bassindude

Anyone needing a fishing partner this weekend, Id love to catch a ride and share gas cost. Im in the Garland area for about another week. I brought most of my fishing gear, just in case I got the chance to fish. I hear Fork is very hot right now. Thanks , Jim

My dad taught me to bass fish mostly on Geist where i caught my first bass on a Rex Spoon fishing he weed beds by the twin islands. Also had yearly trips to Reelfoot that were incredible. My Granddad taught me to pan fish mostly on Morse, Mississinewa, and Monroe. Spent summers on his farm Fishing and bottle hunting, and whatever else we could get into. Those were the best years of my life. What would we all give to have access to all of the fishing knowlege from those teachers that have passed on. For me it would be a lot.

Never leave fish to find fish. I'm a recovering Bankaholic.

Great tutorial, thanks. I didn't know that it was there. I need to look around more often, who knows what I'll find.

What a flop. You were right about the weight, I'm starting over. I'm keeping the first one for a model, the shape is perfect. when working with balsa how do you get the weight centered perfectly, and what type of weight do you use.

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I hav a 12lb 5oz so I guess I'm looking for something over 15 to put in the tank at BPS in Nashville. Don't know what the Tenn record is I'll have to look that up tonight. I'm also in search of a punkinseed over 5oz that is the Tenn record for that species and I'm sure I had one bigger than that last year on Old Hickory. I threw it back without even knowing about the record. I remember thinking what a huge punkinseed, but I dont pan fish that much anymore so I didnt think much more about it till i saw the record in the book. I bet I could put that in the tank at BPS also.

I was a littke concerned about the weight thing I'm guessing I can drill & fill with lead If my wire frame doesnt get in the way.

Whittler, I did put about 4 coats of sanding sealer on it and sanded after each to try to get it smooth, but there were flaws that I didnt see. the plastic wood seemed to work fine, the small amounts I put on were only about half the thickness of a straight pin and less than an 1/8 long. My main concern was creating heavy spots that would give it an uneven keel. I'll probably try to finish it this weekend, and post pics on Mon.

The ommeter idea is a great one. It looks like Bagley pumps in a ton of epoxy around the hook eye. Bagley cranks have always been a go to bait for me. I shot a base coat of white like you said and I didn't realize how many very small flaws there were in the balsa. I'm planning on using some plastic wood material to get the lure smooth is that ok?

Thanks a bunch, Really nice web site. Do you use internal wire frames?

I really like the look of the Crank under your name, I'm guessing thats one you made? I espically like the way the back gets really slinder. Where do you get the Bill material, are thay pre cut or do you shape them yourself? One more, I have in the past used an old onion sack to get that scale pattern, Do you do something like that or buy something that aids in putting that pattern on? Sorry to keep bugging you but I can see that you are a wealth of Knowledge. Thanks, Jim P.S. I bought some 30 min Epoxy at Hobby Lobby I thought it was a good deal 9 bucks for an 8 oz kit. Ever use any of that stuff or do you prepfer the Devcon?

Whittler, the Paasch that you use is that the one with the open air cup that hangs kinda down and to the front? If so why do you only use it on primers?

Whittler, I used no weight, no rattles, and no lip. My thought pattern is that's been done to death. I wanted to do something a little different than what you can buy off the shelf. the best way to describe it is its a fat belly, lipless, floating lure. with 2 trebbles. I loved the look of the old Punkinseed lures from Heddon, their a work of art. Wish I could afford to buy a few. Don't know if you have seen the prices their getting for them on e-bay, but it's unbelievable.

Thanks Whittler, This being my first it's kind of like my baby. I did design an internal wireform for it and sandwiched it between 2 peices of balsa. I have really high hopes, I'll post som picks when its done.