This bait is one of my first made from yellow cedar.  It is really easy to work.  I had used basswood quite a bit and honestly hate it.  I think you could say that this wood is probably waterproof without anything on it.  There is a lot of waxy oil in the wood.  More than red cedar I would say.  I smell great after working on some cedar lures for a while too. haha

Very nice! 8-)  How deep will that bait dive?

To the bottom of the 9' pool. lol  But that was pre paint and last clear.  Now it is frozen over.

That is a circuit board lip or Micarta or G10 or 11.

that sure is a great looking plug may i ask where you get the yellow cedar?

Heck of a job! Bet that'll fool a few bigmouths...

that sure is a great looking plug may i ask where you get the yellow cedar?

I got it this summer in Canada from a neighbor of my in-laws.  He uses it all the time to fix things around his house which is on the lake.  It has so much oil in it he doesn't have a problem much with it rotting.  I brought it back from up there.  It was basically just boards and chunks of lumber.  I was a little surprised when I crossed back into the states but they didn't even ask about it.  They gave me a pretty detailed inspection also because I didn't have a written letter from my wife saying that she gave me permission to bring my daughter across the border.  Anyway, we made it. lol

The 'decoy daughter ploy', have to remember that one.

Dave

Nice bait!  The thing you have to watch out for with woods containing lots of oil is the oil will migrate through and stain the finish unless you use a solvent based undercoating (aka primer, base coat, whatever you want to cal it).

Bob P,

Will it come through the seal coat that I put on it?  I use Etex to seal my baits.

As stated in another site i use  red and white cedar for my lures. It grows here in my back yard. I have built a lot of furniture out of it , its the only wood i know that you dont have to have kiln dryed to bring the mostiure out of so it dont crack or shrink  You can just air dry cedar for about 3 months  and its good to go