Oak, foiled, purple Krylon X-metals paint, exaggerated hump.

Let me know what you think.

Ben

looks great! you're good with rattle cans man. i think the hump looks a little silly though lol ;D

Thanks! I got the idea for the hump from pics of spawning salmon.

that is fricken sweet! The hump seems kind of odd, but I think it will catch fish!

Ben the bait looks great.   I bet you had a great time carving/sanding the oak.

Is the oak bait heavy? I have a couple musky baits I made from maple since it was a nice hard wood!

Neat bait Ben. Oak, you must be a glutton for punishment.

Very cool!

''THE HUMPER''... lol.. very cool man..!

Peacock Bass, males get the hump,Paint color is great, except for the front end collision,left one of his meal tickets high.The knot.Ram Tough, do you drive a Chevy.

Thanks guys.

Actually, carving it really wasn't that bad (I think I got a softer piece of oak). It was much harder than pine but by no means impossible. The reason I chose oak for this bait is that it doesn't require much weighting to get it to sink and I wanted a sinking bait. I was surprised with this one though; it floats! I figured it would sink as I built another oak bait before this one and it sinks like a rock, but this one just sits on top. I guess I need to weight it more next time or use a denser piece of oak.

ToledoEF, It's heavy for it's size (about 7") but it's lighter than one of my larger 8" pine swimbaits.

I would probably get some of those stick on weights, from like a hobby shop, and gauge what amount of weight you need, and then drill it out in the front, to get it to sink at the rate you want.   

I am making a swimbait out of cedar right now, just started last night, all carved by hand, with a dual blade buck knife.  It's coming out very well, the desired shape it about there, but carving it has been extremely tiring, since the wood is so dense.

I think that if you get darker oaks, or even walnut in its younger stages, that you can get the sinking rate you want.  I would use black oak, or even an english walnut to carve it out.  It's going to take a bit more to get those to carve, as they are both some of the harder woods in the same genre.  Anything is possible, if you just believe! 

great lookin lure!