Does anyone here make their own lures, jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, soft plastics or hardbaits?  If so what kind, and why?

I have tried to melt together worms and make a creature bait. It really didnt work that well.

i make my own hard baits from cedar cranks jerks and top waters and i also do some of my own custom painting i think when you make your own and you also paint other name brand lures it's exciting when you catch fish on them

       Jack

It seems like it would be pretty cool making a lure out of wood, painting it and then actually catching fish on it. But I've never done it.

My friend tried it once. The lures looked like crap. I guess you need a special type of high gloss paint and whatnot.

regular cretex airbrush paint and epoxy and the top coat will be rock solid hard

I make my own spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs, worms, and topwater lures. Why? It keeps me out of trouble.

One of the great things about fishing is making your own tackle. I primarly make crankbaits, really neat to catch fish on a bait you made.

I have made in-line spinners, some balsa crankbaits, balsa topwaters, and now I pour my own senkos. I actually caught a 3 pound bass on one of my topwater lure and the fish broke it. The topwater was a two piece zara spook and after the 3 pound fish the wire holding it togethor was bent out of shape.

I make a lot of different soft plastics.  Senko type, sweet beaver type, drop shot worms etc.  I like to make stuff that you can't buy in the store to give the fish something different.  Catching fish on a lure that you made yourself is priceless.  Additionally back at the dock pulling out a bait color that no one has seen before is cool ;D

Scott

I make my own spinnerbaits. I just buy blades and swivels and all that stuff and then buy a pre painted wire leadhead frame and then add a skirt of my choice and put blades of my choice on the, its pretty cheap compared to buying them, and i get to make any combination that i want.

I have carved a few from wood, shot a coat of laquer on them and robbed the hooks and eyes off something else.  So far none have impressed me enough to attempt to try paint.  

I have made a few topwater from a tree in my backyard. they work pretty well to. beats payin for them. i mean im only 16 with no job.

Thanks for all the respones.

I make my own jigs and spinnerbaits.  I've thought about cranks and topwater but never had.  

I just got a lot of stuff from my grandfather to make spinnerbait and buzzbaits.  Im doing it for a hobby and maybe try to sell a few

I'm trying to make some floating minnow baits out of various woods.It's all trial and error.I'm hoping to create something that will catch fish .It's a work in progress.

i've made some spinnerbaits and buzzbaits...  all from scratch pretty much with some straight steel wire, some blades, some lead, hooks, and skirts.  comes out pretty nice... lost all the ones i made though to some pretty big logs and them getting wrapped around tree branches about 100 times.

I make my own spinner baits, buzz baits both in-line and safety pin style, & jigs.  Why several reasons, 1) I won't fish through the 3ft of ice during wintertime.  2) I prefer to use hair vs. silicon/rubber skirts in spring time.  This gives the bait a slower fall.  4) I like to take my bag of bucktails, maribu & tinsel with me so i am certain I can match what the bass want  3) I like to listen to my wife razz me over the mess I make.....

I have never really tried but I am making them in one of my woods classes and i will let you know how they turn out.

I make my own worms because the lakes I fish are known for large bass and I can't find a 14 inch worm I like. Yes, you can catch a bass on a 14 inch worm. I have never caught one under 4lbs on one though.