It's lure build Friday! QOTW - Great answer! I started making lures with a pocket knife, sand paper, and a drill. Basic tools that nearly everyone has. I purchased some wire & epoxy, and found some old tire balancing weights for lead.
Nice video Franco. I find it much more satisfying catching fish on a lure I built myself. At the same time it hurts a lot more when you lose a lure you spent hours making! 😢
Excellent video as always, those mini minows are so nice and crappie love to hammer them! Yeah, it really doesn't take a lot to start making lures, my dad started with kitchen knife, some 40 grit sandpaper, wire taken from a fence, chunks of willow he scavaged on fishing trips, some crazy glue and nail polishes for painting and he caught fish on them. Just take basic household items and get to shaping. Not gonna lie, I envy a little on everyone with bandsaw, belt sander that goes top to bottom at 90° and fancy UV setups but those are not a must, you can get by with simple items and tools.
I use a barbless jighead and wrap thread on the hook. Then I cut about 1/8" off the head of the bait and add a drop of superglue to the thread and bam,done. The barbed jigs tear up the baits to much and you waste $$. I pour,powder paint,and tie jigs,also started painting hard lures but I don't need to yet get into pouring rubber,I'm good with buying my rubber baits off a private seller instead of box store baits. 100 baits for about $10 is fine by me. My next thing is rod building,can make a great rod for a heck of a lot less than it is to buy one.
Great video Franko! That is my next step in making baits that I have not tackled yet. No pun intended. What is the bare minimum to get started into making soft plastic baits? This is my attempt at the question of the week.
Interessting Video 😃. Saw that calculation on 10:25 and im sooo happy that i use the metric system 😅 My brain hurts with all the diffrent /2 / 4 / 8 things
another awesome vid! thanks for sharing your experience with us. I was wondering, why you decided not to go with an open pour version? wouldn't that have been a bit easier? thanks!
Hey buddy quick question for ya - I know you’ve got all the math calculations sprinkled in your videos for density, line tie location, weight etc. I was wondering if there was one location or a document that shows all of your equations for calculating these things
Hi Franco, I never made myself soft plastic lures, no idea about temp of cuking, etc, what about the mold silicon, it can stand high temp? Can you please generally comment about? Thanks so much!
There are lots of tutorials out there for making soft plastics as far as the silicone goes standard molding silicone can handle temperatures up to 500° and soft c Plastics get poured at around 300° but The silicone will degrade a bit faster.
It's lure build Friday!
QOTW - Great answer! I started making lures with a pocket knife, sand paper, and a drill. Basic tools that nearly everyone has. I purchased some wire & epoxy, and found some old tire balancing weights for lead.
Great little bait and I like the idea of the recessed head to give the barb more meat to grab onto! Awesome video!
Glad you liked it!
👍👍👍👍👍 An interesting and unusual bait, and very good advice on the question of the week)))
Great video, this video is a great example of how you don’t need a lot of tools and materials to make custom lures!
Very true!
I loved that you said "I almost never get hurt"! Too funny! Great video.
Nice build thanks for all your tips and tricks as it has gotten me to where I'm starting to make some of my own baits. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks, will do!
Nice video Franco. I find it much more satisfying catching fish on a lure I built myself. At the same time it hurts a lot more when you lose a lure you spent hours making! 😢
Very true!
If you want to start building lures, follow the video of making a lure out of a paint brush handle, very easy and satisfying.
Great tip!
👍 awesome that you’re keeping it educational brah and mixing the build with fishing!!
Thank you brother glad to see you paying a visit.
Nicely designed crappie mold and lure! I agree that catching fish on self made lures is truly satisfying!!
I totally agree!
Really like the simplicity of this build. It kind of gave me, why didn't I think of that, moments. Awesome video
Thanks
great idea u should make a big soft plastic for pike
I plan to...
Excellent video as always, those mini minows are so nice and crappie love to hammer them! Yeah, it really doesn't take a lot to start making lures, my dad started with kitchen knife, some 40 grit sandpaper, wire taken from a fence, chunks of willow he scavaged on fishing trips, some crazy glue and nail polishes for painting and he caught fish on them. Just take basic household items and get to shaping. Not gonna lie, I envy a little on everyone with bandsaw, belt sander that goes top to bottom at 90° and fancy UV setups but those are not a must, you can get by with simple items and tools.
Absolutely!
Great video Franco!! Always educational and entertaining. Step that same shape up to 3 1/2” for Speckle Trout, Bass and Snook.
You know you've taken your fishing to the next level when you can't find a lure to fit your exact needs/wants. Nice job!
You got that right!
Great work on this one! I enjoy making multi cavity molds like that as well. I make a lot of my mold masters in a very similar way.
Very cool!
Just goes to show you how important all those highly detailed cravings and paint schemes are versus straight up action.
I'm with you on that
I use a barbless jighead and wrap thread on the hook. Then I cut about 1/8" off the head of the bait and add a drop of superglue to the thread and bam,done. The barbed jigs tear up the baits to much and you waste $$.
I pour,powder paint,and tie jigs,also started painting hard lures but I don't need to yet get into pouring rubber,I'm good with buying my rubber baits off a private seller instead of box store baits. 100 baits for about $10 is fine by me.
My next thing is rod building,can make a great rod for a heck of a lot less than it is to buy one.
Great video Franko! That is my next step in making baits that I have not tackled yet. No pun intended. What is the bare minimum to get started into making soft plastic baits? This is my attempt at the question of the week.
I like that question...thanks
Interessting Video 😃.
Saw that calculation on 10:25 and im sooo happy that i use the metric system 😅 My brain hurts with all the diffrent /2 / 4 / 8 things
another awesome vid! thanks for sharing your experience with us. I was wondering, why you decided not to go with an open pour version? wouldn't that have been a bit easier? thanks!
Tiny lures like this with thin parts really need to be injected, Otherwise you get a lot of bubbles and partially cast parts
Cool build and catch! Am guessing that the tail section is too thin for an open-pour mold?
That's right.
Amazing 👏🏻
Thank you 🙌
this is like when people had to choose between Coke and Pepsi, except with fishing lures.... and crappie
Hey buddy quick question for ya - I know you’ve got all the math calculations sprinkled in your videos for density, line tie location, weight etc. I was wondering if there was one location or a document that shows all of your equations for calculating these things
No haven't put one together...
Hi Franco,
I never made myself soft plastic lures, no idea about temp of cuking, etc, what about the mold silicon, it can stand high temp? Can you please generally comment about?
Thanks so much!
There are lots of tutorials out there for making soft plastics as far as the silicone goes standard molding silicone can handle temperatures up to 500° and soft c
Plastics get poured at around 300° but The silicone will degrade a bit faster.
Have you thought about 3d printing a lure yet?
Yes...I'm playing around with Fusion 360 as I write this. I plan to do some design and printing but it will be a while.
Did you work for any fishing company?
Nope
Se poderia ensinar nois fazer isso aí com isopor né usando a mesma técnica
cool information thanks