Easy Fix To Repair Deformed Plastic Baits!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Don’t let a deformed plastic bait ruin your day. Try this to fix your favorite fishing lures!
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Great tip. Heat guns are super useful. I use mine to light my BBQ. I buy regular old fashioned charcoal with no accelerant and in 5 minutes i have a fire. In 10 minutes it's ready to cook, with no gas or paper or fighting.
I never thought about heating baits with my heat gun. But I saw some guys heating and repairing torn baits with a lighter by heating and re sticking them. Maybe a heat gun would do that job too.
very cool!
The thing about boiling them is you can do a bunch at once.
Also repack with with some worm oil in the bag that is what some manufacturers use and it helps them from sticking to each other causing kinks.
Yep
Great tip Matt!! I opened a bag of flukes this morning and two of them were deformed. I remembered this video and used a hair dryer since I don't have a heat gun and...Presto!!!... Straight flukes!!! Thanks man!!!
Awesome!
Always solid, objective, non-clickbait advice from you Matt. Thanks.
thanks!
Subbing due to this comment alone. Looking forward. Cheers from Fl
Great tip Matt.. Have you ever tried a pot of boiling water? We used use this for deformed Blowgun cones. 15 seconds in boiling water and then into a bowl of ice water to set the cone. I bet it would work for soft plastics. Just would have to experiment with the time.
yep that works as well!
Great tip Matt, I do get a few baits like that sometimes, and I need to go through the bags and fix the ones that need it, awesome, easy tip!!!
it happens
Good tip! Straightened a Super Fluke out on the water the other day with the cigar jet lighter😊
awesome!
Fantastic results!!! I always go thru the Zoom pks on the rack and pick the Straightest ones I can find and pick out the longest tail ones and bent ones out and put them in separate pks, the long tails I use for tournaments and deal with the bent ones later by leaving in the sun
zoom can be bad with bent tails
Great trick, I have heard of the hot water, but good to know a hair dryer could work in a pinch. Great tip!
yep!
🍺Thanks for the easy tip to reform your bent soft baits. My MLF BPT picks ended day 2 in 1st Wall, 4th Avena, 6th Neil, and 7th Lucas. All made the cut.👍
killing it!
🍺I think my 4 picks in tomorrows group will get in also. We shall see.👍
awesome tip. thanks.
you bet!
I seen that video also and commented on how I straighten my soft plastics however now I have a better way thanks to your tip much faster I'll give that a try from now on
give it a try!
Great video thanks
you bet!
Thanks Matt! Just got a pack of swimbaits that are all jacked up and that I was hoping to fix, and was wondering if I could use my heat gun for it. Dont feel like boiling them!
Give it a trt
@@MattStefanFishing Will do. Just found your channel recently, have to say thanks for all you do! Its always good to pick up new tips on different things. Thats one of the many reasons I love fishing, theres always new stuff to learn!
I noticed your workbench is organized like mine😮
Ain't braging mines worse got to fix
its a mess
I saw a video that said you should never take plastics out of the package. I realize there are some you should probably not and then you have to be careful not to mix (eleztek) plastics. Would love to hear about when you can and can't put plastics in the plastic tackle case.
sounds good
Thanks Matt,good info!
Thanks!@
Oh I love to boil my new Medusa s after the musky shows . Great tips Matt baits are getting more expensive
awesome!
Money saving video Matt, thanks.
you bet!
Yea we have taken the zoom trick worm and melt them down and poor in the fluke mole with a lil bit of medium size pearl flack or large size silver and or gold flake. I will say it’s a banger in the grass
awesome!
Probably doesn’t work as well as a heat gun but I’ve had some luck laying them on a cookie sheet out in the sun. It works in the summer, not sure about the winter though.
sounds good!
Great advice Matt! Thanks for sharing! Would it be possible to have a video on how you select certain types of jig trailers and do you use Spike-It. Messy desk is a WIP, work in progress and the beer mug! Yep your from Wisconsin. Cheers to you. Best wishes.
haha! i like your video suggestion!
Thanks, great tip.
thanks!
Nice Matt Thanks
you bet!
Good tip, thanks
Thanks!
