate-bowls ready to be ate.

The fish are biting and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

[El General]

Got a new shrimp mold in the mail and got out in the shed to make a few. My wife said she was going to boil em up lol. Also made a few of the classics I like so much.

Tell me where to send the check. Strawbry and white to throw at working birds was a staple when I was growing up.

[fish4food]

Those shrimp tails are LEGIT!!!

[kevin nicholls]

I refined the colors just a bit on the next batch. I think I'm happy with that. If they don't get em I don't know what will lol.

[fish4food]

You’ve got this thing down to a T sir!

[kevin nicholls]

Something a little different. I used unflavored gelatine and Berkley Gulp Recharge to make my own Gulp shrimp. Also poured them into a small ice cube tray to make cubes. I'll post a recipe up after I do some testing. It will dissolve in water but I'm not sure how long it will last. I made it very concentrated so it's as firm as a regular lure. I'll find out how it does and post some results.

[Adgerc15]

Man, these are so awesome! Way to go

Love that maple topwater!

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[fish4food]

Something a little different. I used unflavored gelatine and Berkley Gulp Recharge to make my own Gulp shrimp. Also poured them into a small ice cube tray to make cubes. I'll post a recipe up after I do some testing. It will dissolve in water but I'm not sure how long it will last. I made it very concentrated so it's as firm as a regular lure. I'll find out how it does and post some results.

I can only imagine how awesome those are under the lights!