I was out on the water and caught 3 fish on 6 casts with this Megabass Griffon SR-X (pictured below) - as I was tossing out cast number 7 a wake boat went by and due to the wake/waves it produced I got off balance -- and as I swung to cast the lure clipped the side frame of the windshield on my boat - the lure flew out in to the water -- yet thankfully it is a floating lure so I was able to troll over and pick it up in the net.

With all of that said my question is - Is this lure realistically repairable ?

It has been a fish catching machine for me, so I am motivated to see if I can repair it. 

I believe I read somewhere in the forums that @Munkin may have some experience repairing cracked/broken bills.

Thank you in advance for any/all suggestions.

CRANKBAIT BILLS WITH SPLIT RING 10 PACK, Lure Making | Jann's Netcraft

 

You will have to cut and sand what's left of the bill off. Then cut a lip slot for one of the bills in the link above. That is how you can fix it but it will not run the same. Honestly you should just buy another one.

 

Allen

@Munkin - thank you for the info - if it were just another lure I probably would toss this one and buy another one - but this was a lure purchased from Japan, a rare color pattern (Black Tiger) that was made in limited quantities (and this particular lure/color has been a killer for me with small mouth bass) - and so far my search for another one has not been successful - here in MN we only have about 2 weeks of open water left - so I will take the winter and see if I can come up with one or I may at the very least order the bills with split rings from Jann's Netcraft and give the fix a try (it will either work or it will not work) - or perhaps I will take a different MB Griffon and attempt to paint it in a similar pattern (although I know intellectually that the movement/shape of the lure is more important than the color, once you catch fish and build confidence with a lure you want to keep using it)

1 hour ago, WaskaCrank12 said:

@Munkin - thank you for the info - if it were just another lure I probably would toss this one and buy another one - but this was a lure purchased from Japan, a rare color pattern (Black Tiger) that was made in limited quantities (and this particular lure/color has been a killer for me with small mouth bass) - and so far my search for another one has not been successful - here in MN we only have about 2 weeks of open water left - so I will take the winter and see if I can come up with one or I may at the very least order the bills with split rings from Jann's Netcraft and give the fix a try (it will either work or it will not work) - or perhaps I will take a different MB Griffon and attempt to paint it in a similar pattern (although I know intellectually that the movement/shape of the lure is more important than the color, once you catch fish and build confidence with a lure you want to keep using it)

 

Maybe someone on here knows of a good JDM site to find another?

 

Allen

1 hour ago, WaskaCrank12 said:

@Munkin - thank you for the info - if it were just another lure I probably would toss this one and buy another one - but this was a lure purchased from Japan, a rare color pattern (Black Tiger) that was made in limited quantities (and this particular lure/color has been a killer for me with small mouth bass) - and so far my search for another one has not been successful - here in MN we only have about 2 weeks of open water left - so I will take the winter and see if I can come up with one or I may at the very least order the bills with split rings from Jann's Netcraft and give the fix a try (it will either work or it will not work) - or perhaps I will take a different MB Griffon and attempt to paint it in a similar pattern (although I know intellectually that the movement/shape of the lure is more important than the color, once you catch fish and build confidence with a lure you want to keep using it)

Watch some builds/repairs on YouTube. I think you can do a repair! You could likely fashion a bill from an old circuit board or other item you already have on hand. I say give it a shot! A dremel cutting wheel would make quick work of the old bill.

 

For used Grffons, check out Ichiban