don't know if bass ( or anything else)will eat baby alligators. thought to try to make something out of the usual. 7", nice wake action with the tail swimming real nice!

.......interesting to say the least...

Amazing

I've witnessed a bass take a baby turtle, so sure they would take a baby gator. Awesome looking bait.

A bass will eat anything when it's in the mood.   That bait is just SICK!

Your skills with carving and painting are just out there, it's not really fair for us average Joe's.

that is sweet!

yes! a big bass will eat a gator, have seen it several times..... but so will every thing else, watch for birds and a mudfish will love the look of that!

thats such a unique bait, please post a pic of anything you catch on it

absolutely thet eat baby gators. check out the nat geo movie called everglades:secrets of the swamp. they show a huge bass eat a baby gator. they also show a tarpon eating one.

that bait you made looks insane. if you need someone to demo it, i am your man. i fish the glades at least 3 times a week. does it float?

Looks awesome! It would be really cool if you could put arms and legs on it that would fold to the side when you reel it in but when you stopped it the arms would go out like an alligator arms would.

.......interesting to say the least...

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Beautiful.

It looks alive.

You did great.  

Dude, you got some serious skills! Awesome lure! If it floats, it would probably get smashed here in So. Florida! You see and hear the babies all over the place. Great job! Shoot me an IM if you ever decide to make more and would like to part with one.

I think you just peaked the interest of a lot of us florida guys.... how is it you live in washington and decided to come up with a gator bait? lol... I want on the list to try one out!

Again you amaze me JR... That is just awesome! You must spend wayyyy too much time off the water,like me...lol.. Keep them coming...

I think you just peaked the interest of a lot of us florida guys.... how is it you live in washington and decided to come up with a gator bait? lol... I want on the list to try one out!

got bored with doing the usual fish , was watching something on tv about aligators and thought i'd give this a try. doing the paint was the tough part. googled baby gators and this pattern seemed to be the most common.

if u made a couple more I would love to try one I think they would catchem down here.

I think you just peaked the interest of a lot of us florida guys.... how is it you live in washington and decided to come up with a gator bait? lol... I want on the list to try one out!

got bored with doing the usual fish , was watching something on tv about aligators and thought i'd give this a try. doing the paint was the tough part. googled baby gators and this pattern seemed to be the most common.

you pretty much nailed it! seriously, make some more and send them down to your new florida pro staff!!! LOL

I will take 2 in that color, PM price please! LOL, that is an awesome lure man!

Like everyone else has said, that is just an amazing looking lure.

Hopefully Mattlures is paying attention and adds it to his future line-up.  Sounds like it would be a great seller.

   And I thought I was thinkin' weird..... Those are just totally AWSOME!!! Seriously sweet!!!!

a must have for us florida guys

Bass will eat just about anything living that moves nice lure too!! http://www.bassresource.com/fishing-forum/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif

Holy cow! Great painting and construction! If you catch anything on it I'm sure we'll all want to see it, that's incredible.

PS: I would get a patent on that immediately...And being totally serious, even if it didn't produce like many other lures, it would sell because of its uniqueness and even it novelty value....that's an incredible looking product and I would patent it or trademark it soon....