Me, I'll put the bent ones on the deck in the hot sun. This works pretty well for me, sometimes I'll stretch them out to get'm straight. Worms too!!
i bet that works too!
Thanks for the tip Matt,wish I could regain my form that easy😭😭
haha me too!
A dirty desk or workbench means your doing things! A clean bench or desk usually means someone's not working on or completing anything, no matter how big, small or important it is. A heat gun is a great idea I always just used hot water from microwave then placed my baits in after to soak & go back to shape
i cant keep mine clean
🍺B.A.S.S. Opens are extremely difficult 216 anglers. My picks 13th Milliken, 29th Thompkins, 32nd Kimura, and 40th Bobby Lane Jr. They have a chance to move up tomorrow. Hackney, New, Palaniuk, Kennedy, Lester, Cook,and Ish Monroe (all elites) have work to do. Miles currently 79th.
miles was not a happy camper
The baits with paddle tails should be all stored in the clam shells
yep
Appreciate good one
THanks!
Beat you to it... A couple of months ago! It's about time I beat you to a subject! 🤣
haha im surprised it hasnt happened more
@@MattStefanFishing yeah, it's a great tip! Some folks boil them too long and then don't lay them out straight to dry. One tip that I would add is to allow them 48 hours of dry time, laid straight on a paper towel. Then sprinkle table salt on them. It will keep them from binding together, help them dry and remove the tackiness from the baits.
@@cerebraltackle nice! I’ll give the salt a try!
Dipping in hot water also works
yep
Nice one
WOW, that tackle room is a mess. It looks just like mine 😂😂. I’m gonna show that to my wife, so she will know I’m not the only one in America 😁😁😁👍
its a disaster right now
Interesting. I wonder if that would work with Zman plastic. I use the boil method for regular plastic but it only half way works on Zman. I can tell you NEVER try to boil Gulp though. It will melt.
give it a try!
Does heat work with Elaztech? Got lots of crooked TRD’s.
give it a try
Nice tip. Do you have a solution for swimbaits that are not packed in a clam shell? If you put them back into the bag they are just going to get deformed again.
you can try this on swimbaits as well!
@@MattStefanFishing - Thank you for replying, but I meant after you fix them. If I fix them and put them back into their bag they will get deformed again. My only option is to put them into a Plano box which causes tackle bag issues with the extra room it will require. I fish most of the time from the bank.
You got a video on how to use a soft jerk bait
nope but ill make one!
Great video!! That's a simpler then using boiling hot water!! Now to go out and buy a heat gun!! lol! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!
yep!
Is that a hollow body swim bait with a weed less tube hook inserted?
stay tuned
Matt, 1/2 of my finesse TRD's have a curve right out of the ZMan package. Will this work on those? Will I burn my hand trying to straighten a 2 3/4" bait with a heat gun? Can Elaztech baits, specifically the Finesse TRD's be straightened? Thanks!
give it a try
Does this work for elaztech baits as well?
not sure
Hey Matt ! Do you find Merthiolate soft jerkbait as good as Chartreuse soft jerkbait for smallmouth?
i like it better for largemouth
@@MattStefanFishing Thx for the reply!
Great tip but what I really want to know is how your Wednesday night fishing with your boys went?
we finished 2nd
👍
thanks for watching
Like to use the sun! Put it in a clear Plano case in direct sun.
Depends where you at
interesting!
Great tip. Thanks for sharing. My problem is I never think about the bent baits until I get one out of the package.
it happens
I have a small microwave that I use for making soft plastics. I lay it on the glass plate and do 30 seconds at a time and that usually does the trick. I need to make sure I keep an eye on it though. Otherwise I'm pulling melted goop off that plate and it stinks!
😂😂🤪
haha
👍👍👍👍👍
thanks for watching
i put in boiling water
that works as well
My wife does that to my Johnson sometimes, lol. Good vid 👍
haha
@@MattStefanFishing all joking aside, really enjoy your content, learn something new all the time. Great work indeed my friend. All the best to you and family. 👍
I'll b using a heat gun from now on, no more hot microwave water for me
it works!
Seth feider wont use bent baits
he could fix them
Great tip, thx Matt 👍
you bet!
Would this method also work for elaztech?
i dont know if ive tried it but id give it a try and see