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this is one of rapala's few baits that never "caught on" IMO. i never see anybody using them or talking about them. i like them. i bought one when they came out and i fished it once at a farm pond and pulled out a 2.5lber a few casts later. i never fished it since. im sure if i fished it more i'd catch more on it. but over all i'd say its a good lure and its worth getting one or two.

this lure has me very curious. anybody know how big it is? im gonna have to try to make one like this.

ok. well the spray paint i had was being retarded, and it wouldnt spray evenly, it would only spray in a few bursts, i think it was almost empty. so i just sanded off all the spray paint and then painted it with a paintbrush and black acrylic paint. then i coated it in outdoor polyurethane. its tough stuff, that polyurethane. at 8:00 tonight im gonna put a second coat of polyurethane on them.

thank you for the compliments everyone smallieking, no i did not build the bait, i just repainted it. the bait is a bass pro brand bait. i think its called "XPS Static Shad".

i have not tried them but they look pretty cool. i'd consider buying one if i needed a new inexpensive reel. i know Tin is a firm supporter of the pro max and the other max's.

no im pretty sure mine is a rudd. here is a picture of a rudd next to a golden shiner:

why cant you just use both baits on the same rod :-?

i like the way you think! that is exactly how i feel

ok thanks. i split the grips on my ugly stik this morning. since i dont have a rod turner, covering the middle section of the grip with thread was going to be way to difficult and time consuming, and it wouldnt even turn out even. so i primed it with black spray primer and then im going to put on a few coats of gloss black spray paint. i dont know what im going to do as a clear coat. maybe some polyeurathane?

ok thanks for the link. for $20 i think i'd rather try to make a bait similar to that myself! if it was only $5 or so i'd consider buying one but not for $20.

this is exactly what i do. i can use both and i do use both. its really a matter of what bait im using. i'll tend to flip mainly wacky worms with spinning and everything else with baitcasting.

well now i have a project for tomorrow! ;D i think i'll split the grips on my ugly stik spinning rod (no biggie if i mess up ;D) and then my berkley lightning casting rod. did you have a rod turner (i guess thats what its called) to rotate the rod when you were curing the epoxy/marbling? i dont have a rotator and that could be a problem.

that thing actually looks pretty good. i like how the tail flaps when you twitch the line. this looks just like what several dying baitfish have done when i've seen them floating at the top. might be worth a shot fishing that thing! is there a website i can go to to order them?

4/0 Gamakatsu G-Lock Offset EWG for everything that will fit on it! ;D

haha maybe i should have made this clear: I CAN AND DO FLIP/PITCH WITH A BAITCASTER TOO i can flip/pitch with a baitcaster. i can get distance by doing that, i can get quiet entries, i can get accurate casts. i practiced this quite a bit last fall. i just prefer to flip/pitch while using spinning tackle.

am i the only one who prefers flippin with a spinning rod? i can get much more accurate casts when i flip/pitch with my spinning rod. flipping w/ spinning gear just is more comfortable for me. maybe its the way you hold a spinning reel compared to a baitcast reel. im not sure. all i know is that im very good at flipping w/ spinning gear. so who else prefers spinning gear to flip/pitch?

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wow that thing is a hunchback! nice catch. wish i could be out there right now. im terrible at coldwater fishing, and i got no ride anyway.

ok good. i figured you were messin'.

my dad had a big green three-tier plano box. in the bottom he had three "golden books" pocket guides in the bottom. one was titled "fishes" the next "fishing" and the last "weather" there was also a rag in the bottom. there were a few white perch rigs (wire leader w/ two hooks coming off the sides and a few beads). in the trays on the shelves there were many hooks and there were rock hard dried up pieces of nightcrawler on a few hooks. he had sooooo many lead sinkers it was unbelievable. he had ONE crank bait and it was an original floating rapala F07 in silver. he never caught a fish on it. there were also several inline spinners. he had two weber spoons, one silver (rusty of course) and the other red/white. he caught two bass on the silver one and that was all the bass he had caught till i dragged him out bass fishing 2 years ago. he loves bass fishing now ;D

yeah they do look pretty low quality, but they have a nice swimming action, and they got good reviews on cabelas. heres a link to a video of their action: http://www.strikeproamerica.com/pn15_swim_1.htm

i hope you are not serious because that would be "unsportsmanlike" of you. i was honestly confused, and i wanted some clarification. i was not trying to get on your case for making a typo.

thanks for the link! ;D

yup i fit all three of those prerequisites

Dean, in your original post, you described my favorite lake in the summer time. the conditions are almost EXACTLY the same, except for the water clarity. my water is pretty well stained. anyway, hands down my favorite technique for fishing this lake with the pads is flipping a wacky worm into pockets using spinning gear. GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!!!! great thread by the way, there should be more like this. they are both fun and informative.