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Thanks for the link Captain Obvious! I will check it out later. Thanks for all of your info SENKOSAM! I was wondering about using an injector because of the tail. I will have to see what I can come up with. Thanks again everyone!!!

Thanks for the great info everyone! Sorry, what I mean by seal is to coat the insides with a sealer whether it be a lacquer or an epoxy. I didn't know if this was necessary or if I can pour without sealing.

I have been looking at everyone's hand poured plastic baits and you have convinced me to give it a try. First off, everything looks so great on here. Great job guys! To get myself started I have read articles on making homemade worm molds. I am a cheapskate and decided to go this route instead of jumping in and buying a bunch of molds. I use a lot of curly tail grubs so I decided to make a mold using those. I used plaster of paris as my mold making material. I mixed up the first batch and set the curly tail grubs in the plaster along with roofing nails for alignment for when I pour on the second half. I started with 5 nails, but thought that was overkill and went with 2. I let it set for about and hour. I used vaseline and lubed up the mold and also used some aluminum foil to separate the two halves. I poured the second half and was able to break them apart after letting that half set for over an hour. You can see I carved pouring holes in the top of the mold. I have a few questions for the experts now. Do I need to seal the mold before I pour the plastic in it? Can I melt down plastics I have, but never use? I got them in a bucket of plastics I ordered from Cabela's years ago. My third question is if there is another mold making material that can be used instead of the plaster of paris that might be better. I have seen the fiberglass resin molds, but that looks like too much work for me. I look forward to hearing from the experts. Thanks in advance for everyone's tips and advice. Chuck

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Nice hawg!!!!

Try fishing with ultra light gear. Many bass fisherman do not use UL that often, but the smaller lures may help trigger the bass into biting. There is a good article on this site about fishing for bass with UL gear. http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Ultralight.html

That is a nice pig! Great job!

This is the first fish I ever caught. It was the summer of 1980 when I was 3 years old, and I was using a Pompeil's Pocket Fisherman. Note the crease lines. I wanted to take the pic to school one day, so I folded it up and put it in my pocket. Here is a pic of my daughter's first bass. She is 4 years old in this pic.

Congrats and good luck to her! You must be one proud daddy!!!!

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Congrats Ike!!!

I very rarely use lipless cranks. I have some, but just don't use them. I think I am going to have to start using them and see which ones work better for me. I have both the Bill Lewis and the Rapala.

I have the luxury of living 20 minutes from the Bass Pro in Bolingbrook. I browse the online catalog and look for things to buy. If I get to the store and do not find what I want, I buy something else. There is never a shortage of things I want from that store.

Congrats on the new pup! He is a cute one!!!

WOW! That is 4 minutes of my life I am never going to get back!!!

Achilles Last Stand

Saturday I bought the River 2 Sea Diving Frog. I cannot wait to use it. My only concern is the legs on this thing. I can see a bass snapping the legs off pretty easily.

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By that desription, it sounds like it would be fished like a crankbait. Cast it out and use a steady retrieve on the way back with maybe a few pauses. Retrieving like a jerk bait would defeat the purpose of what the lure is intended for. JMO.

So, I am not the only one that hides fishing gear from my wife???? I feel so much better about myself now. ;D

Wasn't this song in "The Big Lebowski?"

LOL! I was like "OMG, there's KVD!!!" My daughter has no clue who he is. He was running to go do a seminar and told me so after a quick hand shake, but I asked for just one quick pic with my daughter and he was great, he put all of his gear down and posed for the pic. Awesome guy!!!!

I am with you. I cannot even tell you how many hundreds of dollars I have spent since Xmas on new baits. The Outdoor Show was not a good thing because I found even more things I had to have including LD's Diving Frog. For $13, I don't even know if I want to throw it out there. The big thaw has to come soon so I can get out there and fish instead of wasting money buying new things.

I have tried the BPS Kermy Frog and the Tru-Tungsten Mad Maxx frogs, but have had much better success using Scum Frogs. I went America's Outdoor Show today and bought Larry Dahlberg's Diving Frog and also a frog called the Pad Daddy made by Bizz Baits. The link to their website is below. http://www.bizzbaits.com/

Those are some great shots!!!!