DBatey

I haven't posted on here in a while so here are a few of my latest....

wood might be ok for a while if you used epoxy to seal it inside the cavity

love the 3 on the top right of the first picture!

Thanks guys, the Vibes and the 2nd to last are a new color called "Reehm Shad". Clark has been throwing them for a while and he called the other day and said, "lets call this one Reehm Shad, I've been jacking them on it all over"

Crankbait - lipped diving bait, usually and most successfully bounced off the cover and bottom to get bites. Jerkbaits - are Lipped long Minnow shaped lures usually, floating or suspending, used in more open water to draw fish to them rather than bouncing off objects to attract their strikes. Jerkbaits are worked in a very erratic motion to draw fish to the bait from some distance. Floating ones can either be worked as a topwater, jerking, twitching sweeping, and letting them float to the surface, or worked faster with shorter pauses to keep them underwater. Suspending jerkbaits are jerked, twitched or swept with pauses letting the bait sit still in the water column. There are a few baits that fall into both categories such as the rapala shad rap.

A few from the latest batch.....

normally the part of the skirt pointing to the head is trimmed short enough to flare giving the "finesse" jig look.

very similar, hunting is like fishing while being underwater with the fish. Oh and catch and release becomes very hard to do lol, unless pictures and video count for that

I love the paca craw and they have a really flat beaver style bait that I have done very well with on occasion, its being really flat gives it an awkward fall that seems to be the ticket sometimes.

I got in on that half price deal too, i'm about to order a bunch of the squarebills for 1/2 price myself my 1/2 price deal expires soon.

Xcaliburs are 1/2 the price of a Lucky craft is what they are talking about I believe.

They do not have to pay ebay fees on shipping, so the more they can bilk out of you on shipping the cheaper their fees are, its screwing ebay out of their money, and you out of yours, there is a report button to turn them in for "circumventing ebay fees" which is the technical term. Myself I did free shipping for a long time, but between postal fees and ebay fees I had to start charging $1.99 for a lure, and 50¢ for each additional bait they win. My average charge at the post office for a single bait is $2.19 and that includes 80¢ for a delivery confirmation so I can prove they got the item.

either way be sure to put some epoxy on the threads and it should be fine

i like the first one too

I was working at a body shop at the time, and we used several different automotive clear coats there, Dupont products usually. I just used whatever automotive clearcoat was at the shop at the time.

very nice brush control on your fine lines! I used to do motocross and car racing helmets before I started painting lures. I still get a call do do a save phace every now and then as well. They make a good change of pace.

"chrome" just isn't made to take the abuse fish can deal. The process used is only slightly compatible with plastic so the adhesion is iffy at best. Some of the higher end baits have a hot pressed chrome look that sticks better but its not quite as mirrored as the other method.

I basically buy them by the size rather than the weight. The tougher the fishing the smaller the buzzbait I throw, and visa versa, if they are really chasing I'll throw a huge one looking for a huge bite.

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Some custom painted baits from my latest batch I've been experimenting with photography techniques to improve the quality of my photos, I think these came out really nice.

Hart Beater? if thats what it is its a great bait, i like the smallest size of those, makes a lot of commotion but its a compact bait.

i think i've seen them, but its been so long i don't know what brand they even were. I bet someone else does though.

not a gimmick, it fishes like a flipping jig, but does fall differently because of its shape. Its already been proven to be a great boat dock lure. The only negative I see is the price, and as it says at TW its going up from the introductory price on nov 1st so it will be even more. I don't think i would use one for fun fishing very often, but I will probably buy some to use on tournament days.

i've been fishing since I was 2 years old, its always been "my thing"

I change all my LC hooks out anyway, I have never liked their stock hooks