I went though several redesigns of this mold too… including the 4 separate cavity laminate version shown above. I decided to go ahead with the 4″ version too because it should work for myself for bass fishing. I also tested the 3″ version on a jig head but I’m thinking it should work as a jerk bait if rigged as shown on the bottom bait. It did kind of make the nose of the bait bulbous but I did catch a few perch while testing so it works. To test the little 2″ version I used a 1/64 oz Nail Head Jig. These should be perfect for the Chappies. Here are the tiny 2″ and 3″ version compared to my hand. That helped a little as the bubbles were smaller but now they were in the high spots in the gill area.Īdding a few vents to that area did the trick and the baits seemed to inject really well after that. To try and fix the problem I rotated the baits in the mold to see if this would fix the problem. Here you can see the bubbles in the nose of the bait better.Ī lot of the test baits I shot were salvageable by just removing the head… I will fish these on a jig head. I normally like to position the baits vertical so the any air will rise up into the runner but the gates on these are very tiny being such a small bait. at first.īut looking at the bottom side there was some bubbles on some of the baits. Here is the first printed mold ready to inject. This is what the design of the first mold looked like. I decided to try and do a combo mold to handle both sizes at once. I did up a quick design in Fusion 360 but the 4″ version I started with looked a little big for Crappie so I also scaled it down to 2″ and also 3″ sizes.
Well when I asked my recipient of this months “Super Secret Bait Makers Guild Bait Swap” what kind of custom bait he would like… he said he would love to have a 3 or 4 inch fluke for fall Crappie fishing so I had to move the Fluke to the top of my list.
I’ve been wanting to do a fluke bait for a while because I’ve never fished with one but never got around to it on the growing list of things to make. I made these in 2″, 3″, 4″, and 5″ sizes. These are some jerk bait fluke type lures that I am working on.
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