MichiganFisherman

I'll post pics of the fish I catch on the Cavitron for sure if I recieve one. Definately appreciated, Bobby.

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Awesome. Is that basswood? You're giving me ideas for my next swimbait.

Looks good, man. Can't wait to see some paint on it.

No I catch lots of 2 - 4 pounders and occasionally 5 - 6 pounders, and have hooked some closer to 9 - 10 pounds. I've just noticed it at just about every fishery I fish though. I guess little bass are just more aggressive. I wasn't saying the average bass I catch on a 5" fluke was 5 - 6", they are usually more like 13 - 15" on average. I catch little bass on cranks and topwaters too, not just plastics. Probably the lure that catches the biggest average size for me are spinnerbaits, but other lures are more effective much of the time. In Colorado, where I live, a 6 - 7 pounder is a big one. Probably 80% of the bass I catch range from 10 - 15" and 1 - 3 pounds. Ok, well, I guess just keep throwing it and dealing with catching the smaller ones. The big ones are there, they just might not be the first in line. And hey, at least you aren't getting skunked!

They're goin deep. Good luck.

Hmm... never thought to do that. Would unscrewing the screws really weaken them much? I just did it to my jitterbug and it seems pretty solid still.

It's pretty easy. Just unscrew the hangers on the bottom and take them off and slip the treble over that loop and put a new one on.

Nope, not really. Do you catch bigger bass on something else where you fish? If not, maybe you just need a new fishing hole?

19" plastic worm!? No, I wouldn't call a senko a finesse bait.

I've never really made a lure before but, I've decided to dive in and give swimbait making a shot. I'll be documenting it here as I go along. Here we go... I started out with a 3/16" thick, 3.5" wide piece of basswood. Cut 3 pieces to 4" in length and glued them together with liquid nails. Then I drew the pattern and cut the basic shape out with a coping saw and proceeded with a wood file and then sandpaper. Here's it is cut out and filed to basic shape. Now I roughly rounded the edges with the file, keeping everything in line with my center piece of wood. Here is where I'm at. I sanded it smooth and chopped it in half. Not too bad eh? More to come soon... Stay tuned.

2.5-3 Nice one.

Hmm. Well, it seems most would agree on a hollow bodied frog or a jig. I'd have doubts about anything else. I just need to get out there and throw some.

That's one pretty looking bait. Let's hope the fish think so too! I'm interested in how you did the foil and paint. Care to share?

So I want to make a swim bait. What do I need? What kind of wood? I don't have an airbrush so what kind of hand paints can I use? Do I need to pour lead in the belly? I have no idea but, I'm interested. If anyone can help guide me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for all of the replies guys. I have gotten more into soft plastic this year and I guess since I have no other rod to compare to, the ugly stick seems to work fine but, what would be a good inexpensive worm rod? I usually throw plastics, spinnerbaits, topwater, and sometimes cranks. Is there a rod out there that would work well for all 4? I do catch fish with the ugly stick. I'm pretty happy with it's durability I can tell you that. And yeah I guess you're right, there's a reason ugly has been around forever and is popular. That's a cool story ddgit. A hotdog? ;D

Not bad.. not bad at all. WTG man.

Try a slower retrieve or tie a trailer hook on it.

Anyone use em? They're basically all I've ever used and seem to be a decent rod but, I know here at BR that most people would disagree. I've never used any top of the line rods but, I was just wondering what's wrong with an ugly stick? I'm looking for an upgrade but I'm not ready to spend a couple hundred for a st. croix just yet. Suggestions?

That's just cool. Good job dad and Dominic. That's a nice fish.

Welcome. I see you've already starting actively posting here. It's good to have another fellow fisherman aboard. This forum kicks bass!

How did I forget King of the Hill? "An F in English? Bobby, you speak English!" ;D Hahahah.. yeah, King of the Hill is great I tell you HWHAT! I like Man VS Wild, Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch, Pretty much anything on Discovery, Animal Planet, and the History Channel.

haha no way a spoon would go through it. It's hard to fish any kind of weedless worm in it even. Actually that heddon moss boss might work but, if it sank at all it would snag quickly. It looks kind of like a scum frog to me and I think the frog would do a lot better but, thanks for the suggestion. I haven't ever even seen a moss boss.

I like Strike King personaly.

Power Pro.