Lately I've been making these square bill rattle baits and painted my first craw pattern. The colors don't show up well in these pictures, but I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. These are 2 1/4" and done in cedar. The top one has a wider lip design that I want to try out. I have several new musky and walleye baits in the works also. Would love to see what everyone else has been building.
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Some new homemade crankbaits
Lately I've been making these square bill rattle baits and painted my first craw pattern. The colors don't show up well in these pictures, but I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. These are 2 1/4" and done in cedar. The top one has a wider lip design that I want to try out. I have several new musky and walleye baits in the works also. Would love to see what everyone else has been building.
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Hello all! It's been a bit since I've posted anything but I'm still kicking and making baits when time allows. Here are a couple of my newest Muskie baits. These are 8" made from red cedar.
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Here are a few of the great pics that my friends Kevin and Rena sent from Canada a month or so ago. I couldn't ask for better field testers than these two Muskie freaks. This 8" bait was working good for them. Hopefully these latest 2 produce as well.
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Here's a new golden shiner swimbait and the first for me using Poplar instead of my usual cedar builds. It was nice to do the relief carving without dealing with the grain and chip outs that cedar can have. This one is 6" or 7 1/2" overall, and has a slow to moderate sink rate. It was interesting to learn the weighting difference with poplar, and wasn't as much as I expected. The tail is blonde bristle painted with transparent orange and alcohol.
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